VF Corp backs foam dyeing technology
TEXAS – US denim brands Wrangler and Lee have put their financial weight behind a new foam dyeing process which claims
Europe’s sweatshops uncovered in report on garment production
AMSTERDAM – Bringing garment manufacture closer to home is not necessarily the solution to reducing poor working conditions for employees
China expands footprint in Ethiopian textile sector
ADDIS ABABA – One of China’s largest textile manufacturers, Wuxi Cotton Mill, has become the latest inward investor to head
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VF Corp buys natural fibre specialist Icebreaker
GREENSBORO – US-based apparel and lifestyle retail brand VF Corporation has purchased New Zealand-based Icebreaker as it looks to increase
Fair play?
Aggressive tax avoidance schemes might make financial sense but for a growing number of consumers, they’re simply not cricket. When
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A cry for help?
ISTANBUL — Customers shopping at Zara, the fast fashion retailer owned by the world’s largest apparel company, Inditex, recently found
Further growth for Cambodia garment exports
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s heavily export-orientated garment industry continues to show signs of upturn despite ongoing challenges around social compliance
Amazon threat looms large for retailers
Amazon’s continued encroachment into the apparel retail space will step up a gear in 2018, with traditional department stores facing
NGOs claim German retailers profited from Xinjiang forced labour
7th September 2021
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BERLIN – A human rights group this week filed a complaint to German prosecutors claiming several fashion retailers had previously profited from forced labour in
Sri Lanka refutes Clean Clothes worker safety claims
7th September 2021
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s garment industry has refuted Clean Clothes Campaign accusations that it is failing to prioritise worker safety. Clean Clothes recently claimed both
Video claims plastic bottle fashion is “not sustainable”
7th September 2021
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LONDON – A new video claims high-street fashion brands are greenwashing by claiming that producing polyester clothes made from recycled plastic bottles is a sustainable
