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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
Making sustainability mainstream
8th February 2018
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On the of the launch of its revised sustainable cotton standard, Apparel Insider catches up with the Better Cotton Initiative’s chief executive officer, Alan McClay.
Fresh wave of Accord signatories after costs clarified
8th February 2018
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DHAKA – Around a dozen more brands have signed up to the 2018 Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety after the actual costs involved
