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New Look plans to cut 980 jobs
LONDON – Up to 980 jobs could be cut at UK fashion group New Look as part of a rescue
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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
Textiles are US’s fastest growing waste stream
30th June 2020
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MICHIGAN – Discarded textiles and clothing in the United States are outpacing the growth of every other major waste stream category according to a new
150,000 have lost jobs in Cambodia garment sector
30th June 2020
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BRUSSELS – More than 150,000 workers in the apparel and footwear sectors of Cambodia – mostly women – have lost their jobs as a result
Use of rPET by apparel industry plateaus
30th June 2020
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TEXAS – The use of recycled polyester by the global apparel industry appears to have plateaued according to the latest annual ‘Preferred Fibres and Materials’
