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Last week Greenpeace International released a report focused on the water-pollution practices of China’s top two textile manufacturers. The report, called Dirty Laundry, clearly documents in photos and with scientific testing that clothes are not the only things coming out of these massive garment factories.
The report is based on a year-long investigation of two major Chinese suppliers, the Youngor Textile Complex in Ningbo on the Yangtze River Delta and the Well Dyeing Factory in the Pearl Rive
Let’s start with some alarming facts about the American textile industry:
- Over the past ten years, more than 5.5 million manufacturing jobs have been lost in the U.S. since 2001 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics
- In 2008, there were fewer than 500,000 wage and salary workers in the textile, textile product and apparel manufacturing jobs in the U.S.
- More than 40,000 U.S. manufacturing plants closed their doors in 2008 alone
- Only about 11 million people still make things in the US wh
Technology is about pushing forward. Be it computer technology, food technology, or textile technology, the purpose is to accomplish something that was once impossible. Such is the case with the recent introduction of a new wool dyeing technology that allows–for the first time–wool to be dyed with multiple colors and designs. New Zealand’s AgResearch developed the technology, and fellow New Zealander BGI Developments will commercialize the process.
The new technology could significantly expand Ne
What you may not know, is that Bangladesh has a thriving textile industry and accounts for some 70 percent of th
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The 66th All India Textile Conference this time will be hosted by the Karnataka chapter of The Textile Association (India), on the theme 'Expanding Sustainable Limits to India's Positioning in Global Textiles and Clothing" and will be held on January 28 & 29, 2011 at the Nimhans Convention Hall, Bangalore.It is time for all of us to understand that this is a cyclic phenomenon of approximately 10 years. The industry is facing this either because of recession, quotas, or policies and so on. Now it
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As much as we love young designers, it’s still a rarity for a recent design school graduate to make our jaws drop to the floor. So when Style Bubble featured Helen Furber’sridiculously forward-thinking shoe designs, we had to share it withyou. They’re just that amazing.
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If you’re anything like us, whenever you need more room in your already packed apartment, it means another humiliating trip to Buffalo Exchange or Beacon’s Closet only to find out that your spare threads are “unsellable” and all you’ve got in your hands is three drawers worth of landfill. Well, if you’re a New Yorker, fitting the hottest fall trends in your closet just got a lot easier. This September, NYC is finally going green by launching a massive te
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2011 and beyond – A study with a difference by Insight Instore
As the world slowly comes out of the recession, one country’s name is on everyone’s lips. Not only for the way it has survived the last two years but also for the remarkable potential it is demonstrating on the cusp of a new decade. India!!
In this exciting scenario, we at Insight Instore decided to research a sector which slowly but surely is making its presence felt both int
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