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Adidas dismisses NGO claims over unpaid workers
AMSTERDAM – German sportswear brand, Adidas, has dismissed claims it should use its leverage to pressure one of its suppliers
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Uzbekistan finally ends child labour in cotton fields
GENEVA – Child labour is no longer being used in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields, claims a new report, potentially reopening the
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Faster fashion hits supply chain CSR efforts
PARIS – A survey of textile and apparel suppliers found more than half have accepted brand and retailer orders that
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Amazon’s Prime service drives record apparel sales
NEW YORK – Apparel shoppers are switching to Amazon in their droves according to new research, with the convenience and
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Millions of tonnes of re-usable textiles landfilled
AMSTERDAM – Almost 90 per cent of waste textile items collected in a recent EU backed study were found to
Cost no longer king in apparel sourcing
Apparel businesses are mistaken if they think that shifting to low cost sourcing countries is the key to long term
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Seawater used to successfully dye cotton fabrics
DHAKA – Researchers from Bangladesh have successfully dyed cotton fabric using seawater. The scientists dyed two batches of cotton fabric,
Making sustainability mainstream
On the of the launch of its revised sustainable cotton standard, Apparel Insider catches up with the Better Cotton Initiative’s
Fresh wave of Accord signatories after costs clarified
DHAKA – Around a dozen more brands have signed up to the 2018 Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety
Shein exploits tax perks to undercut rivals
26th October 2021
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LONDON – A new report by investment bank Morgan Stanley claims Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein is exploiting numerous tax perks to drastically undercut rivals such
Ralph Lauren launches US$5m regenerative cotton grant
26th October 2021
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NEW YORK — The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation and the Soil Health Institute have announced a new US$5m grant to fund research into the production
China harvests first Xinjiang cotton under new standard
26th October 2021
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BEIJING – China has announced the first batch of cotton from Xinjiang harvested under its new ‘sustainable’ cotton standard. China officially launched its own rival
Performance Days returns to live events
26th October 2021
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MUNICH – Performance Days, one of the most popular textile and fashion exhibitions in the calendar, has announced a welcome return to live events. It’s
