News Amazon clothing listings up 27% in eight months NEW YORK – The amount of clothing retailed on Amazon increased by 27 per cent between February and September 2018. Read More »
News Adidas leads pack in new human rights benchmark LONDON – Adidas is the world’s top scoring company in a new benchmark which assesses businesses on their respect for Read More »
News Online fashion bosses face Parliamentary grilling LONDON – UK Government has written to several online fashion retailers, including Boohoo, PrettyLittleThing and Misguided, after evidence given in Read More »
News Bangladesh facing supply chain chaos if Accord exits this month DHAKA – 532 factories could potentially be declared ineligible to produce for Bangladesh Accord signatory companies by 1 January 2019 Read More »
News HeiQ and DuPont partner on PFC-free water-repellent ZÜRICH – A new PFC-free water-repellent for leather has been established by Swiss textile technology business HeiQ and DuPont Consumer Read More »
News Organic cotton output rises 10 per cent TEXAS – Latest figures show global organic cotton output rose by 10 per cent to 117,525 MT in the 2016/17 Read More »
News Odour-free, silver-treated clothing poses toxic threat, claims report STOCKHOLM – New Swedish research claims clothing treated with silver poses a toxic threat to sediment-dwelling creatures and organisms in Read More »
News SAC outlines ambitious Higg scaling plans SAN FRANCISCO – Sustainable Apparel Coalition CEO, Jason Kibbey, has told Apparel Insider about its ambitious growth targets as it Read More »
News EU warns Myanmar over labour rights BRUSSELS – The EU has warned Myanmar it must act now to address “severe shortcomings” in human and labour rights Read More »
San Francisco bans sale of fur 21st March 2018 No Comments SAN FRANCISCO — There is further evidence this week that the tide is turning against the global fur industry with news that San Francisco officials Read More »
Apparel bodies urge labour reform in Cambodia 21st March 2018 No Comments PHNOM PENH – A group of industry bodies representing some of the largest apparel brands in the world, including Gap, H&M and ASOS, have sent Read More »