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Authentic Brands to convert Lee to licensing model

Kontoor Brands has signed a definitive agreement to sell the Lee business to Authentic Brands Group for up to $1 billion, including an initial transaction value of $750 million and a $250 million earnout opportunity in future years based on the...

Major retail opportunity for Tintoremus
Fashion brand Tintoremus has opened a store-in-store boutique in one of Spain’s best known retail locations, the...
Panda Biotech connects with Indian partner
Panda Biotech, which operates a very large hemp decortication and processing facility in Texas, has announced a...
Bangladesh prepares for twentieth Denim Expo
The Bangladesh Denim Expo is preparing to celebrate its twentieth edition. The exhibition next takes place in Dhaka on...
Strong growth for Ralph Lauren
Fashion brand Ralph Lauren has reported full-year revenues of $8.1 billion for its most recent financial year, the 12...
SFI adds vintage denim to its toolkit
Over the years, the Star Fades International team has gathered a globally sourced collection of vintage jeans. The...
Oritain: Switching suppliers has exposed brands to prohibited cotton
Origin verification provider Oritain has claimed there is a widening "verification gap" between supply chain...

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Cut from a different cloth

Matthew Hegarty, founder of London-based brand Hegarty, sees denim and outerwear as the defining items in any wardrobe and tells us why UK manufacture and fabrics provide the foundations on which the business is built. For readers who don’t know, can you ...

“Collaboration between industry and academia allows for fresh perspectives”
Professor Kate Goldsworthy is the director of Future Denim Lab, an ambitious...
Clocking On with Nikita Raman
Nikita Raman’s experience across categories, segments and countries helps shape ...
Gap builds on its indigo foundations
Jane Pattinson, senior vice-president and global head of design at Gap,...
Adriano Goldschmied on the potential of digital printing
The ‘Godfather of Denim’ tells Inside Denim how he sees advances in technology...
Miles Johnson on why true denim sustainability demands collaboration, not competition
Consultant Miles Johnson acknowledges the dichotomy between balancing profit...

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Momentum grows in ‘battle’ against PP

Suppliers say potassium permanganate’s inclusion on the ZDHC Watchlist sends an “important signal” and, with new products that compare performance and cost-wise, there is no reason to put workers at risk.Talk to people who have visited laundries around the...

Is there life on planet wool denim?
In our common memory, denim is and has always been a blue fabric made of...
A chain under strain
The denim industry in Turkey faces multiple challenges from falls in demand and ...
Recycling ‘blocker’ fibre enters new age
As Lycra’s partially bio-based elastane hits commercial volumes, Fashion for...
To go with the flow
The shift towards wider and looser styles is a blessing for the denim industry...
Patterns vs fades
The making of jeans adorned with ‘deep fake’ digital prints, motifs etched out...