🌍 Sewing robots, tariff fallout, and tax incentives

The nation continues to reel from high tariffs the administration had threatened to implement earlier this year.

Nigeria is betting on its fast-growing creative economy to cement its status as a continental hub for fashion.

Executives in the textiles industry said the changes included allowing them to sell 20 per cent of their annual production locally without sales taxes and without paying import duties on the production materials and equipment.

The Fall/Winter 2025 line used Meta AI tools like Search and Imagine to merge African heritage with technology, streamlining design from fabric selection to storytelling.

Authorities in Zimbabwe have banned the sale of second-hand clothes in all the central business districts of all the municipalities.

Woolworths expects an up to 29% decline due to the weaker-than expected performance of its Australian clothing chain Country Road Group, it said on Thursday.

The gangs are battling to control the production of hundreds of millions of clothes hangers each year - the market is estimated to be worth $115 million and the bigger prize of transporting apparel.

American company Softwear Automation, specialised in automated garment production, secures USD 20 million in a funding round led by the family-owned fashion company BESTSELLER.

With salaries starting from €29,000, the updated list offers a faster, more accessible pathway for foreign professionals as the UK moves to address urgent labor shortages across key industries.

Guangzhou, China’s southern metropolis and the capital of Guangdong Province, is home to nearly 20 million people. It is also the humming, whirring and buzzing heart of the global fast fashion industry.

Documentation of these results, presented in an industry-first deep dive case study, highlights financial savings, improvements in resource efficiency, and social benefits at SKML’s Tier ll and Tier lll manufacturing facilities.

A Guess campaign in Vogue featuring an artificially generated model has reignited debate over what it might mean for real-life models pushing for greater representation and diversity, and consumers who often face unrealistic expectations of beauty.