All articles by Laura Husband
Laura Husband is Just Style's managing editor and she is always eager to hear what Just Style's readers would like to see on the site. She has written and edited publications for both print and online for over a decade ranging from the professional hair and beauty industries to pharmacy and mental health.
Laura Husband
Tweets of the week: From Xinjiang cotton to fashion circularity
This week’s tweets range from investigating fashion brands on Xinjiang cotton and closing the de minimis loophole to supply chain transparency and circularity.
Investment-worthy tech that is shaking up fashion waste, returns game
From realistic 3D digital avatars minimising the need for fashion samples to a size body scanner that reduces customer returns by 5%, UK garment manufacturer Fashion Enter Ltd and UK fashion retailer N Brown reveal the technologies worth investing in today.
Key trends, new sourcing destinations revealed at Source Fashion
Garment makers from over 20 countries were present at this week’s Source Fashion event where sourcing director Suzanne Ellingham revealed exclusively to Just Style that UK retail group The John Lewis Partnership is now considering sourcing from Madagascar.
Filings signal: Fashion’s top winners versus losers for quarterly results
Indian sportswear manufacturer Reliance Industries, children’s retailer The Children’s Place and footwear brand Crocs are the biggest fashion winners from the quarterly filings published over the past 90 days, according to GlobalData.
Patents signal: Nike steals show with patents in Q2 2023
US athleisure and sportswear brand Nike is the sole apparel company in the patent assignee top 10 list for Q2 2023, according to GlobalData.
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Jobs signal: Supply chain hiring spree for athleisure fashion companies
As the athleisure trend goes from strength to strength, sports fashion companies, including Adidas are investing in supply chain-based roles.
Gildan Activewear to close Honduras factory to optimise, diversify operations
Canadian apparel maker Gildan Activewear says it is gradually ramping down production of a sewing factory in Honduras as part of wider plans to “balance its apparel sewing production” and confirms the move is in no way related to the murder of four Honduras union leaders last month.
Fashion brands ‘hide’ waste despite upcoming legislation – transparency index
Almost nine out of ten fashion brands do not disclose annual production volumes and 99% have not committed to reducing the number of new items they produce despite proposed EU legislation to charge brands for fashion waste, according to the Fashion Transparency Index 2023.
Mango to pump EUR200m into growth ambitions following H1 sales jump
Spanish fashion retailer Mango has announced a 20% sales increase for the first half of 2023 (H1) and plans to accompany its period of growth with a EUR200m ($220.42m) investment in its technology, logistics, stores and new Mango campus.
Fresh job cuts at PVH under digital, supply chain growth plan
US fashion conglomerate PVH, which owns Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger is making additional job cuts to those announced in 2022 as part of ongoing efforts to invest in digital, supply chain and consumer engagement.