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Op-Ed: Polyester: The Plastic of Our Lives
It seems these days everyone is wearing plastic. Polyester and other synthetics have made inroads in apparel…
Cotton Prices Continue to Drop in June, Near 52-Week Low
Despite a short-lived jump in the middle of the month, cotton prices ended June $0.04 below May, according to…
Cotton USA and Supima Collaborate with Freecultr
In their quest to make the most comfortable and soft T-shirt to date, clothing brand Freecultr has tapped Cott…
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Consumers Unhappy With Denim’s Fiber Swapping
Denim recently celebrated its 141st birthday — proving that some well-placed nips, tucks and makeovers can…
Cotton Prices Plunge 7% in May
After rising slightly in the first few days of May, cotton prices spent the following three weeks dropping at…
Supima Marketing Innovation in Luxury Sector Recognized by AAFA
PRESS RELEASE: New York, NY — April 29, 2014 — On a star-studded evening filled with celebrities, athletes…
Chinese Cotton Reserves Send Cotton Prices on an April Ride
Cotton prices fell for the first two weeks of April, then recovered, finishing the month almost where they…
ICAC: China’s Cotton Policy Changes Increase Sales, Impact Prices
Since China’s announcement in April that it would lower the starting auction price of cotton, sales from the…
Tajikistan’s Cotton Exports Plunge 63.6%; Forced to Transition to Alternate Crops
Tajikistan’s cotton exports have struggled so much the country is essentially abandoning it as a principal…
Pakistan Removes Duty Exemption On Imported Cotton; Cotton Industry Struggles
Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), an arm of the country’s Cabinet, decided to lift the…
Swaziland Gov’t Raises Cotton Price by 7% for 2013/14 Season
The Swaziland government has raised the price of cotton by 7 percent in an effort to revive the industry to…
Better Cotton to Spend $13 million on Production in 2014
The Better Cotton Fast Track program (BCFT) has been working to speed Better Cotton production with the…
Brazil, Paraguay and UN Team Up to Fight Pest Weevil
A three-way agreement was recently signed between Brazil, Paraguay and the United Nations Food and…
Pakistan Cotton Market Pleas for Gov’t Assistance
Still straining to capitalize on the preferential trade status it recently gained from the E.U. under its…
Peruvian Gov’t Will Not Subsidize its Cotton Farmers
After careful deliberation, the government of Peru officially decided it will not provide subsidies for its…