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Clothes From a Petri Dish: $700M Company May Have Cracked the Code on Spider Silk

Dan Widmaier, cofounder and CEO of Bolt Threads, dons a white lab coat with his name and the numeral one — for employee number one — on the back before opening a door to the company’s lab. Inside, Widmaier and his cofounders, David Breslauer and Ethan Mirsky, are growing artificial spider silk, something that scientists around the world have been trying to do for decades.

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How Fashion Retailer H&M Is Betting on Big Data and A.I. to Regain Profitability

Recent years of lackluster performance and the most significant profit drop in six years has fast-fashion retailer H&M looking for a road to profitability.

Levi Strauss Takes Aim at Supply Chain Emissions

Levi Strauss & Co. has announced a new climate action strategy that sets targets for reducing carbon emissions across its owned-and-operated facilities and global supply chain by 2025. These goals have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative.

Most Shoes Sold in the U.S. Are Imported. Now the Industry Is Terrified of Tariffs.

Vans, the 52-year-old brand best known for its unassuming slip-on sneaker, is on a tear. Vans' annual revenue topped $3bn last year, up nearly tenfold from a decade earlier, propelled in part by cheap and plentiful manufacturing in Asia.

Three Reasons to Buy Into Blockchain and the Internet of Things

The supply chain of the future will require greater trust and transparency among its members.

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How Crowdsourced Delivery Will Change the Game for Retailers

Customer expectations for faster and more flexible delivery are at an all-time high — and show no sign of slowing down.

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Robot Workers Will Lead to Surge in Slavery in Southeast Asia, Report Finds

Robots will slash millions of jobs and create an upswing in trafficking and slavery across south-east Asia, research claims.

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E-invoicing: Bring new efficiencies to your global operations

Having first leveraged e-invoicing to process freight payments in the U.S. for more than a decade, a global retailer recognized the need to extend these practices to their operations in Europe. Elavon Freight Payment—the European counterpart to U.S. Bank Freight Payment—helped the global retailer capitalize on all advantages of e-invoicing.

ASOS Pledges to Ban Mohair, Cashmere and Silk From 2019

Animal welfare in fashion has had a huge boost last week. Asos — the second biggest clothing site in the U.K., with 64.4 million visitors in the six months to May 2018 — has pledged to ban silk, mohair, cashmere and feathers from its site from January 2019. In addition, products using down, teeth and bone — including mother-of-pearl, which is taken from the shell of some molluscs — also fall under the planned ban.

Big-Name Retailers Make Pride Merchandise in Places That Aren’t L.G.B.T.-Friendly

The merchandise has never been more plentiful or easier to find. Tote bags that say “United” from H&M. T-shirts emblazoned with “I Am Proud” from Levi Strauss & Co. An inflatable, rainbow-colored whale from Target — a “Pride Narwhal.”

Global Circular Fashion Initiatives Receive $1.5M in Funding

C&A Foundation announced $1.5m in funding for five circular fashion initiatives worldwide to bridge the gap in implementing circular business models throughout the global apparel value chain.

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Oscar, Marcus, Casper, Cora: Companies Are Using Human Names to Seem More Friendly

“A person’s name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” Though Dale Carnegie was talking about nurturing relationships, a lot of startups these days are incorporating his observation into branding strategy.

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