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Female garment workers bore brunt of pandemic, study says
ABERDEEN – The UK Government needs to set up an independent watchdog to tackle abusive purchasing practices in international supply
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Fashion ignoring wage theft at Indian garment factories
KARNATAKA – Major global apparel brands are turning a blind eye to wage theft from garment workers in their Indian
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Italian business takes rival to court over greenwashing
GORIZIA – In a first-of-its-kind legal case, a civil court in Italy has ordered a business to stop making misleading
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Proposed US laws would close door on Shein
WASHINGTON – A proposed US bill is aiming to stop the US being swamped with cheap Chinese consumer products, including fashion.
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Eastman to invest US1$bn in French PET recycling plant
PARIS – Global specialty materials company Eastman will invest up to US$1bn in a material-to-material chemical recycling facility in France. French
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Rights groups lobby on New York Fashion Act
NEW YORK – A coalition of 20 human rights, labour and fashion sustainability organisations have proposed a set of amendments
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How fashion defied Peta to return to use of mohair
LONDON – Leading fashion brands which announced they had banned the use of mohair in their collections following a Peta
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Soorty uses Haelixa to back recycled cotton claims
ZURICH – Textile traceability specialists Haelixa have announced a new collaboration with Soorty, one of Pakistan’s largest vertically integrated denim
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Fashion first in line as UK regulators test eco-claims
LONDON – The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced fashion will be the first consumer sector it focuses
Net sales surge as innovation pays for Inditex
12th January 2018
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ARTEIXO – Sales jumped by ten per cent at the world’s largest fashion retailer, Inditex, in the first nine months of 2017, to €17.96bn. The
H&M expands Alibaba collaboration amid sluggish sales
12th January 2018
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STOCKHOLM – H&M has taken a significant step towards increasing its share of the burgeoning Chinese apparel market by expanding its collaboration with Alibaba. H&M
US ruling protects domestic polyester sector
12th January 2018
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WASHINGTON – US polyester manufacturers have applauded a decision by the US Department of Commerce to apply tariffs to fine denier polyester staple fibre (fine
Armani, Primark urged to disclose supplier lists
12th January 2018
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AMSTERDAM – A campaign led by Human Rights Watch, Clean Clothes Campaign, and International Labor Rights Forum is calling on Armani, Primark, Urban Outfitters, Forever
New tool links brands to Chinese supplier factories
12th January 2018
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NEW YORK – Six leading apparel brands, Target, Esprit, New Balance, Puma, Gap Inc and Inditex, have shared their supplier lists with two NGOs, the US-based
What price sustainability?
12th January 2018
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We’re all ethical shoppers right? Well not quite. New research shows 78 per cent of us base our purchasing decisions mainly on price. The EY
