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Selfie-syndrome fuelling wasteful purchasing
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C&A jeans set gold standard in sustainability
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Minimum wage impasse rumbles on in Bangladesh
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Nike hit with damning gender discrimination lawsuit
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Faux fur faux pas
25th January 2018
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Real fur from rabbit, mink and fox has recently been found in products sold as ‘faux fur’ by Tesco, Boots, FatFace and Romwe. Laboratory tests
