
Bangladeshi government slammed over safety figures
AMSTERDAM – All 745 ready-made garment factories under the Bangladeshi government’s inspection programme have yet to eliminate high risk safety

AMSTERDAM – All 745 ready-made garment factories under the Bangladeshi government’s inspection programme have yet to eliminate high risk safety

LONDON – UK retailer Marks & Spencer has confirmed to Apparel Insider it has now reached its goal of sourcing

HAMBURG – German textiles, apparel and homeware retailer the Otto Group will become the first company in its industry to

AMSTERDAM – A new tool which is attempting to map every garment factory in the world has gone live. The

BRUSSELS – The use of policy instruments, including tax breaks and subsidies, should be used to drive improved textile and

STOCKHOLM – A new collection from H&M will use fibres produced from oranges, pineapples and algae biomass. The retailer’s latest

LONDON – Nike has for the second year running failed to engage with an initiative whereby global investment groups probe

YANCHENG – A huge chemical plant explosion in China has killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds of others.

HAWASSA – Thousands of workers at Ethiopia’s biggest industrial park have been striking demanding that unions be allowed access to

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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