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Fashion for Good project with Bestseller and Kering demonstrates tracing of viscose

Global sustainability initiative Fashion for Good reported the successful completion of its Viscose Traceability Pilot in time for World Rainforest Day on 22nd June 2021. The pilot is a consortium project with partners Bestseller and Kering and supported by Zalando to trace sustainable viscose in garments using innovator TextileGenesis’...

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Fashion for Good launches the Renewable Carbon Textiles Project

Sustainable fashion initiative Fashion for Good has launched a project to accelerate the development of Polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHA polymer fibres, a biosynthetic alternative to fossil-based fibres. The production of virgin fossil-based polyester fibres contributes to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Biosynthetics made from renewable...

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Why Bestseller, H&M and Primark are resuming sourcing in Myanmar

After a military coup on 1 February 2021 caused a state of emergency to be declared in Myanmar and protests by the population against the military junta’s seizure of power were met with violence, quite a few buyers withdrew from the Southeast Asian country for the time being. After a temporary pause, some apparel companies like Bestseller, H&M...

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How Denmark wants to become a circular frontrunner

A group of Denmark’s largest players have come together for a project called ReSuit: Recycling Technologies and Sustainable Textile Product Design. Its aim is to redraw the boundaries for fashion design, recycling technologies and consumer behaviour to achieve a more sustainable textile industry and the recycling of all textile waste in Denmark....

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Bestseller launches multi-brand platform The Founded

Bestseller has announced the launch of a new multi-brand platform, called The Founded. The digital destination will replace Beseller.com, with customers looking for Bestseller products online now redirected to Thefounded.com. “The benefits of having strong partnerships with both established and new online partners are plentiful and we have...

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Bestseller pushes circularity with two projects in Bangladesh

According to the motto “waste not, want not,” Danish fashion group Bestseller A/S is supporting two projects that are meant to accelerate its move to a more circular business model. One is about using the company’s own cutting waste and the other about creating recycling yarns. For both projects, Bestseller collaborates with suppliers in...

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The fashion companies promising to pay their suppliers

After the outbreak of Covid-19, fashion companies cancelled orders worth billions with their suppliers, shifting their problems onto those who were most vulnerable: factory owners and workers. After much criticism, more than a dozen companies such as H&M and Levi Strauss made U-turns on their decisions, while others such as Bestseller and...

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Jack & Jones unveils SS21 collection to colleagues via livestream

Bestseller-owned brand Jack & Jones has held its first digital collection launch, marking what the group described as a “big step forward” in its digitalisation transformation. The brand streamed its Spring 2021 collection launch via a two-day series of live streams from the brand’s HQ in Brande to colleagues from 21 countries around the world....

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Bestseller offers “early and immediate” payments to suppliers

Danish fashion group Bestseller is immediately releasing payments on current orders to its suppliers, as well as implementing early payments until October, to ensure its suppliers' cash flow and help them through the coronavirus crisis. In a statement, Bestseller said: “Over the past four months, we have all faced significant challenges and...

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Marks & Spencer, H&M and Bestseller detail measures to help suppliers

Marks & Spencer, H&M and Bestseller have outlined measures to help support suppliers after fashion retailers received widespread criticism in recent weeks when many companies cancelled or refused to pay for huge orders of clothing. As of the beginning of April, 1.4 billion dollars worth of orders had been cancelled and another 1.8 billion...

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The evolution of plus-size as it joins mainstream fashion

Women are becoming ever-more confident with the size and shape of their bodies. With the growing trends of inclusivity and body positivity, the plus-size market isn’t only one of the fastest-growing segments for online retailers like Zalando, it is also evolving. An increasing number of conventional fashion companies such as Bestseller have...

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Selected launches first 100 percent sustainable collection

Danish brand Selected has launched its first 100 percent sustainable collection for both men and women: Selected Lab. The all black collection features a total of 16 items for Selected Femme and 16 items for Selected Homme spanning outerwear, shirts, trousers, shoes, belts and tailoring, with prices ranging from 39.99 euros to 349.99 euros....