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Thinx launches new styles with LeakSafe™ barrier technology

New York-based reusable period underwear company Thinx has launched new styles with its innovative, patent-pending LeakSafe™ Barrier technology. Created to provide wearers with all-day protection, the innovative offers higher rates of absorbency, with leak protection for up to 12 hours. Available across all the brand’s products, including Thinx,...

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Rise of the period panties: Modibodi’s Kerry Cusack on the menstruation market

It’s an exciting time to be in the lingerie industry. Its growth is coupled with a buyer that has become more educated, self-assured and involved in the process, making concepts and brands a lot more in-tune with their mostly female audience. A culmination of this is the Period Pants industry, a one that has not only benefited from the widening...

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UK government puts end to ‘period pants tax’

As part of the government’s Autumn Statement, the chancellor has announced that period pants will be free of value added tax (VAT) from January onwards, a move that was met with celebration from retailers, women’s organisations and customers alike. Earlier this year, such groups rallied together on a campaign that called on the government to...

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Government to keep period pants tax under review

After two weeks of campaigning and petitioning among retailers and the general public, the UK government has now said it will be keeping its tax on period pants under review. The response comes amid heightened efforts and increased calls on the government to end tax on the products as part of the ‘Say Pants to Tax’ campaign, launched by Marks &...