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Redress Design Award 2022 seeks global entries

World’s largest sustainable fashion design competition offers HK$80,000 (US$10,000) in funding as VF’s Timberland® unveils debut collection designed with Redress Design Award 2020 winner It’s a banner month for leading Hong Kong-based environmental NGO Redress as it unveils plans for its Redress Design Award 2022, the world’s largest sustainable...

Fashion

Redress Design Award 2022 launches via live stream event

International sustainable fashion design competition The Redress Award hosted a livestream event via YouTube to unveil details about the 2022 edition. Applications for the Redress Design Award 2022 are open internationally from tomorrow, January 6 until March 16. During the live stream, the judges of this year’s edition also specified the design...

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VF Corp posts increase in Q4 sales and earnings

For the fourth quarter, revenue at VF Corporation, increased 23 percent or 19 percent in constant dollars to 2.6 billion dollars. Excluding the impact of acquisitions, revenue increased 16 percent, or 12 percent in constant dollars driven by VF’s largest brands, e-commerce growth and an increase in the APAC region. “I could not be more pleased...

Fashion

Timberland launches first products made with community cotton

Timberland is rolling out its first products using Community Cotton fibre sourced from its sustainable supply chain of cotton in Haiti as part of its spring 2021 collection. The collection follows Timberland’s five-year journey to reintroduce cotton farming to Haiti in partnership with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance, to create a new supply...

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Timberland champions nature with new campaign

Timberland has partnered with three purpose-led communities from London, Chicago, and Shanghai, to champion nature and empower people to “step outside and move the world forward”. The short film, ‘Nature Needs Heroes’ features Flock Together, a London-based birdwatching collective that challenges the under-representation of Black, brown and...

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From farm to closet: How some brands are embracing regenerative production

When luxury companies began buying factories to keep artisan skills alive, it was a passive move into sustainability. It was also a way to stifle competition, where brands have priority ownership over their supply chains. Safeguarding craftsmanship From a craftsmanship point of view, hand-made products hold their own unique value, and remain...

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Timberland plans to build the first regenerative rubber supply system

Timberland is continuing to expand its regenerative leather offerings with plans to build the world’s first regenerative rubber supply system for the footwear industry in partnership with Terra Genesis International (TGI). Working alongside its parent company VF Corporation and sister brands Vans and The North Face with TGI, the new regenerative...

Fashion

Timberland expands regenerative leather footwear offering

Outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland has added a new range of eco-conscious hikers to its collection made using regenerative leather, as part of its commitment for its products to have a net positive impact on nature by 2030. The new men’s Greenstride Solar Wave EK+ Collection are available in mid, low and low fabric styles and feature...

Retail

Timberland launches first 'Community Loyalty Programme’ in the UK

Lifestyle brand Timberland has launched its first-ever membership programme to give “loyal customers” product exclusives, prizes, access to launch events, plant trees through Treedom and claim a 10 percent birthday promo code. The Community Loyalty Programme launches on April 12 and customers will be able to sign up in-store and online via the...

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Nike is world's top valuable apparel brand

Nike is the world’s most valuable apparel brand for the seventh consecutive year, according to data from the Brand Finance Apparel 50 2021 report. In a trying year for retailers and brands, the total value of the world’s top 50 most valuable apparel companies declined by 8 percent. Footwear brands are the only category to see growth, up 9...

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Susie Mulder to join Timberland as global brand president

VF Corporation has announced the appointment of Susie Mulder as global brand president, Timberland. The company said in a statement that she begins in her new role on April 5 and will report to VF’s Chairman, President and CEO, Steve Rendle. She will also serve on VF’s executive leadership team. “We conducted a very thoughtful and extensive...

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Redress Design Award to offer winner a collaboration with Timberland

Sustainable fashion competition, Redress Design Award has opened applications for 2021 and has announced career-changing prizes including an opportunity to collaborate with Timberland on a design project, as well as win 50,000 Hong Kong dollars. Organised by environmental charity Redress with Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong...