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Category: FashionTech
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Roundup: Textile Recycling Tech, EU rules force fashion’s circular shift, and more.
Circular Fashion and Textile Recycling Innovations this week: The 2026 enforcement of EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and Extended Producer Responsibility; and A partnership between Circulose and China Textile…
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Roundup: Textile Recycling Tech, EU’s recyclable e-textiles advance, and more.
Recycling and Sustainable Textile Innovation this week: The e-FLOWER project, an EU-funded initiative led by Tyndall National Institute, is developing a new generation of; and AXENS, IFPEN, and JEPLAN have validated their Rewind® PET…
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Roundup: RFID and Inventory Management Systems, VF Corporation enters partnership, and more.
RFID and Inventory Management Systems this week: VF Corporation is deploying Nedap’s Inventory Engine across its brand portfolio and 1,500+ stores, starting with The; and VF Corporation is deploying Nedap’s item-level RFID across The…
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Roundup: Fashion Supply Chain Tech: PLM, Fashion PLM Blog Tech, and more.
Fashion Supply Chain Tech: PLM, Inventory, and ERP this week: A market analysis of fashion technology adoption reveals a stark gap between enterprise-scale integration and; and This matters for Made In USA manufacturing and logistics…
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Roundup: EU’s Digital Product Passport, fashion’s new data border, and more.
Digital Product Passports and EU Compliance this week: The EU’s Digital Product Passport (DPP) regulation, enacted under the 2024 Ecodesign for Sustainable Products; and The EU’s Digital Product Passport (DPP) regime, beginning…
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Roundup: EU Digital Product Passports, RFID is the compliance glue, and more.
Digital Product Passports and RFID for Fashion Compliance this week: The EU’s Digital Product Passport (DPP) framework, mandated by the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation; and This matters for FashionTech because it gives a…
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Light-activated gel could impact wearables, soft robotics, and more
FashionTech this week: MIT engineers have developed a soft, flexible gel that becomes 400 times more conductive when exposed to light; and MIT faculty and alumni received American Physical Society honors for 2025-26.
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Roundup: Smart Textiles & Wearable Technology, Smart Clothing Technology 2026, and more.
Smart Textiles & Wearable Technology this week: The smart clothing market in 2026 is not a unified field but a collection of five distinct competitive arenas; and A conference hosted by NC State’s Fashion and Textile Business Excellence…
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Roundup: Circular Fashion & Textile Recycling, Circular Economy – Fashion Pact, and more.
Circular Fashion & Textile Recycling this week: The Circular Fibre Collective, a new initiative from The Fashion Pact and Fashion for Good, aims to break the; and A consortium of Axens, IFPEN, and JEPLAN has successfully validated their…
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Roundup: Digital Product Passports & Supply, 2026 rules tighten fashion, and more.
Digital Product Passports & Supply Chain Tech this week: The apparel sector’s pivot to circularity is now driven by imminent EU regulations, notably the Ecodesign for; and Trimco outlines practical steps for fashion brands to prepare for…