Chanel commits to the circular economy with Atelier des Matières

The idea was to create a company open to all luxury and premium brands, offering them the opportunity to refurbish their scraps, in terms of fabrics, materials, finished…

Piquadro, LVMH, Kering rally to assist flooded Emilia-Romagna

 The Piquadro group, based in Silla di Gaggio Montano near Bologna, quite close to the flood-hit areas, has announced it will donate €200,000 to help the regional authorities…

UK Christmas Day e-sales boom peaked during Queen’s Speech

It seems UK consumers were multitasking on Christmas Day, adding online browsing and shopping to their festive activities.According to one of the UK’s biggest e-commerce website providers, EKM,…

UK’s Alchemie Technology launches new finishing process for 85% cost reduction

Called Novara, the company claims European manufacturers “can save €1 million per year as gas prices soar” with the new process.It uses high-velocity jetting technology to apply nano…

Trump threatens China with tariffs on further $300 billion of goods

Tensions between the world’s two largest economies have risen sharply since talks aimed at ending a festering trade war broke down in early May.While Trump said on Thursday…

Watchdog highlights shortcomings in EU rules to curb tech companies

The Regulatory Scrutiny Board, which reviews policies and legislation proposed by the European Commission, eventually gave its green light to the draft rules, but also said they did…

Vero Moda launches first piece using Circulose

The new limited edition piece brings the firm’s collaboration with Swedish firm Renewcell to life.It said that “in a breakthrough moment for Renewcell’s innovative material Circulose, Vero Moda…