Author archives: Staff writer

ZURICH – Switzerland has announced it will hold a nationwide referendum at the end of November on the Responsible Business…
Read the full story… Swiss to vote on responsible supply chain initiative

STOCKHOLM – Swedish textile recycling company Renewcell has signed major five-year deal with Chinese viscose manufacturer Tangshan Sanyou to supply…
Read the full story… Renewcell inks 5-year deal with Chinese viscose plant

GENEVA – Collapsing consumer demand in the West, government lockdown measures and disruptions to raw material imports are hammering garment…
Read the full story… ILO outlines Covid’s impact on Asian garment sector

WASHINGTON – A survey of garment suppliers by the US-based Worker Rights Consortium has revealed alarming changes in brands’ pricing…
Read the full story… Survey: brands use pandemic panic to drive down prices

LONDON – The UK Government’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has written to leading apparel brands including H&M,…
Read the full story… UK-based apparel retailers probed over Xinjiang

LONDON – UK fashion chain Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which owns Peacocks and Jaeger, has lodged a notice to appoint administrators…
Read the full story… EWM calls in administrators, 24,000 jobs at risk

COPNHAGEN – Danish fashion retailer Bestseller has announced that three of its brands – Vero Moda, Object and Selected –…
Read the full story… Bestseller brands launch Circulose garments

LONDON – The UK’s Environmental Audit Committee is to hold another enquiry on the UK fashion industry, despite recommendations from…
Read the full story… UK parliament to hold new fashion enquiry

LONDON – The findings of an enquiry by Alison Levitt QC into the Leicester supply chains of fast fashion brand…
Read the full story… ETI questions findings of Boohoo enquiry