News Bangladeshi PM advisor calls for Myanmar sanctions DHAKA – The Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser has called for the re-imposition of sanctions against Myanmar in the Read More »
News US apparel businesses report CEO-worker pay ratios NEW YORK – US-based publicly held corporations are beginning to report typical pay gaps between their CEOs and typical workers Read More »
News Resale to capture a third of apparel market LONDON – The apparel resale market will hit US$20bn by 2022, according to new research, as a new generation of Read More »
News M&S signs 2018 Bangladesh Accord LONDON – UK retailer, Marks & Spencer, has finally signed the 2018 Bangladesh Accord amid growing public pressure. M&S follows Read More »
News Leading brands to ban Mohair after peta exposé NORFOLK – Several leading global apparel brands, including Zara, H&M, Gap and Topshop, have said they will stop selling mohair Read More »
News Supplier squeeze hampers CSR efforts in Bangladesh NEW YORK – Aggressive sourcing practices by apparel brands and retailers are squeezing suppliers in Bangladesh, hitting margins and leading Read More »
News GFA outlines sustainability priorities for fashion COPENHAGEN — The need to address the dominant, wasteful and eminently unsustainable fast fashion business model is a point which Read More »
News Nike tops list of most valuable apparel brands OREGON – Nike remains the most valuable apparel brand in the world according to new research which ranks the US Read More »
News JD Sports’ US$400m purchase of Finish Line investigated SAN DIEGO – The proposed sale of US-based exclusive sports shoe supplier, The Finish Line, to UK-sportswear retailer, JD sports, Read More »
“Significant risks” remain in Uzbek cotton sector 4th April 2022 No Comments In this guest column written exclusively for Apparel Insider, Lynn Schweisfurth of the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights argues that while the end of systematic Read More »
Land-grabs – the new red flag for Uzbek cotton sector 19th February 2021 No Comments Apparel brands are said to be eyeing Uzbekistan as a potential source of cotton, particularly with Xinjiang cotton now the subject of US sanctions. A Read More »