
Unions demand trebling of Bangladesh minimum wage
DHAKA – Unions in Bangladesh are calling for a trebling of the minimum wage for garment industry workers to US$192

DHAKA – Unions in Bangladesh are calling for a trebling of the minimum wage for garment industry workers to US$192

SAN FRANCISCO – US denim brand Levi Strauss has announced a major ramping up of its use of lasers as

LONDON – A damning new report claims UK retailers Tesco, Asda and Next are still sourcing viscose from Indonesian factories

BOSTON – The global apparel industry is responsible for 6.7 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions according to

MANCHESTER – It would seem that not even the new breed of rapidly growing apparel etailers are immune from the

AMSTERDAM – Japanese fast fashion brand, Uniqlo, is at loggerheads with a group of labour rights NGOs about its refusal

LONDON – Researchers have successfully used betulin, a tree bark extract, to improve the water repellency of cotton fabrics, offering

BRUSSELS – Wear better quality clothing garments and wash them less often is the key message of a new report

WASHINGTON – US apparel sales fell by two per cent in 2017 to US$215bn, according to new research. While e-commerce

LONDON – The Council of Fashion Designers of America and British Fashion Council have called for the fashion industry to slow down as part of

COPENHAGEN – The owner of Danish fashion retailer Bestseller, which is refusing to pay supplier bills and has been demanding huge discounts for completed orders,

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

LONDON – The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has hidden behind “internal processes” in response to calls for it to expel members over their refusal to

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

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

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

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

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
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