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Category: Fashion News
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Fashion August 31, 2026: Typhoon Saudel Piles More Pressure on China’s Congested Ports
Fashion industry shifts and market moves this week: Typhoon Saudel has shut down the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan and suspended operations at Shanghai’s Yangshan and; and Shein priced its Hong Kong IPO at HK$48.
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FashionTech August 24, 2026: South Korea Accelerates Apparel Automation with AI and Robotics
South Korea’s textile and apparel industry is accelerating AI- and robot-driven manufacturing automation.
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Fashion August 24, 2026: Zara Larsson is a Maximalist Dream in Sparkling Set at All Points East 2026 in London
Zara Larsson performed at All Points East 2026 in London, wearing a maximalist stage look from her ‘Midnight Sun’ era.
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Fashion August 17, 2026: As global sourcing gets harder, LA’s apparel infrastructure gets more valuable
Fashion this week: New Section 301 tariffs and shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz are making overseas sourcing less; and Frasers Group acquired Harvey Nichols for $54 million via a pre-pack administration, but retail…
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FashionTech August 17, 2026: EPR Compliance in Europe: 2026 Guide â Servix International
FashionTech this week: The EU’s PPWR packaging regulation applies from 12 August 2026, and France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the UK have; and EY is creating an ‘AI Value Realization Office’ to centralize AI spending and ensure the…
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FashionTech August 10, 2026: Policy drift leaves Pakistan’s cotton, Fashion How Brands Are Cutting
FashionTech this week: Pakistan’s cotton sector is collapsing under institutional failure at the Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC); and 3D sampling is shifting fashion product development from physical prototypes to digital…
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Fashion August 10, 2026: Fashion brands don’t just want to sell you new clothes anymore. They want the second sale, too
Fashion this week: Major fashion brands including Zara, H&M, Lululemon, Levi’s, and REI are launching branded resale platforms to; and Brunello Cucinelli’s AI platform Callimacus, which personalizes e-commerce pages in real time, has…
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FashionTech August 3, 2026: Can Brands Create, Indonesia’s PT Globalindo adopts GSDCost
FashionTech this week: California’s SB 707 and Italy’s new EPR decree are forcing fashion brands to confront textile waste, but the; and PT Globalindo Intimates, a Central Java manufacturer of export underwear for Fruit of the Loom and…
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Fashion August 3, 2026: Inside the growing, sometimes sketchy, world of inventory sourcing for resale
Fashion this week: Independent resellers on TikTok Shop, Whatnot, and similar platforms are shifting from flipping hyped drops to; and Five sneaker retail and resale insiders report that Vans, Nike’s Mind franchise, and low-profile…
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FashionTech July 27, 2026: Is Durability Fashion’s Next Competitive
WRAP’s February report and forthcoming EU and California regulations are pushing durability from a marketing talking point into a compliance requirement, with proposed wash-cycle standards as low as five cycles drawing…