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House of Fraser to stock luxury Chinese goods
LONDON – UK apparel retailer, House of Fraser, will begin stocking premium Chinese brands across its 59 department stores as
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Is H&M becoming less transparent?
STOCKHOLM – H&M does not care about garment worker wages and its sustainability reporting lacks transparency, according to a damning
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Unifi set to purchase National Spinning Co
GREENSBORO – Unifi Manufacturing, an operating subsidiary of synthetic and recycled yarn business, Unifi, has entered into an agreement to
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New technology maps body shape in seconds
HONG KONG – Smart new modelling technology can digitally map a person’s body shape and size in just a few
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Turkish textile unions back living wage calls
ISTANBUL – Textile and apparel unions in Turkey, Europe’s largest textile exporter, have backed calls for a living wage in
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Is seaweed the answer to toxic textile wastewater?
BHAVNAGAR – Indian scientists have developed a nano-material from seaweed which can be used for the effective treatment of contaminated
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Bluesign and ZDHC converge on chemicals
ST GALLEN – Leading global textile standards organisation, Bluesign technologies, has been announced as the first accredited certifier for manufacturing
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Textile unions target higher wages in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – A leading global union claims some workers in Ethiopia’s textile and garment sector are being paid as
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Better Cotton now working with 350 brands
GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has announced that it is now working with more than 350 brands after
Study outlines water-harvesting potential in Bangladesh
18th February 2022
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DHAKA – Ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh have huge potential to harvest rainwater for use in the production of clothing – but they will
Gildan supplier caught up in Haiti wage revolts
15th February 2022
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PORT-AU-PRINCE – Police in Haiti violently broke up a demonstration by garment workers in support of demands for an increase in the minimum wage. Unions
RMG bosses say fashion won’t back sustainability efforts
7th February 2022
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DHAKA – Ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh which have invested heavily in sustainability cannot convince to buyers to “pay two cents extra for garment
Australia consortium attempts to tackle clothing waste
3rd February 2022
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SYDNEY – The escalating problem of clothing waste in Australia is being addressed in a new scheme being led by the Australian Fashion Council (AFC).
Study measures waste from clothing production
2nd February 2022
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DHAKA – Researchers tracked textile waste streams from Bangladesh’s vast ready-made garment (RMG) sector and based on their findings, they estimate an average of US$0.70
Shahi Exports claims it will pay minimum wage arrears
1st February 2022
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BANGALORE – India’s largest garment exporter, Shahi Exports, claims it will pay all wage arrears owed to garment workers in full by May 2022. Its
Brands urged to heighten due diligence in Myanmar
1st February 2022
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AMSTERDAM – Fashion brands sourcing clothing from Myanmar need to increase due diligence measures around worker welfare while considering carefully whether withdrawing business from the
Oxfam Australia report charts living wage progress
26th November 2021
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MELBOURNE – Oxfam Australia has released its 2021 ‘Naughty or Nice’ list in which it argues that some of the country’s biggest brands – including
Retailers slammed for hiding from safety pledges
24th November 2021
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Nine years since a deadly fire at a major Bangladesh garment supplier, campaigners are urging Walmart and other retailers to stop hiding from real commitments
