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At Sorona, Expanding Use Cases for Innovative Fibres

Sorona is a high-performance fibre, with 37 percent of the polymer made up of renewable plant-based ingredients, and its potential applications are expanding. BoF learns more.

Partner Content

At Sorona, Expanding Use Cases for Innovative Fibres

Sorona is a high-performance fibre, with 37 percent of the polymer made up of renewable plant-based ingredients, and its potential applications are expanding. BoF learns more.


China

China’s Factories Speed Up, New Covid Pain Hits Retailers

Retail sales rose only 3.9 percent in November from a year earlier, below the 4.6 percent growth expected and lower than October’s 4.9 percent rise.

China

China’s Factories Speed Up, New Covid Pain Hits Retailers

Retail sales rose only 3.9 percent in November from a year earlier, below the 4.6 percent growth expected and lower than October’s 4.9 percent rise.


China

Chinese Manufacturing Hub Fights its First 2021 Covid-19 Outbreak

Zhejiang is fighting its first Covid-19 cluster this year, with tens of thousands of citizens in quarantine and virus-hit areas suspending business operations.

China

Chinese Manufacturing Hub Fights its First 2021 Covid-19 Outbreak

Zhejiang is fighting its first Covid-19 cluster this year, with tens of thousands of citizens in quarantine and virus-hit areas suspending business operations.


Global Markets

Turkey’s Economic Crisis Batters Retailers, Boosts Apparel Exports

The country’s currency, the lira, has lost almost half its value against the dollar so far this year, and inflation is rising precipitously.

Global Markets

Turkey’s Economic Crisis Batters Retailers, Boosts Apparel Exports

The country’s currency, the lira, has lost almost half its value against the dollar so far this year, and inflation is rising precipitously.


Retail

Li & Fung’s Joseph Phi on Facing Up to Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

The Hong Kong-based supply chain management company’s chief executive says fashion brands should diversify sourcing, adopt top technologies and invest in critical contingency planning.

Retail

Li & Fung’s Joseph Phi on Facing Up to Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

The Hong Kong-based supply chain management company’s chief executive says fashion brands should diversify sourcing, adopt top technologies and invest in critical contingency planning.


Sustainability

Novetex’s Ronna Chao on Winning the Circularity Game

As fashion brands pursue closed-loop recycling, they increasingly need to engage with suppliers who can help them source 'circular' materials and scale these efforts. However, the chairman of Novetex Textiles says meaningful mass adoption is a chicken-and-egg conundrum.

Sustainability

Novetex’s Ronna Chao on Winning the Circularity Game

As fashion brands pursue closed-loop recycling, they increasingly need to engage with suppliers who can help them source 'circular' materials and scale these efforts. However, the chairman of Novetex Textiles says meaningful mass adoption is a chicken-and-egg conundrum.


Sustainability

How Fashion Can Deliver on COP26 Ambitions

Amid mounting evidence of fashion’s dramatically negative climate impact, countries, communities and companies are mobilising around protecting the planet. However, a new era of climate action will be required if fashion is to meet ambitious targets to reverse the damage being done.

Sustainability

How Fashion Can Deliver on COP26 Ambitions

Amid mounting evidence of fashion’s dramatically negative climate impact, countries, communities and companies are mobilising around protecting the planet. However, a new era of climate action will be required if fashion is to meet ambitious targets to reverse the damage being done.


Global Markets

The Year Ahead: Navigating Fashion’s Uneven Recovery

Recovery from Covid-19-related economic shocks will be uneven across fashion’s consumer and sourcing landscapes, leading international industry players to reassess local conditions as well as market-specific risks and opportunities.

Global Markets

The Year Ahead: Navigating Fashion’s Uneven Recovery

Recovery from Covid-19-related economic shocks will be uneven across fashion’s consumer and sourcing landscapes, leading international industry players to reassess local conditions as well as market-specific risks and opportunities.


Retail

The Year Ahead: The Great Logistical Gridlock

Fashion’s supply chains will continue to face deep disruption ahead from logistical logjams, materials shortages and rising costs, according to The State of Fashion 2022 report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey.

Retail

The Year Ahead: The Great Logistical Gridlock

Fashion’s supply chains will continue to face deep disruption ahead from logistical logjams, materials shortages and rising costs, according to The State of Fashion 2022 report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey.


Sustainability

The Year Ahead: Paving the Way for Closed-Loop Recycling

The scaling of closed-loop recycling could help reduce fashion’s environmental impact at the materials level. The technologies to make this happen are maturing, creating an opportunity for companies to embed them in a product’s design phase while adopting processes to enable scaling.

Sustainability

The Year Ahead: Paving the Way for Closed-Loop Recycling

The scaling of closed-loop recycling could help reduce fashion’s environmental impact at the materials level. The technologies to make this happen are maturing, creating an opportunity for companies to embed them in a product’s design phase while adopting processes to enable scaling.


News & Analysis

The State of Fashion 2022: Global Gains Mask Recovery Pains

The sixth annual State of Fashion report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company forecasts that the global fashion industry will find its feet again after nearly two years of disruption, though supply chain headwinds will threaten growth prospects. Download the full report to understand the 10 themes that will define the industry in the year ahead and how to navigate the currents they create.

News & Analysis

The State of Fashion 2022: Global Gains Mask Recovery Pains

The sixth annual State of Fashion report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company forecasts that the global fashion industry will find its feet again after nearly two years of disruption, though supply chain headwinds will threaten growth prospects. Download the full report to understand the 10 themes that will define the industry in the year ahead and how to navigate the currents they create.


Global Markets

PVH Corp. Will Close Its Manufacturing Facility in Ethiopia

Chief supply chain officer Sarah Clarke made the announcement to the company in a note sent out Wednesday, citing the Ethiopian’s government current conflict with forces aligned with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

Global Markets

PVH Corp. Will Close Its Manufacturing Facility in Ethiopia

Chief supply chain officer Sarah Clarke made the announcement to the company in a note sent out Wednesday, citing the Ethiopian’s government current conflict with forces aligned with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.