
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 – A new report has warned of the risks of cotton that was picked using forced labour in Turkmenistan finding its way into apparel

NEW YORK – PVH, which owns the Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands, recorded revenues of nearly US$9.7bn for FY2018 ,with online revenues breaking the

AMSTERDAM – All 745 ready-made garment factories under the Bangladeshi government’s inspection programme have yet to eliminate high risk safety hazards, all of which were

STOCKHOLM – A new collection from H&M will use fibres produced from oranges, pineapples and algae biomass. The retailer’s latest ‘Conscious Collection’ is its most

HAWASSA – Thousands of workers at Ethiopia’s biggest industrial park have been striking demanding that unions be allowed access to the park to help press

LEEDS – George, the fashion and homewares arm of the supermarket Asda, has pledged to use only recycled polyester in its collections by 2025. The

DHAKA – Just 100 out of 1688 ready-made garment factories covered by the Bangladesh Accord have so far been handed over to Remediation Coordination Cell

LONDON – Better Cotton Initiative produce achieved record uptake in 2018. BCI retail and brand members sourced more than one million metric tonnes of Better

AMSTERDAM – The developers of a new tracing system say they are confident they will soon be able to fully trace organic cotton from the
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