#Retail & Brands

2022-11-10

COS to enter Mexico with first flagship in Summer 2023

COS is pleased to announce its launch in Mexico in Summer 2023, opening a flagship store in the country’s capital, Mexico City. The Mexico City store will mark the brand’s first presence in the country and is part of a wider expansion strategy to scale the business globally and attract customers in new markets.

Located in Antara, Polanco, the 486 m² store space will reflect the brand’s design principles while incorporating sustainable values. The debut store in Mexico will adopt a new more sustainable concept with a circular ambition in design and material choices, marking the third store to roll out the concept to date.

"Opening a flagship store in Mexico is an incredibly exciting step for COS. We are always looking for new markets to introduce people to our brand and are confident Antara is the perfect destination for the launch. I’m looking forward to seeing how customers respond to the brand and engage with our collection."

Katie Reeves, Managing Director North America, COS

The new location will open with COS Spring Summer 2023, a collection founded on elevated essentials and unique wardrobe staples. The collection will be built with sustainability in mind, with each piece designed to last beyond the season.

This conscious mindset will also be reflected in the design of the store, which focuses on circularity in both materials and design and will encompass more sustainable materials such as bamboo wardrobes, recycled acrylic vitrine display cases and a rail system made with recycled aluminium. The concept is created so it can be maintained, repaired, and repurposed, demonstrating the brand’s commitment to a circular built environment.

“Production is a product”

From technical textiles and AI-driven robotics to the limitations of textile circularity: Professor Dr Thomas Gries looks back on more than two decades of development at ITA Aachen. In the interview, he explains why production technology remains a decisive success factor, discusses international collaborations and innovation ecosystems, and shares his views on the transformation of production landscapes and the challenges facing an increasingly regulated industry.

“We need to move away from the price trap and return to a value-driven mindset.”

With its new Textile Innovation Center, KARL MAYER is sending a strong signal for innovation, collaboration, and the future of textile applications. In this interview, Karl Josef Mayer discusses new opportunities in warp knitting, the processing of staple fibres, recycling, the changing role of machinery manufacturers, and why the textile industry must once again focus more strongly on the value of textiles. by Oliver Schmidt

“Innovation, resilience and international experience remain the great strengths of the Swiss textile machinery industry”

Geopolitical uncertainty, growing competitive pressure from China, new free trade agreements and the shift towards a circular economy are currently reshaping the global textile industry. In this interview, Cornelia Buchwalder discusses the current mood within the Swiss textile machinery sector, the industry’s distinctive innovative strength, new market opportunities in India and Asia, and the technological trends that could shape the upcoming trade fair cycle leading up to ITMA 2027.

Recover™ secures multi-year recycled cotton agreement with H&M

Recover™ has signed a multi-year agreement with H&M to support the integration of its recycled cotton fiber, RCotton, for use in H&M’s products. Since early 2024, H&M and Recover™ have collaborated on product development, which now enables scaled commercial introduction of Recover™ mechanically recycled cotton into H&M’s collections.

GORE-TEX® KIDSWEAR launches innovative membership scheme for kids’ jackets

With its revolutionary new membership model, GORE-TEX® Kidswear now offers families a simple, flexible and sustainable way of kitting out their children in top-quality jackets. It is aimed at the parents of children aged between five and ten and kicks off with a choice of functional winter jackets.

Cotton made in Africa partners receive top marks in independent verifications

Cotton made in Africa® (CmiA) and CmiA Organic are two internationally recognised standards that aim to promote sustainable development in the African cotton sector south of the Sahara. To ensure the standards’ credibility among brands, retailers, and consumers, independent verifiers evaluate compliance on the ground. The verification results for 2025, now published in the Aggregated Verification & Implementation Report, were very strong: The verifiers awarded consistently very good remarks regarding management, people, prosperity, and the environment.

Bangladesh: Italian textile machinery mission stops in Dhaka and Chittagong

Technological upgrading and the transition toward higher value-added production are driving the new Italian industrial mission to Bangladesh. This year, the mission will split between the country’s two main manufacturing hubs, where Italian manufacturers will meet the leaders of the local textile supply chain in two strategic stages: July 7th in Dhaka and July 9th in Chittagong.