New Strategies for Apparel Sourcing

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Duraflex Group (China),  is the first trims bluesign System Partner.  The company  produces trims and fasteners  and supplies buckles or trims to the outdoor industry, the fashion industry, marine sports, and other sectors. One of the main benefits of working with bluesign is the ease with which the company can assess its supply chain.In a six-year period, Duraflex, in partnership with Bluesign, has certified four of their factories that encompass all the major material ...
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| Categories: Materials, Sustainability | Tags: trims, sustainable materials
 HeiQ (Switzerland) has partnered with Twinery to significantly reduce waste in Twinery's apparel production supply chain.Bodyline has taken the lead to focus on developing a low impact supply chain by reducing energy and waste across the entire value chain and develop No Waste Apparel – Truecycled.Two steps in this supply chain lifecycle include improving the dyeing and finishing stages. To improve the dyeing stage by using less water and energy and save CO2 during the polye...
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| Categories: Materials, Dyes and Finishes | Tags: sustainability, dyes and finishes
 H&M Group started investing in Sellpy in 2015, and has since then participated in all investment rounds through its investment arm CO:LAB. With its recent investment and purchase of secondaries, H&M Group has gone from being a minority shareholder to a majority owner, with an approximate 70 percent stake in Sellpy.  “We keep investing in Sellpy because we strongly believe in the company and the founders. Sellpy has a unique circular business model, which perfectly a...
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| Categories: Other | Tags: sustainability, circular economy
Hammerson Uses AI to Monitor Customer Behaviour at its Centres
Hammerson (UK) is using artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor customer behaviour in its shopping centres and help it “better quantify the true value of physical space”. The shopping centre operator announced that it has partnered with AI technology company Deep North to trial
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| Categories: AI | Tags: AI, Retail Tech