Thredup, an online resale platform, has issued its tenth Resale Report, claiming that secondhand is becoming a “global phenomenon,” driven by North America, with the US secondhand industry expected to more than quadruple to US$82 billion by 2026. ThredUp says its ‘2022 Resale Report,’ performed by third-party retail analytics firm GlobalData, is the most complete … More ThredUP publishes 10th annual resale report
At its meeting on 18/19 May, the ETH Board took note of the reports on the measures taken to promote equal opportunities. The institutions of the ETH Domain exceeded the spending targets in this area. These reports are presented to the ETH Board every two years. The ETH Board bade farewell to Professor Gian-Luca Bona, … More Swiss ETH Domain invests more in measures to promote equal opportunities
As Western nations place sanctions on people close to the Russian leader, including family members, the strict secrecy surrounding his private life is being punctured. By guest author Jason Horowitz from the New York Times. Claire Moses contributed reporting from the Netherlands, and Ivan Nechepurenko from Istanbul. Vladimir Putin did not like the prying. It … More Vladimir Putin, Family Man
The ITM 2022 fair is being held at the TÜYAP Fair Convention & Congress Center in Istanbul from June 14 – 18, 2022. Picanol will be showcasing its latest technology in Hall 2, Booth 219. ITM is the first major textile machinery fair where Picanol’s latest developments, which were released at the end of 2021, … More PICANOL to present its latest Weaving Innovations at the ITM 2022 Fair
Members asked about the scope and application of each other’s services trade measures in light of members’ obligations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The aim of these discussions is to improve transparency and monitoring of services trade measures and to ease trade frictions. The members concerned said they are complying with … More WTO Members discuss potential outcome on cotton at MC12, World Cotton Day, Partners’
Editorial: No end to turbulence in sight for the technical textiles industry Technical textile markets: product developments and innovations, April 2022 The world nonwovens industry: part 2—20 medium sized producers, April 2022 Profiles of five major automotive technical textiles manufacturers Global technical textiles business update, April 2022 Statistics: trends in production of fibre reinforced composite … More Worth Reading: Issue 122 of Technical Textile Markets has now been published and contains the following reports: