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Framework renewed by Cambodia’s employers, workers, and importers•EU’s New Textile Regime: How Bangladesh, Vietnam, and India Are Positioning•Cambodia Reports "Satisfactory" Investment and Exports in Garment and Footwear Industry•European Commission Urged to Update Textile Labelling Regulation with "Must-Have" Elements•Yeşim Group Eyes $500M Exports from Egypt by 2030•Clothing and Textiles Still Pakistan’s Hope in Exports•Kohl’s Names Elliott Rodgers as New COO•Apparel Exports Decline as India Awaits Policy Payoff and Deal With the US• Framework renewed by Cambodia’s employers, workers, and importers•EU’s New Textile Regime: How Bangladesh, Vietnam, and India Are Positioning•Cambodia Reports "Satisfactory" Investment and Exports in Garment and Footwear Industry•European Commission Urged to Update Textile Labelling Regulation with "Must-Have" Elements•Yeşim Group Eyes $500M Exports from Egypt by 2030•Clothing and Textiles Still Pakistan’s Hope in Exports•Kohl’s Names Elliott Rodgers as New COO•Apparel Exports Decline as India Awaits Policy Payoff and Deal With the US•
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EU’s New Textile Regime: How Bangladesh, Vietnam, and India Are Positioning

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TCF Post Desk · 4 min
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TCF POST Report As the European Union aggressively shifts its sustainability, traceability, and circularity mandates from voluntary corporate pledges into hard trade law, it views Asia’s three major garment sourcing destinations—Bangladesh, Vietnam, and India—as still requiring significant structural improvements, with each displaying distinct strengths and weaknesses. A newly released European Parliament briefing document, titled “EU … Read more

Shift in US Apparel Sourcing: Vietnam Anchors Market as Brands Flee China for New Hubs

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TCF Post Desk · 3 min
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TCF POST Report The latest import data from the Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) reveals a significant shakeup in the US fashion supply chain. Rather than a minor, seasonal blip, American brands are fundamentally restructuring where their clothes are made. As total global apparel imports to the US dropped by 12% in the first … Read more

“Bangladesh’s garment industry is transforming from a cut and sew” hub to sophistication”  

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TCF Post Desk · 1 min

TCF POST Report Bangladesh has been successfully transforming from a basic “cut and sew” hub into a highly sophisticated, vertically integrated manufacturing powerhouse, said the international textile business group, Exploretex.   The Portugal-based strategic sourcing and manufacturing group, which operates vertical facilities in Bangladesh and high-end factories in Portugal, identifies that massive production capacity, competitive … Read more

H&M Sees C-PPAs as Decarbonization Action in Bangladesh, Vietnam

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TCF Post Desk · 2 min

TCF POST Report The recent introduction of Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (C-PPAs)—agreements allowing companies to buy electricity directly from renewable energy developers—has offered garment export industries in Bangladesh and Vietnam a significant competitive advantage, according to a senior official at the Swedish retailer H&M. Kim Hellström, Head of Sustainability at the H&M Group, advised Cambodian … Read more

Bangladesh’s garment export growth drops to minus 8.3% in May

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TCF Post Desk · 3 min
Bangladesh’s garment export growth drops to minus 8.3% in May

All textile exports fetch $36.85 billion in 11 months TCF Post Report The total garment export earnings for May came in at $3.919 billion. While this represents a sharp 8.3% drop compared to May of last year (YoY), it is actually a 24.77% month-on-month (MoM) increase compared to April 2026. Here is how the two … Read more

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