VF Corp backs foam dyeing technology
TEXAS – US denim brands Wrangler and Lee have put their financial weight behind a new foam dyeing process which claims
Europe’s sweatshops uncovered in report on garment production
AMSTERDAM – Bringing garment manufacture closer to home is not necessarily the solution to reducing poor working conditions for employees
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
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
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
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
1000s of garment factories mapped via digital map
13th February 2019
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DHAKA – A new transparency tool has been launched which maps all export-orientated ready-made garment factories in the Dhaka District of Bangladesh. Funded by the
Social audits ignore gender violence, claims HRW
13th February 2019
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NEW YORK – Social audits in global apparel supply chains fail to address gender-based violence claims a new report by Human Rights Watch. Published to
Investors urge Bangladesh Accord continuation
13th February 2019
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NEW YORK – A group of 190 global investors representing over US$3 trillion in assets have written to the Bangladeshi urging it not to abandon
