One of the highlights within our 3rd Annual Sustainability and the State of the Future Youth Culture Study 2014 comes to what brands 13-25-year-olds believe to be the most eco-friendly or sustainable. The responses reflect a changing marketplace, including changes in spending patterns and why they buy the things that they do. In this story, […]
On Friday, August 22, 2014, we broke the news that Bread & Butter decided not to host their January, 2014 trade show in Barcelona after all. Today, August 25, 2014, Karl-Heinz Muller, founder of Bread & Butter, released a statement as to why and what the fashion trade show has planned for 2015. Here’s more: […]
Late-breaking news on Friday evenings are often the most intriguing: Bread & Butter has pulled back on its recent announcement of moving the January fashion trade show to Barcelona. Instead, they’re not going anywhere and will host the show once again in Berlin. No word yet if their plans for Seoul, Korea, are changed for […]
Blake MyCoskie, founder and owner of the shoe-darling TOMs Shoes has sold half of his brand Wednesday, August 20, 2014, to Bain Capital, co-founded by none other than Mitt Romney. TOMs Shoes, which as our data has shown in the past Youth Culture Studies, has steadily climbed as a favorite brand among 13-25-year-olds for many […]
When the tragic event of Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza building collapsed in April 2013, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,100 garment workers, the veil masking fashion’s dirty secrets was stripped away. Suddenly, people demanded to know what was going on with the garment industry and workers’ safety, people questioned conditions, fair wages, building safety, […]
Patagonia continues to set the bar when it comes to sustainability and its stewardship to the planet. Last week, they released their “Environmental & Social Initiatives 2014” book that details the steps taken over the last year toward becoming more environmentally and socially responsible. The book is free and offered also in a e-book format. […]
According to Textile Exchange’s latest Organic Cotton Market Report 2013, H&M manifests its leading position as the number one user of certified organic cotton with its 29% increase in the last year. This is part of the company’s strategic target to use only more sustainable cotton by 2020. “We congratulate H&M on its continued impressive […]
When it comes to sustainability, it’s no longer about incorporating a strategy to get ahead of trends, but rather, a sustainability strategy is needed in order to not be left behind. With fast-fashion kingpins H&M and Uniqlo already far ahead of the status quo when it comes to strategies incorporating sustainability and fair trade, Macy’s, […]
A little yellow dress produced by two Swedish organizations, the Royal Institute of Technology and GreenHouse Labs, has made sustainability history. Unveiled at the prestigious Almedalen Week, a political event held on the Island of Gotland, Sweden, the dress is made completely of recycled cotton fibers. According to Sportswear International which also reviewed the dress, […]
SXSW Eco has announced their latest round of new speakers and panelists for the upcoming SXSW Eco conference October 6-8, 2014 in Austin, TX. Label Networks is among the invited presenters featuring our topic: #TheSustainables: Youth Culture’s DIY Future. In addition, we’re pleased to announce that Label Networks’ President, Tom Wallace, and Senior Vice President, […]