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Pressure mounts on Bangladesh Government over Accord
AMSTERDAM – More than half of the 1,600 garment factories inspected by the Bangladesh Accord are yet to install adequate
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Missguided chief snubs UK fashion enquiry
LONDON – Nitin Passi, CEO and founder of rapidly growing UK online fashion retailer, Missguided, has declined to attend a
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EU tries to block use of carcinogenic textile chemical
BRUSSELS – For only the second time ever, the European Parliament Environment Committee (Envi) has tried to block the use
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ILO wants international support for Uzbekistan cotton sector
GENEVA – The International Labour Organisation has called for the international community to support Uzbekistan in its reform agenda –
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EU supports social dialogue in Bulgarian textile sector
SOFIA – Bulgarian textile mills, unions and brands including H&M, Inditex and ASOS met recently to look at ways to
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Chinese researchers measure WTTP impact on microfibres
CHANGZHOU – For the first time ever, researchers from China have measured the impact that textile dyeing wastewater treatment processes
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Consumers want brand transparency finds major European survey
AMSTERDAM – The vast majority of consumers want more transparency from apparel brands and retailers claims new research. 80 per
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Apparel giant hits back at labour rights violation claims
MONTREAL – Canadian global apparel business, Gilden, has hit back at accusations by NGOs and unions that its suppliers violated
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Organic cotton production backed in Brazilian states
BRASÍLIA – Organic cotton production in Brazil has been given a boost with a new project which will support around
Fashion bodies want industry to slow down
22nd May 2020
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LONDON – The Council of Fashion Designers of America and British Fashion Council have called for the fashion industry to slow down as part of
Bestseller owner enters Sunday Times rich list
21st May 2020
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COPENHAGEN – The owner of Danish fashion retailer Bestseller, which is refusing to pay supplier bills and has been demanding huge discounts for completed orders,
The face of a broken industry?
19th May 2020
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LONDON – A denim manufacturer from Bangladesh has taken to social media to express his despair at being unable to pay his 2,000 staff bonuses
ETI dithers over poor conduct of members
14th May 2020
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LONDON – The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has hidden behind “internal processes” in response to calls for it to expel members over their refusal to
Zalando set to buck market in 2020
8th May 2020
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BERLIN – German online fashion retailer Zalando said it expects to buck broader market trends and achieve double-digit growth in 2020. The business said it
“Nowhere to go” for used clothing as markets dry up
6th May 2020
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LONDON – Mountains of used clothing is heading to landfill and incineration as global second-hand clothing markets grind to a halt. As fears about Covid-19
Levi’s exec bemoans anti-Chinese sentiment
5th May 2020
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SAN FRANCISCO – A Chinese-American board member of US denim brand Levi’s has hit out at anti-Asian sentiment which, she claims, has spread almost as
Next warns of potential 40% drop in sales
29th April 2020
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LONDON – UK fashion retailer Next has warned that full-price sales in-store and online could drop by up to 40 per cent on an annual
Calls for EU laws to end poor purchasing practices
23rd April 2020
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AMSTERDAM – New EU-wide laws are needed to end the culture of unfair purchasing practices by apparel brands, which at present allows them to cancel
