
High street woes continue with JC Penney job losses
TEXAS – US retailer JC Penney has announced it is to close its Milwaukee distribution and customer care centre with

TEXAS – US retailer JC Penney has announced it is to close its Milwaukee distribution and customer care centre with

TEXAS – An apparel industry working group set up to ensure down is produced responsibly lacks transparency and puts industry

AMSTERDAM – German sportswear brand, Adidas, has dismissed claims it should use its leverage to pressure one of its suppliers

GENEVA – Child labour is no longer being used in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields, claims a new report, potentially reopening the

PARIS – A survey of textile and apparel suppliers found more than half have accepted brand and retailer orders that

NEW YORK – Apparel shoppers are switching to Amazon in their droves according to new research, with the convenience and

AMSTERDAM – Almost 90 per cent of waste textile items collected in a recent EU backed study were found to
Apparel businesses are mistaken if they think that shifting to low cost sourcing countries is the key to long term

DHAKA – Researchers from Bangladesh have successfully dyed cotton fabric using seawater. The scientists dyed two batches of cotton fabric,

LONDON – Just under half (48 per cent) of Londoners surveyed said they think ethical and fair trade/labour practices are the most important attributes of

NEW YORK: The United Nations and Myanmar government have come under fire for failing to resolve the Rohingya crisis which has displaced more than a

BOULDER – US apparel brand, Eileen Fisher, will launch more than 40 styles in its upcoming fall and winter lines using wool which supports Argentinian

AMSTERDAM – The multi-billion dollar social auditing industry has failed garment workers “spectacularly” and is inherently flawed claims a new report. Clean Clothes Campaign claims

DUBLIN – Primark has expanded its cotton programme which trains farmers in methods aimed at minimising the environmental impact of cotton growing. The business plans

LONDON – Fashion Revolution has called for a radical change of emphasis for London Fashion Week and its global counterparts, with a shift towards pushing

PHNOM PENH – The European Union’s withdrawal of Cambodia’s Everything But Arms (EBA) access would harm 750,000 workers and three million families, claims the country’s

LENZING – Austrian speciality fibre maker, Lenzing Group, has reported disappointing growth figures for the first half of 2019, with revenues increasing by just 1.2

GENEVA – 25 leading companies from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development have collaborated to develop clear metrics which aim to show an organisation’s
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