Global Used Clothing Industry Weekly 2026-W44: 36 Key Stories This Week, White Goose Down Down 1.7% Week-on-Week

Global Used Clothing Industry Weekly 2026-W44

Coverage period: 2026-10-20 to 2026-10-27. Generated by our site's pipeline from content published this week; all subheadings are clickable links to the original articles on our site.

Weekly Overview

Policy & Regulation 11, Recycling & Environment 8, Platform & Business 8, Industry News 7, Export Information 2 — 36 articles in total.

Policy & Regulation (Top 3 of 11)

• Adidas, H&M, Inditex Form Circular Alliance, Pilot Textile EPR Model in Ghana
  Adidas, H&M, Inditex and Bestseller have formed a clothing recycling alliance and launched a two-year pilot at Ghana's Kantamanto market to test a producer responsibility model.
• New EU Supply Chain Rules Crack Down on Clothing Labels: 37% of Declared Compositions Inaccurate; Digital Passports and Forced Labor Ban Reshape Export Thresholds
  European Commission testing found 37% of clothing labels misstate materials; combined with the forced labor ban and digital product passport rules, export thresholds for Asian suppliers are rising.
• Adidas, H&M, Zara Parent Company Form Global Alliance, First to Pilot Extended Producer Responsibility at Ghana's Kantamanto Market
  Adidas, H&M, Inditex and Bestseller have established the new ARC alliance to test extended producer responsibility at Ghana's Kantamanto market.

Recycling & Environment (Top 3 of 8)

• Gyeonggi Techno Valley Winter Coat Sharing Drive Has Donated Over 70,000 Coats in 8 Years
  Gyeonggi Institute of Science & Technology Promotion, together with companies in Gwanggyo and Pangyo Techno Valley, runs a winter coat sharing drive; 7 collection points accept coats, and over 70,000 have been donated in 8 years.
• Konstanz, Germany Removes Used Clothing Bins: Where Will Citizens' Old Clothes Go?
  Used clothing bins run by the Red Cross and the Order of Malta in Konstanz, Germany were removed at the end of January 2026; citizens can now only take clothes to recycling centers.
• Recent Recycled Polyester Roundup: Primark, BESTSELLER, BASF and Others Advance Textile Waste Recycling
  Primark, BESTSELLER, BASF and Finland's VTT have recently made successive moves in recycled polyester, covering chemical recycling of textile waste and scaled-up capacity.

Platform & Business (Top 3 of 8)

• Morgan Stanley Backs eBay: Live Auctions Become Core GMV Growth Engine, Price Target Raised to $132
  Morgan Stanley named eBay a top pick, saying eBay Live contributed over 40% of its FY2026 GMV growth, and raised its price target to $132.
• eBay 2026 Spring/Summer Trend Report: Secondhand Transaction Data Becomes Fashion Bellwether; Korean Sellers See Higher Prices for Designer Bags and Watches
  eBay released its 2026 spring/summer trend report based on 136 million buyers and 2.5 billion listings, finding secondhand transactions are a fashion bellwether and Korean sellers are active in designer bags and watches.
• eBay Live Shopping Accelerates: Secondhand Card Resale Drives Growth, Morgan Stanley Raises Price Target to $132
  Morgan Stanley says eBay Live contributed about 40% of growth this year, with secondhand card resale amplifying sales; eBay fully opened live shopping for the holiday season for the first time.

Industry News (Top 3 of 7)

• IKEA's Former Global Textile Sustainability Head Joins Swedish Circular Tech Company Cyclothe as Co-Founder and CEO
  Calvin Woolley, IKEA's former head of textile sustainability, has become co-founder and CEO of Swedish circular technology company Cyclothe.
• Japan's Fashion Secondhand Market Reached ¥1.41 Trillion in 2025, Expected to Grow to ¥1.53 Trillion in 2026
  Japan's fashion secondhand market reached ¥1.41 trillion in 2025, up 10.2% year-on-year, and is expected to grow to ¥1.53 trillion in 2026.
• Shenzhen School Uniforms Trend in Commuter Circles; Chinese Secondhand School Uniforms Hot Sellers in Africa
  Shenzhen school uniforms have become commuter workwear for office workers, while Chinese secondhand school uniforms are hot sellers at a dozen yuan apiece at Ghana's Kantamanto market in Africa.

Export Information (Top 2 of 2)

• Gaobeidian Bonded Logistics Center Completes First Processing-Trade Garment Export to US, Worth ¥2.9 Million
  Gaobeidian Bonded Logistics Center completed its first processing-trade garment export to the US, worth ¥2.9 million, as Baoding's textile and apparel sector goes global via the bonded platform.
• Bangladesh's Non-Cotton Apparel Export Share Rises to 30.7%, Reaching $1.31 Billion in July Alone
  In the first nine months of 2026, Bangladesh's apparel exports totaled $29.91 billion, with the non-cotton share rising to 30.7% and July alone reaching $1.31 billion.

Weekly Down Raw Material Changes (China Down Information Network)

Weekly Commentary

This week's industry themes centered on two main threads: policy & regulation and recycling & environment. On the policy side, Adidas, H&M and Inditex formed a circular alliance and are piloting a textile producer responsibility model in Ghana; new EU supply chain rules are cracking down on clothing labels, with digital passports and the forced labor ban continuing to raise export thresholds. On the recycling side, a Korean winter coat sharing program donated over 70,000 coats in eight years, the removal of recycling bins in Konstanz, Germany sparked discussion about where old clothes go, and several companies advanced textile waste utilization in recycled polyester. On exports, Gaobeidian Bonded Logistics Center completed its first processing-trade garment export to the US, and Bangladesh's non-cotton apparel export share rose to 30.7%. On the platform business side, eBay live auctions and secondhand transaction data drew attention. Down prices weakened across the board this week: 90% white duck down and 90% grey duck down both fell 1.5%, 90% white goose down fell 1.7%, and 90% grey goose down fell 1.3%, with the overall direction trending downward.

Data source: posts published on our site this week | Pipeline auto-generated at 2026-10-27T04:35:50+00:00