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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
Shein’s Paris launch turns into legal firestorm
5th November 2025
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PARIS – Shein’s first permanent store at Paris’s BHV Marais opened on Wednesday to long queues, a police cordon and protests. However, minutes after the
M&S profits halved after major cyber attack
5th November 2025
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LONDON – Marks & Spencer said first-half profits more than halved after a major cyber attack crippled its online business for months and disrupted UK
France probes Shein and rivals after sex doll scandal
5th November 2025
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PARIS – France has opened an investigation into Shein, Temu, AliExpress and Wish after the consumer watchdog found sex dolls with childlike features on Shein’s
