MANCHESTER – Online fast fashion retailer Boohoo has become the latest brand to start charging shoppers for returning items. Boohoo …
Campaigners target Columbia Sportswear over PFAS use
PORTLAND – Campaigners will stage a protest outside the Portland, Oregon store of Columbia Sportswear this week, calling on the …
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Sustainability claims: Higg needs to show us the science
This essay first appeared in the July 2020 edition of Apparel Insider magazine LONDON – Sustainability is substantive – it …
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NFW announces partnership with Veshin Factory
ILLINOIS – Natural Fiber Welding has announced a partnership with Veshin Factory in China to expand the use of plastic-free, …
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‘Tainted’ Xinjiang goods entering global supply chains
BEIJING – Efforts by China to turn its far-western Xinjiang region into a manufacturing powerhouse could force more Uyghurs to …
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Report calls for safety Accord to expand to Pakistan
AMSTERDAM – A new report has called for the International Accord to be expanded to Pakistan. Research was carried out …
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Op-Ed: Shein’s EPR scheme is ‘social offsetting’
This is an op-ed by Hakan Karaosman and Donna Marshall SHEIN recently announced an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fund giving …
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Sri Lanka apparel sector resilient amid debt crisis
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s apparel sector can spearhead an export-led economic recovery to help overcome the current macroeconomic crisis. This …
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U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol becomes ISEAL member
MEMPHIS – The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has been accepted as an ISEAL Community Member following a rigorous approval process …
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