Amazon threat looms large for retailers
Amazon’s continued encroachment into the apparel retail space will step up a gear in 2018, with traditional department stores facing
Esprit bridges Dutch and German textile initiatives
24th April 2018
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RATINGEN – International apparel brand, Esprit, has become the first ‘associate member’ of the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles as part of the
World Bank calls for fewer labour market regulations
24th April 2018
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WASHINGTON – The World Bank has issued a new report encouraging lower minimum wages and stronger hiring and firing powers for businesses in developing countries.
MEPs back separate collections for household textiles
24th April 2018
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STRASBOURG – European Parliament has backed ambitious circular economy proposals which will mean waste textiles from households will have to be collected separately by 2025.
Lindex to train all designers, buyers in circularity by 2020
24th April 2018
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GOTHENBURG – Finnish fashion retailer, Lindex, will train all of its designers, buyers and production teams in design methods for circularity by 2020 as part
BGMEA: Bangladesh a “model of workplace safety”
24th April 2018
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DHAKA – Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry has become a model of workplace safety – this is the remarkable claim of the country’s leading garment industry
