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Primark rolls out repair workshops and commissions durability research

Fast-fashion retailer Primark is looking to educate its consumers on how to repair their clothes with a series of durability and repair initiatives to help clothes “be loved and worn for longer”. The move is part of the retailer’s commitment to give clothes a longer life and will include scaling up Primark’s free clothing repair workshops...

15 Mar 2023

Fashion Featured

Fashion's growth is surpassing sustainability efforts, says report

Growth in the fashion industry is hampering sustainability targets as environmental impact from brands, retailers and manufacturers remains high. Current reductions in carbon footprints, water usage and embracing circular businesses is far slower than the rate of growth. The UK Government has announced policies and proposals to decarbonise all...

2 Dec 2022

BusinessFeatured

Average Brit owns 118 clothing items according to new report

A new report commissioned by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has detailed UK consumers’ increasing interest in circular models of purchasing clothing and the typical life expectancy of certain items. In autumn 2021, the nonprofit contracted two large scale pieces of online consumer research on the topics, the first of which...

10 Oct 2022

Fashion Featured

Wrap launches sustainability initiative 'Textiles 2030', major retailers sign up

UK non-profit Wrap has launched Textiles 2030, a new initiative aiming to transform the fashion and textiles sector into “a climate-neutral and profitable industry that is fit for the future”. Thirty-five organisations have so far signed up to the initiative, including Ted Baker, Next, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis & Partners, Oxfam, Primark,...

26 Apr 2021

BusinessFeatured

WRAP presents ECAP findings on circular fashion and textiles

Leading sustainability initiative WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) started its four-year pan-European progamme, the European Clothing Action Plan (ECAP), in September 2015. Its aim was to reduce the carbon, water and waste footprints left behind by the apparel industry throughout the European Union. The 3.6 million euro EU Life pilot...

7 Jan 2020