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Brand love a thing of the past, claims research
LONDON – Young fashion consumers are increasingly fickle and flighty, shifting between brands from one new trend to another, claims
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Apparel sourcing hubs among hotspots for poor worker rights
GENEVA – Key textile sourcing hubs represent five of the top ten worst countries for poor worker rights in a
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Ethiopia targets global lead on sustainable leather
ADDIS ABABA – A new EU backed initiative aims to turn Ethiopia into a global leader for environmentally friendly leather
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Rwanda backs local textile exporters
KIGALI – The Rwandan Government has said it will cover tax obligations for local textile exporters to ensure they are
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Archroma expands textile research in Pakistan
REINACH – Swiss textile chemical specialist Archroma has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Engineering &
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Brands ditching mohair could cost 30,000 jobs
PORT ELIZABETH – 30,000 jobs are at risk while 800,000 goats face being culled after dozens of apparel brands ditched
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Complaint lodged with EU over Bangladesh labour issues
AMSTERDAM – The European Union is ignoring labour rights violations in Bangladesh while continuing to provide it with preferential trade
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Ethical Fashion Show and Greenshowroom merge
BERLIN – German events organiser Messe Frankfurt is merging the two sustainable fashion fairs, Ethical Fashion Show Berlin and Greenshowroom, under
ILO told to stop meddling by Myanmar garment body
GENEVA – The International Labour Organisation needs to stop “micro-managing” internal labour laws in Myanmar, says the country’s leading garment
Rights groups lobby PM over Leicester reform
15th July 2020
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LONDON – Unions, NGOs and civil society groups have written a joint letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging his Conservative Government to protect
Op-ed: industry’s solutions can be found in nature
15th July 2020
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ILLINOIS – This week we are delighted to share with all our readers a remarkable, wide-ranging essay which appears in the current edition of Apparel
Uniqlo bans alpaca wool from collections
15th July 2020
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LONDON – Japanese apparel retailer Uniqlo has become the latest brand to ban alpaca wool from its clothing following a Peta exposé on an alpaca
