News French Connection to sell Toast stake LONDON – Shares of British fashion chain, French Connection, rose by 20 per cent – to their highest value since Read More »
News Oeko-Tex launches GM cotton test ZURICH – Leading Swiss standards organisation, Oeko-Tex, has developed a new testing procedure to help companies in the global textile Read More »
News Next, M&S, Debenhams post gender pay gap LONDON – The gender pay gap at rapidly growing UK ultra fast fashion business, Missguided, is 46.3 per cent, while Read More »
News Consumers back natural fibres in sustainability survey NORTH CAROLINA – Cotton and wool are perceived by consumers as the most sustainable fibres according to a new environmental Read More »
News Bangladeshi PM advisor calls for Myanmar sanctions DHAKA – The Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser has called for the re-imposition of sanctions against Myanmar in the Read More »
News 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 Read More »
News 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 Read More »
News 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 Read More »
News 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 Read More »
River Island to reveal supplier list 10th February 2020 No Comments LONDON – UK fashion retailer River Island has agreed to make its supplier list public after coming under fire from Human Rights Watch and Clean Read More »
Seven killed at India’s largest denim factory 10th February 2020 No Comments AHMEDABAD – Seven garment factory workers were killed in India over the weekend after a fire broke out at Nandan Denim, the country’s largest denim business Read More »
Gap supplier destroyed by fire in Cambodia 10th February 2020 No Comments PHNOM PENH – Two garment factories in Cambodia, one of which supplies to US brand Gap, were destroyed by fire over the weekend. The fire Read More »