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House of Fraser to stock luxury Chinese goods
LONDON – UK apparel retailer, House of Fraser, will begin stocking premium Chinese brands across its 59 department stores as
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Is H&M becoming less transparent?
STOCKHOLM – H&M does not care about garment worker wages and its sustainability reporting lacks transparency, according to a damning
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Unifi set to purchase National Spinning Co
GREENSBORO – Unifi Manufacturing, an operating subsidiary of synthetic and recycled yarn business, Unifi, has entered into an agreement to
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New technology maps body shape in seconds
HONG KONG – Smart new modelling technology can digitally map a person’s body shape and size in just a few
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Turkish textile unions back living wage calls
ISTANBUL – Textile and apparel unions in Turkey, Europe’s largest textile exporter, have backed calls for a living wage in
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Is seaweed the answer to toxic textile wastewater?
BHAVNAGAR – Indian scientists have developed a nano-material from seaweed which can be used for the effective treatment of contaminated
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Bluesign and ZDHC converge on chemicals
ST GALLEN – Leading global textile standards organisation, Bluesign technologies, has been announced as the first accredited certifier for manufacturing
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Textile unions target higher wages in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – A leading global union claims some workers in Ethiopia’s textile and garment sector are being paid as
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Better Cotton now working with 350 brands
GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has announced that it is now working with more than 350 brands after
Apple caught up in Xinjiang forced labour crisis
10th August 2020
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WASHINGTON – US tech giant Apple has been importing clothing from a business which is facing US sanctions over forced labour at a subsidiary firm
Dutch Garment Agreement to investigate C&A
10th August 2020
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AMSTERDAM – The Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles (AGT) has told Apparel Insider it could be months, “or longer,” before a decision is
Garment worker wage gap could be close to US$6bn
10th August 2020
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AMSTERDAM – New research by Clean Clothes Campaign and the Worker Rights Consortium has highlighted the devastating financial impact of coronavirus on garment workers. The
