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| Secondhand Surge: Inflation, Product Scarcity, and New Tech Platforms Fuel Resale Market Rising prices and merchandise shortages are driving the growth of re-commerce today — and digital tools are helping small businesses easily get in on the action. Read more… |
| High-tech clothing company turns to black algae and hemp Black algae and hemp are two of the most futuristic materials on the planet, says London-based high-tech clothing startup Vollebak. Read more… |
| How reaching for the clothes in your closet helps fight climate change By wearing the clothes already in your closet roughly twice as many times as you might have otherwise before tossing them, people doing so could reduce the related emissions impact of clothing by 44%. Read more… |
| SWEDISH UNIVERSITY STUDENT DEVELOPS CONDUCTIVE FIBRES The ionofibres achieve higher flexibility, durability and match the type of conduction body uses. In future, they may be used for items like textile batteries, displays and muscles. Read more… |
| Made in St. Louis: Crochet creatures capture the imagination The articulated sculptural style used to make Lapp’s pattern, amigurumi originated in Japan a few decades ago and quickly took hold with people who crocheted and knitted around the world. Read more… |
| REPORT: MATERIALS MOTIVATE CONSUMERS TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE PURCHASES The survey found that 90.5 percent of the 6,000 respondents in France, Italy, Germany, the U.K. and U.S. intend to change the way they buy clothes. They just need to be better educated about why and what to buy alternatively. Read more… |
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