The USDA has cut global cotton production by 1.2 million bales to 116.4 million, affecting supply chains. Consumption is down by 460,000 bales, impacting demand in key markets. US cotton production is reduced by 600,000 bales, reflecting changes in trade dynamics.

Greenpeace Africa urges Ghana to ban the import of unusable textile waste, citing environmental and health risks. They stress the need for better waste management and sustainable fashion practices to stop Africa from becoming a dumping ground for unwanted textiles.

Galy Co, a climate tech co pioneering the development of a "first-of-its-kind" sustainable agriculture product has closed an oversubscribed $33 million Series B financing aimed at advancing its lab-grown cotton product to pre-industrial scale.

A coalition of US lawmakers is urging the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to back the production and processing of plant-based fibre crops, such as cotton, hemp, and flax, and animal-based fibres such as wool, alpaca, and leather which they say are eco-friendly and can help the US apparel and textile industries’ nearshoring objectives.

A new report that chronicles New York City’s ascent as a fashion capital over nearly two centuries as well as its struggles in recent years warns that without collective action from both industry and government, there is a grave risk of losing fashion’s defining contributions to the city’s economy, culture, and brand.

Scientists at the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) have developed a robust yet flexible glove coating using an environmental friendly biopolymer— lignin— in a 3D printing process.

U.S. new orders for manufactured goods rose 5% in July to $592.1 billion, while shipments increased 0.9% to $593.8 billion. Unfilled orders grew 0.2%, and inventories edged up 0.1%, driven by durable goods.

Speciality chemicals provider Archroma has introduced Safe Edge+, a new initiative designed to help the textile supply chain stay ahead of compliance requirements by providing safer chemical alternatives and providing more transparent compliance roadmaps.

The Australian Fashion Council has said that the kangaroo country’s fashion manufacturing industry has shed 18% of its value in the past five years but despite the downturn, key policy interventions, industry and government can together inject an additional $225m into the Victorian economy and create a further 1,500 jobs.

The outdoor apparel brand will be developing and scaling next-generation materials to reduce reliance on logging for creating paper packaging.

Biotechnology company Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (Applied DNA) has received a subcontract award from global assurance firm LRQA for a pilot isotopic testing programme in Pakistan to make the industry more transparent.

Major brands and conglomerates, including Adidas, VF Corporation and PVH Corporation sourcing from the apparel sector of Cambodia have come together to cite concerns over the timings of the Cambodian government's investigation of the NGO CENTRAL.