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Ethiopia way short of textile export target
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s textile and garment sectors achieved less than half of their export target for the 2017-2018 fiscal
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Organic cotton and BCI to work more closely
AMSTERDAM – Organic cotton and the Better Cotton Initiative will collaborate more closely moving forwards. In an exclusive interview with Apparel
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Adidas, H&M, Primark outline 2018 sustainability targets
BERLIN – More than 100 global organisations have published detailed roadmaps outlining how they will increase sustainability along the global
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Wool output forecast for 5.7 per cent drop in dought-hit Australia
SYDNEY – Australian wool production is forecast to fall by 5.7 per cent for the 2018/19 season as ongoing drought
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Selfie-syndrome fuelling wasteful purchasing
LONDON – Almost one in ten Brits have revealed they have bought clothes online to wear once with the aim
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Mass consumption an “experiment gone wrong”
LONDON – Fashion Revolution founder Orsola de Castro has welcomed the furore around Burberry’s stock incineration, believing the resulting bad
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C&A jeans set gold standard in sustainability
DÜSSELDORF – C&A has launched what could arguably claim to be the world’s most sustainable jeans. The leading European clothing
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Minimum wage impasse rumbles on in Bangladesh
DHAKA – Union organisations in Bangladesh have reiterated calls for a trebling of monthly wages for ready-made-garment workers from the
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Nike hit with damning gender discrimination lawsuit
OREGON – A group of women who were formerly employed by Nike Inc. are suing the company over claims that
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
