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Insight20 Aug 2025

Mitigating geopolitical uncertainty with AI

CGS, a global provider of tech-enabled business solutions, posits AI integral to survival in the contemporary geopolitical and industrial climate. Otis Robinson, editor of digitalisation at WTiN, reports.

FabricsApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight14 Aug 2025

US fashion cautious amid tariff war

Following US president Donald Trump’s global tariff wars, WTiN sat down with Karen Ash, intellectual property partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

FabricsApparelTrade

Insight14 Aug 2025

AI to ‘reshape’ digital printing

Otis Robinson, digitalisation lead and editor, speaks with Sanjay Desai, managing director at True Colors, about the digital printer’s adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies.

FabricsDigital PrintingIndustry 4.0

Topic Report13 Aug 2025

2025 so far: Key trends and developments

With 2025 at its midpoint, WTiN takes stock of the latest news, trends and shifts shaping the following key markets: Industry 4.0 and regulation; sports and outdoorwear; digital printing; and footwear.

FibresFabricsCircularity

Insight12 Aug 2025

‘Dangerous’ apparel emissions on the rise

A new report reveals apparel sector emissions are on the rise – and thus, globally, Net Zero seems further from reach than expected. WTiN speaks with the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) about its findings.

ApparelCircularity

Insight11 Aug 2025

Tariffs ‘dominate’ outlook for US fashion

Following the publication of the US Fashion Industry Association’s 2025 US Fashion Industry Benchmarking Study, WTiN pulls essential key takeaways from the report.

FabricsApparelSupply Chain

Insight8 Aug 2025

323 organisations call for stricter EU CSDDD regs

Weakening the EU’s sustainability rules risks damaging competitiveness and growth, warn EU companies and investors.

FabricsApparelCircularity

EmergingInsight8 Aug 2025

Seawater could replace freshwater in dyeing

Seawater is a viable alternative to freshwater in cotton dyeing processes, suggests new research from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, a Brazilian academic institution.

NaturalDyeingManufacturing Technology

Case Study7 Aug 2025

How Nike rewrote women's sports marketing

WTiN analyses Nike’s campaign and its capturing of contemporary sportswear marketing.

SportswearIndustry 4.0

EmergingInsight7 Aug 2025

Developing new, stretchy conductive inks

German researchers are developing new stretchy ink and paste formulations for conductive textile printing.

FabricsEffectsManufacturing Technology

Insight6 Aug 2025

US tariff aftermath leaves Lesotho scrambling

Reports suggest US president Donald Trump’s tariff wars have led to potential textile factory closures and job losses in Southern African country Lesotho.

FabricsApparelSupply Chain

EmergingInsight5 Aug 2025

Could an e-textile revolutionise robot dexterity?

Researchers at the US’ University of Buffalo (UB) are developing a new electronic textile (e-textile) that mimics how nerves in human hands sense pressure and slip while grasping objects.

FabricsApparelIndustry 4.0

EmergingInsight31 Jul 2025

GenAI to improve fashion design efficiency

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can contribute to visualising seasonal fashion trends and has been outlined by a team of researchers from South Korea’s Pusan National University.

ApparelDesign & Trends

Insight30 Jul 2025

Landmark textile trade agreed for India and UK

A landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the UK was announced in July 2025.

FabricsApparelSupply Chain

Insight29 Jul 2025

Europe’s opportunity to lead polyester recycling

Recycling polyester could become more competitive than producing virgin polyester from fossil fuels – a tipping point for textile-to-textile recycling of

SyntheticsCircularity

Insight29 Jul 2025

US introduces Fighting Fibers Act

The US has introduced the Fighting Fibers Act of 2025, which aims to address one of the most significant sources of microfibre pollution – textile and apparel laundry.

FibresSustainability

Insight29 Jul 2025

China inks 3 deals for Egypt’s SCEZone

Three project contracts with Chinese textile and garment factories have been inked for Egypt’s Qantara West Industrial Zone.

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

EmergingInsight22 Jul 2025

Novel wet spinning dye process

Joseph Houghton, researcher at the University of Leeds, UK, explores his novel wet spinning dye process, which utilises a small-scale rig he hopes will democratise research into wet spinning and novel dyeing processes. WTiN reports.

FibresEffectsManufacturing Technology

Sector Analysis21 Jul 2025

4.0 infrastructure and green regs face challenges

How did textile and fashion industry digitalisation and sustainable manufacturing evolve in the first half of 2025, and how does this set the stage for the rest of the year?

FabricsApparelCircularity

EmergingInsight21 Jul 2025

New strategy to support textile EPR transition

Reconomy, a UK-based circular economy specialist, has today published a new global strategy exploring the evolving global landscape of extended producer responsibility (EPR) for textiles.

FibresFabricsCircularity

EmergingInsight18 Jul 2025

Novel class of CO2 mediated switch dyes

Nathaniel Crompton, research fellow at the University of Leeds, has developed a novel class of carbon dioxide mediated switch dyes capable of improving the water recyclability of polyester wet processing. WTiN reports.

SyntheticsDyeingCircularity

Insight15 Jul 2025

OEM meets demand for personalised textile merch

Otis Robinson, Industry 4.0 lead and editor, speaks with Jessica Makrinos, marketing manager at Inkcups, a US-based printing machinery manufacturer, about its activity within the global textile printing industry.

Digital PrintingApparelDesign & Trends

Insight11 Jul 2025

UK recycling sector builds its own infrastructure

Otis Robinson speaks with Matoha about its ‘supermarket-checkout style’ fabric identification scanners, its plans to revolutionise waste textiles sorting and how the tech can support the UK’s recycling infrastructure.

FabricsApparelCircularity

Insight9 Jul 2025

Stability urged as Danish EU presidency begins

The European textile industry – which constitutes European Union (EU) member countries – faces challenges ahead without stability, say experts.

FabricsApparelCircularity

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