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Woes continue for J Crew Group
NEW YORK – US apparel retailer J Crew Group has announced a sobering set of financial results for the third
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
LVMH CEO critical of Greta Thunberg
26th September 2019
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PARIS – Bernard Arnault, the 70-year-old CEO of French luxury group, LVMH, has illustrated just how breathtakingly out of touch some industry executives are on
Myanmar under further fire over Rohingya crisis
26th September 2019
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NEW YORK: The United Nations and Myanmar government have come under fire for failing to resolve the Rohingya crisis which has displaced more than a
New study adds to microfibre confusion
26th September 2019
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NEWCASTLE – New research by Newcastle University in the UK has added to the general air of confusion and uncertainty around microfibre release during laundering.
Averting climate impacts: an alternative slant
26th September 2019
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More brands than ever have committed to climate action during Climate Week. But as the latest, sombre Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report shows,
