Women-led Kenyan design house wins Fashionomics Africa sustainable design competition for turning fruit waste into eco-friendly footwear...
The Competition Tribunal has approved the sale of Pepkor menswear chain John Craig to Johannesburg-based Blue Falcon 188 Trading, saving 422 jobs...
In a new study published in Nature Communications, my colleagues and I find a stark confirmation that microplastics are found throughout the Arctic Ocean...
Peter S. Ross 1 Feb 2021
The Shining Light Awards invites promising young diamond jewellery designers from Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa to showcase their talent...
Ethiopia has long been considered one of Africa's economic wunderkinds. But for the past two months, violent conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region fuelled by ethnic power politics has threatened the country's stability...
Dorothee Baumann-Pauly 21 Jan 2021
In 2019, secondhand clothing expanded 21 times faster than conventional apparel retail did...
Hyejune Park and Cosette Marie Joyner Armstrong 11 Jan 2021
The African Development Bank's Fashionomics Africa initiative has launched an online competition to support designers of sustainable and circular fashion...
Mr Price Group has concluded an agreement to acquire family-owned value retailer Power Fashion, which currently has 170 stores located across southern Africa...
Clothes shops are among the worst-hit retailers from the coronavirus pandemic, but luxury brands appear to be weathering the conditions relatively well...
Shaun Borstrock 17 Nov 2020
For its second annual Checkerboard Day, Vans will focus on the vital role creativity plays in helping individuals and communities address mental health and well-being, in light of the period of global isolation experienced as a result of Covid-19.
AllFashion Sourcing, the annual trade show for the apparel, textile, footwear and leather industry, will this year be hosted on a virtual platform from 3-5 November 2020...
Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Oct 2020
A significant number of Chinese tourists spend large sums on luxury items, such as designer clothes and accessories, when they travel overseas...
Xiaoqing Chen and Carol Zhang 1 Oct 2020
The transaction includes the transfer of 382 South African Jet stores and approximately 4,800 employees...
Converse is expanding its All Stars youth mentorship programme by opening it to the public for the first time, with the aim to incorporate a more grassroots approach to supporting youth action...
