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VF Corp buys natural fibre specialist Icebreaker
GREENSBORO – US-based apparel and lifestyle retail brand VF Corporation has purchased New Zealand-based Icebreaker as it looks to increase
Fair play?
Aggressive tax avoidance schemes might make financial sense but for a growing number of consumers, they’re simply not cricket. When
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A cry for help?
ISTANBUL — Customers shopping at Zara, the fast fashion retailer owned by the world’s largest apparel company, Inditex, recently found
Further growth for Cambodia garment exports
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s heavily export-orientated garment industry continues to show signs of upturn despite ongoing challenges around social compliance
Amazon threat looms large for retailers
Amazon’s continued encroachment into the apparel retail space will step up a gear in 2018, with traditional department stores facing
UN submits damning rap sheet for garment hub Myanmar
28th August 2018
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NAYPYIDAW – A major new UN report has concluded that Myanmar’s military leaders, including its top commander, need to be further investigated and potentially prosecuted
Brands switch sourcing from China amid US tensions
26th August 2018
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NEW YORK – US apparel brands are switching away from China as a sourcing hub amid fears over US-China tensions. Vietnam and Bangladesh are the
Bangladesh wants Accord and Alliance out by December
20th July 2018
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DHAKA – Bangladesh’s State minister for labour and employment, Mujibul Haque Chunnu, has told local press he wants the Bangladesh Accord and Alliance for Bangladesh
Bangladesh calls for higher apparel prices
29th June 2018
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BRUSSELS – The Bangladeshi Commerce Minister has called for higher prices for the country’s apparel products to reflect factory upgrades that have been made in
M&S signs 2018 Bangladesh Accord
3rd April 2018
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LONDON – UK retailer, Marks & Spencer, has finally signed the 2018 Bangladesh Accord amid growing public pressure. M&S follows in the footsteps of a
Lindex tackles water issues in Bangladesh
22nd March 2018
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STOCKHOLM – Swedish apparel retailer Lindex is to launch a three year project with WaterAid in a bid to increase access to clean drinking water and
Unions demand trebling of Bangladesh minimum wage
5th March 2018
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DHAKA – Unions in Bangladesh are calling for a trebling of the minimum wage for garment industry workers to US$192 per month, from its current
Faster fashion hits supply chain CSR efforts
15th February 2018
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PARIS – A survey of textile and apparel suppliers found more than half have accepted brand and retailer orders that don’t cover production costs, hampering
Cost no longer king in apparel sourcing
11th February 2018
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Apparel businesses are mistaken if they think that shifting to low cost sourcing countries is the key to long term profitability – this is one
