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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
Fashion logistics rerouted as Suez risk rises
2nd March 2026
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LONDON – Fashion logistics were severely jolted over the weekend after US and Israeli strikes on Iran and subsequent retaliation. As container lines pulled vessels
GOTS 8.0 released with tougher due diligence
2nd March 2026
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STUTTGART – Global Standard has released Version 8.0 of the Global Organic Textile Standard, with a new focus on due diligence, chemical controls and microfibre
