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US apparel groups press for Myanmar labour reform
WASHINGTON – The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and the Fair Labor Association (FLA) have expressed concern that labour
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EU aims to bolster textile chemical safety
BRUSSELS – The EU has vowed to take a hardline approach to textile and apparel goods imported from non-EU manufacturers
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Unions demand trebling of Bangladesh minimum wage
DHAKA – Unions in Bangladesh are calling for a trebling of the minimum wage for garment industry workers to US$192
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Levi Strauss replaces people with lasers
SAN FRANCISCO – US denim brand Levi Strauss has announced a major ramping up of its use of lasers as
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UK brands linked to pollution scandal
LONDON – A damning new report claims UK retailers Tesco, Asda and Next are still sourcing viscose from Indonesian factories
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Landmark study measures fashion’s eco-footprint
BOSTON – The global apparel industry is responsible for 6.7 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions according to
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Job cuts on horizon at Missguided
MANCHESTER – It would seem that not even the new breed of rapidly growing apparel etailers are immune from the
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Uniqlo in dispute with NGOs over unpaid workers
AMSTERDAM – Japanese fast fashion brand, Uniqlo, is at loggerheads with a group of labour rights NGOs about its refusal
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Tree bark extract used as fabric water repellent
LONDON – Researchers have successfully used betulin, a tree bark extract, to improve the water repellency of cotton fabrics, offering
Boohoo accused of ‘Dickensian’ practices
18th June 2019
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BURNLEY – A worker for UK fast fashion brand Boohoo has claimed staff were told by management not to speak to union representatives and “put
Survey finds GBV rampant in Cambodia
18th June 2019
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WASHINGTON – Almost half of Cambodian garment industry workers surveyed had experienced having a supervisor or manager forcing them to become their mistress or “second
UK rejects chance to clean up fast fashion
18th June 2019
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LONDON – The UK Government has rejected recommendations by an independent Parliamentary enquiry aimed at cleaning up the fast fashion industry. Among other things, MPs
€3.6m funding for eco-dyes start-up
18th June 2019
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PARIS – A French tech business which produces textile dyes through microbial fermentation has raised €3.6m to help take its technology an industrial scale. Pili
