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Online fashion bosses face Parliamentary grilling
LONDON – UK Government has written to several online fashion retailers, including Boohoo, PrettyLittleThing and Misguided, after evidence given in
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Bangladesh facing supply chain chaos if Accord exits this month
DHAKA – 532 factories could potentially be declared ineligible to produce for Bangladesh Accord signatory companies by 1 January 2019
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HeiQ and DuPont partner on PFC-free water-repellent
ZÜRICH – A new PFC-free water-repellent for leather has been established by Swiss textile technology business HeiQ and DuPont Consumer
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Organic cotton output rises 10 per cent
TEXAS – Latest figures show global organic cotton output rose by 10 per cent to 117,525 MT in the 2016/17
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Odour-free, silver-treated clothing poses toxic threat, claims report
STOCKHOLM – New Swedish research claims clothing treated with silver poses a toxic threat to sediment-dwelling creatures and organisms in
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SAC outlines ambitious Higg scaling plans
SAN FRANCISCO – Sustainable Apparel Coalition CEO, Jason Kibbey, has told Apparel Insider about its ambitious growth targets as it
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EU warns Myanmar over labour rights
BRUSSELS – The EU has warned Myanmar it must act now to address “severe shortcomings” in human and labour rights
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Sri Lanka trade benefits threatened by political turmoil
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s duty-free access to the European Union is under threat after the country’s president replaced the elected
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Sir Philip Green headlines dent Topshop popularity
LONDON – Arcadia brands such as Topshop and Miss Selfridge “face huge challenges” in the months ahead if the results
Patagonia hides anti-Trump tags in clothing
17th September 2020
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CALIFORNIA – US outdoor clothing brand Patagonia admitted to hiding the phrase ‘Vote the a**holes out’ on a tag inside its latest line of shorts. The
Study estimates historic amount of synthetic microfibres
17th September 2020
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CALIFORNIA – Researchers from the US have calculated that the total amount of synthetic microfibres which have entered the wider environment as we wash our
