
Synthetic fibres blamed as plastic pollution enters fossil record
CALIFORNIA – Plastic pollution has been found to be entering the fossil record – and synthetic microfibres from clothing are

CALIFORNIA – Plastic pollution has been found to be entering the fossil record – and synthetic microfibres from clothing are

AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a US$60m fund to back new technologies and other initiatives aimed at tackling

TOKYO – Japanese fashion retailer, Fast Retailing, which owns Uniqlo, is partnering with the International Labour Organisation to improve worker

BATH – Apparel brand initiatives to improve the welfare of supply chain workers continue to be undermined by sharp business

REINACH – Advance Denim Co will become the first Chinese denim manufacturer to offer a collection made with Archroma’s aniline-free

DHAKA – Global unions have welcomed moves in Bangladesh to establish a successor organisation to the Bangladesh Accord. Members of

AMSTERDAM – Research among more than 700 apparel suppliers globally has found continued downward pressure on prices faced by factory

LONDON – The British Fashion Council (BFC) has claimed a no deal Brexit could cost the UK fashion sector up

YANGON – More than 4,500 workers from 50 garment factories in Myanmar recently demonstrated demanding that the newly revised law

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

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
WASHINGTON – US polyester manufacturers have applauded a decision by the US Department of Commerce to apply tariffs to fine denier polyester staple fibre (fine

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 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

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
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