In the News | 28 July 2022

Catch up on recent African fashion headlines, events and other announcements.

July 28, 2022 • Reading this will take: 3 minutes

Cotton On Group has opened a R300m South African head office & warehouse in Waterfall City, and the competition tribunal approved TFG's Tapestry group purchase at R2.3bn. MyBroadband tests Bash's shopping experience, and M&G takes a look at the ethical and environmental concerns of South African fashion brands. Elsewhere, Pinterest begins a rollout of new tools to make the platform more shoppable, Gen Z leads a shift away from social networks and toward community platforms, and sustainability policy and reporting concerns make headlines.

Explore these stories and more below.

South Africa

Inside Cotton On's new R300m head office and warehouse in Gauteng

For the Cotton On Group, the investment in the new headquarters is a display of its confidence in the SA market, and the larger distribution centre will help the company ramp up speed of delivery...

Woolworths clothing improves but Australia disappoints

Sales rise in second half but group takes knock from lockdowns Down Under

TFG given greenlight to buy Coricraft and Volpes

The retailer will buy 175-store group Tapestry Home Brands from Westbrooke Investments for R2.3bn

New online store Bash tested — with promising results

MyBroadband tested the new Bash online store from The Foschini Group and was impressed by…

Truworths’ sales jump as lockdowns ease

Truworths' shares were up 9.14% at R52.53 at 1012 GMT, but down 0.8% since the start of this year.

Sustainable in fashion, for some

Fashion outlets are providing ‘pre-loved’ as well as ethically and environmentally sound garments

+ further reading on sustainability:

3 Sustainability Takeaways From The Global Fashion Summit

Delegates gathered in Copenhagen to discuss fashion education, offsetting vs insetting and allied power.

Two South African fashion businesses reveal the cost of sustainability

A jewellery brand and a research-based fashion project provide a few lessons.

Global

With a new CEO at the helm, Pinterest rolls out new e-commerce tools for retailers

This week, Pinterest unveiled its latest set of e-commerce tools designed to make its platform more shoppable.

Gen Z shapes new social media era

Younger users are rejecting Facebook’s world, looking for more novelty or more authenticity.

An extract from Alec Leach's book 'The World Is On Fire But We’re Still Buying Shoes'

In his book ‘The World Is On Fire But We’re Still Buying Shoes’, Alec explains why we need to re-think limited edition, collab and drop culture.

Fashion Declares | Home

Fashion Declares is a industry-wide bottom-up global movement of people who want to learn, share, and take effective action in the climate, ecological and social emergency

Nope, Fashion Is Not Responsible for 20% of Global Water Pollution, Either

If you want data that does more than just shock and awe, if you want data that is actionable and robust and accurate, then you need to go local.

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