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US apparel businesses report CEO-worker pay ratios
NEW YORK – US-based publicly held corporations are beginning to report typical pay gaps between their CEOs and typical workers
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Resale to capture a third of apparel market
LONDON – The apparel resale market will hit US$20bn by 2022, according to new research, as a new generation of
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M&S signs 2018 Bangladesh Accord
LONDON – UK retailer, Marks & Spencer, has finally signed the 2018 Bangladesh Accord amid growing public pressure. M&S follows
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Leading brands to ban Mohair after peta exposé
NORFOLK – Several leading global apparel brands, including Zara, H&M, Gap and Topshop, have said they will stop selling mohair
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Supplier squeeze hampers CSR efforts in Bangladesh
NEW YORK – Aggressive sourcing practices by apparel brands and retailers are squeezing suppliers in Bangladesh, hitting margins and leading
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GFA outlines sustainability priorities for fashion
COPENHAGEN — The need to address the dominant, wasteful and eminently unsustainable fast fashion business model is a point which
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Nike tops list of most valuable apparel brands
OREGON – Nike remains the most valuable apparel brand in the world according to new research which ranks the US
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JD Sports’ US$400m purchase of Finish Line investigated
SAN DIEGO – The proposed sale of US-based exclusive sports shoe supplier, The Finish Line, to UK-sportswear retailer, JD sports,
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Next chief: 2017 toughest trading for 25 years
LONDON – UK apparel retailer, Next, claimed 2017 was the toughest year for a quarter of a century as it
Syngenta refutes cotton farmer death allegations
19th September 2018
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BASEL – NGO Public Eye has accused the Swiss agricultural chemical company Syngenta of exporting pesticides it claims are linked to the involuntary poisoning of
Can fur ever be fair?
19th September 2018
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PARIS – Can real fur ever be fair and ethical? That is the question Apparel Insider asked as it approached several fur suppliers exhibiting at
