6th February 2020 - Apparel Insider

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DHAKA – Women working in Bangladesh’s ready made garment (RMG) sector are regularly verbally and physically abused while often being

Real fur from rabbit, mink and fox has recently been found in products sold as ‘faux fur’ by Tesco, Boots,

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BRUSSELS – Poor worker rights in Vietnam could prove a major obstacle to trade agreements with the EU, with textiles

Time to talk to consumers H&M sells cotton products which proudly boast their organic credentials. Primark has unveiled its first

AMSTERDAM – A multi-national apparel brand has agreed to pay US$2m to fix alleged life-threatening workplace hazards in its Bangladesh

They’re the chemicals which enable our fabrics to repel water – making it bead up and roll away. They can

A recent report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has called for the wasteful global apparel industry to adopt a new

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BRUSSELS – The European Commission has given its support to a new cross-sector agreement aimed at finding ways to reduce

OSLO – Is the clock ticking on the global fur industry? A number of brands have said their collections will

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BERLIN – Forced labour was used in the 2019 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, but the situation is slowly improving. This is the message of an

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STOCKHOLM – Fashion giant H&M and Danish retailer Coop are joining chemical expert NGO ChemSec’s call to action to end the use of harmful PFAS

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LONDON – Apparel Insider has released its much-discussed cotton paper, written in late 2019, as a free download. The paper can be viewed by clicking