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This Earth Day, Canopy announced that eight new fashion companies joined the CanopyStyle initiative to keep ancient and endangered forests out of the viscose supply chain and help conserve the world’s most vital forests, biodiversity, and climate. The brands include Shein, Hanky Panky, ocean+main, River Island, AllSaints, Kmart Australia and Boody.

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The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) has launched its latest initiative in providing service to its members – the CMAI FAB Show – scheduled to be held from April 11-13 at the newly opened Jio World Centre in Mumbai. More than 5,000 garment manufacturers, exporters, retailers and traders are expected to visit the show.

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Sports company Puma is set to pilot an innovative production process to use existing football jerseys to produce new ones to reduce waste and pave the way towards more circular production models, while Swedish clothing company H&M has launched a new denim collection for which the company focused on saving water in all phases, working with suppliers who use recycling water systems.

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Decentraland’s Metaverse Fashion Week (MVFW22) has unveiled the future of fashion. Featuring AI and robots, luxury wearables, ‘phygital goods,’ and immersive experiences, more than 70 participating brands, artists, and designers, are coming together to be a part of MVFW22, a milestone event in the global fashion industry, that ends on March 27.

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US-based women’s fashion brand Anine Bing’s has partnered with actress and supermodel Irina Shayk to serve as the face of its 2022 brand and 10-year anniversary campaigns. The collaboration will support the relaunch of Anine Bing’s best-selling Classics Collection, and the debut of its first-ever Resort Collection. The campaigns were shot by fashion photographer Chris Colls.

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New York City mayor Eric Adams has announced a partnership with New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) that will create new jobs for New Yorkers, expand Brooklyn’s footprint in the fashion industry, and provide a boost to New York’s economy. Slow Factory will be the first major tenant at Made in NY Garment Hub as part of redevelopment.

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LA Fashion Week (LAFW), the Official Fashion Week for the city of Los Angeles, is set to return on April 1, 2022 under the umbrella of N4XT Experiences, a premier and global event experience company. The joint forces will elevate LAFW’s presence in the preeminent trend-setting city, creating greater opportunity for established and emerging brands.

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Nitches Inc, a US-based designer and manufacturer of high-end clothing and accessories, has announced the launch of its Owner Verification System (OVS), which is in the patent application process. Nitches developed the OVS to prove the authenticity of its high-end, exclusive capsule collections that are created with celebrities and influencers.

Nitches plans to make its OVS available to other businesses that want to protect their merchandise from counterfeiting in the future, the company said in a media release.

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At its fashion installation on January 18, 2022, Neonyt brought the fashion industry together at Frankfurt Fashion Week (FFW) in the Main metropolis for the first time. The guests became part of an exclusive presentation of carefully curated multi-brand looks.

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More policy measures to expand domestic demand are needed to strengthen China's economic recovery that gained momentum in December as signs of souring exports and employment situation emerge, according to experts. Though manufacturing activity accelerated in December, contraction in export orders and staff levels within the sector added a cautionary note.