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China expands footprint in Ethiopian textile sector
ADDIS ABABA – One of China’s largest textile manufacturers, Wuxi Cotton Mill, has become the latest inward investor to head
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VF Corp buys natural fibre specialist Icebreaker
GREENSBORO – US-based apparel and lifestyle retail brand VF Corporation has purchased New Zealand-based Icebreaker as it looks to increase
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Fair play?
Aggressive tax avoidance schemes might make financial sense but for a growing number of consumers, they’re simply not cricket. When
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A cry for help?
ISTANBUL — Customers shopping at Zara, the fast fashion retailer owned by the world’s largest apparel company, Inditex, recently found
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Further growth for Cambodia garment exports
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s heavily export-orientated garment industry continues to show signs of upturn despite ongoing challenges around social compliance
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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
HK facility introduces textile recycling to end consumers
3rd September 2018
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STOCKHOLM – A new H&M Foundation-backed technology facility in Hong Kong will allow end consumers to hand in their old clothing items and watch them
44 cents: the ‘price’ of sustainability
3rd September 2018
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LONDON – Consumers would have to pay an extra 44 cents on the cost of a basic T-shirt in the US in order to factor
Just 3% of Bangladesh garment factories unionised
3rd September 2018
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DHAKA – A survey of almost 4,000 ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh found that 97.5 per cent of them do not have trade unions. The
Accord cuts ties with Sears, Macy’s supplier
3rd September 2018
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DHAKA – A Bangladesh textile mill which supplies to US retailers Sears and Macy’s Inc has had its business ties cut with signatories to the
