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Germany’s Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt to merge
BERLIN – Hudson’s Bay Company and Signa Holding have entered into an agreement to merge Germany’s Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt
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Huntsman launches innovative diffusion accelerant
SINGAPORE – Textile dyes and auxiliaries business, Huntsman Textile Effects, has unveiled a new diffusion accelerant which, it claims, could
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Leading Bangladashi textile mill regrets going green
DHAKA – A leading Bangladeshi textile mill has called out Western buyers for refusing to pay more for sustainably sourced
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Fashion for Good backs 12 more start-ups
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has announced that 12 more sustainable fashion start-ups will join its accelerator programme which sees
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Italian auditor “ignored fatal flaws” in garment factory
AMSTERDAM – More than 250 garment workers died in a garment factory fire in Pakistan after the company supposed to
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Levi’s chief enters gun violence debate
SAN FRANCISCO – US denim brand Levi Strauss has joined the debate on gun violence in the US. In a
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Rebecca Minkoff to talk at sustainable fashion event
LOS ANGELES – Rebecca Minkoff, cofounder and creative director of the namesake exclusive designer brand, has been announced as one
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Burberry says it will no longer incinerate stock
LONDON – Burberry has announced it will stop the practice of destroying unsaleable products, with immediate effect. The company has also
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What does Turkey’s currency crisis mean for apparel?
ISTANBUL – First the good news: holidaymakers in Turkey this year have received not far off double the amount of
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
