The Fabric Brief — Friday, November 6: Africa's Five Hundred Billion Dollar Fashion Dream & Dhaka's Wage Fight Reaches a Crossroads

Today's brief: Africa's five hundred billion dollar fashion dream, Dhaka's wage fight at a crossroads, and wood pulp that regulates temperature. Top stories: Bangladesh's garment workers largely return to work as the wage board prepares its number, Africa unveils a five hundred billion dollar fashion roadmap in Lagos, and Spinnova teams up with Outlast on temperature regulating wood pulp fiber. - Textile Tallys: Tapestry's first quarter beats expectations as Coach grows sixteen percent while Kate Spade slips, and Reformation posts its twenty second straight quarter of double digit growth. - Textile science deep dive: ZDHC's new chemical list bans intentionally added PFAS and sets the industry's first contamination limits, with sixteen new substances restricted. - Controversy: Lululemon faces a class action lawsuit over what it told investors about store traffic and demand.