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John Tighe: leading Men's Wearhouse's parent from bankruptcy to IPO

In August 2020, Tailored Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as pandemic lockdowns emptied offices and gutted demand for suits. The company announced plans to shut down up to 500 stores at the time. In July 2026, the same company — parent of Men's Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank, Moores and K&G Fashion Superstore — publicly filed a...

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How Trump's Brazil tariffs risk reversing the great China exit

A new 25 percent US tariff took effect on Wednesday, impacting a range of Brazilian goods and directly affecting the American apparel and footwear industry. Announced by President Donald Trump on July 15, the tariff has drawn criticism from industry leaders, warning the levy will raise costs for US companies. "The Administration's tariff...

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Suppliers for global fashion brands silencing garment works

A new report by non-profit UK labour rights organisation, Labour Behind the Label, reveals that global fashion groups and brands, including Levi’s, Next, H&M, Gap, Inditex, Carrefour and Primark, are using a broken billion-dollar audit system that is “systematically silencing garment workers in Pakistan” despite widespread evidence of labour...

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Curve New York's SS27 preview: discipline over big bets

Curve New York returns to the Javits Center River Pavilion on August 2, unveiling spring/summer 2027 collections at a moment when intimate apparel and swimwear buyers are rewriting their playbook, ordering earlier, but with far less room for error. "The market has become much more disciplined over the past few years," Raphael Camp, CEO of...

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