National Cotton Council (NCC) CEO Gary Adams says at one point last year, consumer spending on clothing and textiles dropped 85% as more consumers stayed at home and didn’t have a reason to buy ...

Yinan Zhu, general counsel for the fast-fashion giant, confirmed its suppliers did manufacture products in the country, but declined to say whether they used Chinese cotton. Firms that source clothing ...

At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was exploding, creating enormous international demand for cotton clothing. Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, which easily ...