Apparel Insider

AMSTERDAM – A coalition of more than 200 organisations has announced sweeping demands of apparel brands and retailers, requesting that…
Read the full story… 200 MSIs back #PayYourWorkers campaign

CAIRO – At least 20 people have have been killed and dozens more injured after fire broke out at a…
Read the full story… Garment factory fire kills at least 20 in Egypt

AMSTERDAM – Clean Clothes Campaign has accused the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) of being completely out of touch with realty…
Read the full story… Self-serving gibberish: Clean Clothes slams SAC’s 10-year update

AMSTERDAM – Garment workers making clothing for leading global apparel brands have been denied full wages legally owed to them for work already completed due to order cancellations, non-payment…
Read the full story… Brands under fire over voluntary wage initiatives

LONDON – UK retailer M&S has announced it will begin selling clothes from 11 rival brands on its website this…
Read the full story… M&S to sell rival brand clothing on website

BRUSSELS – The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of adopting binding laws which would make EU companies held…
Read the full story… MEPs back mandatory due diligence laws

LENZING – Austrian speciality fibre maker, Lenzing, has announced a 22.4 per cent decline in revenues for 2020 to €1.63bn…
Read the full story… Lenzing revenues down 22% amid pandemic fallout

ARTEIXO – Spanish fashion giant Inditex made a profit of €1.1bn in its 2020 financial year and claims it has…
Read the full story… Inditex profits down from €3.6bn to €1.1bn

LONDON – The next issue of Apparel Insider, we put the spotlight on Uzbekistan, which is in the process of…
Read the full story… The Aral Sea and cotton: putting the record straight