"The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas) said that on 13 August, 90 CEOs of leading US brands such as Adidas, Coach, Gap, Hanebrands, Nike, VF, Under Amour ... signed a joint letter petiti ...
2021
"Workers in the country's ready-made garment industry are being vaccinated on a priority basis and factory owners say all workers will be vaccinated as soon as possible - although it will take time un ...
"Yıldırım Akbaş, who worked in a textile factory in Kapaklı, was found hanged during working hours. According to the information received, Yıldırım Akbaş, who was working in a textile factory in Kapak ...
"In an accident at a textile factory operating in the organised industrial zone of Bursa's İnegöl district, a female worker was injured when her leg was caught between rotating cylinders in a factory ...
"In Hotan, Xinjiang, Zuolipiye [佐丽皮耶] opened a garment factory with her husband. She is a designer, and she likes to produce clothes made from Adelis silk, which has both ethnic characteristics and go ...
"The National Council on Minimum Wage (NCMW) will begin negotiating the 2022 minimum wages for workers in the textile, garment and footwear sectors in September, according to Ministry of Labour and Vo ...
"If one were to read the international media, one might be given the impression that Bangladesh is a wasteland, when we all know that it is anything but. For years, as a country, we have worked to dra ...
"The company is a mysterious online shopping upstart that has made headlines recently for surpassing Amazon (AMZN) in app downloads in the United States, and creating a cult following for its fast fas ...
"Sustainable textile material company Spinnova and outdoor apparel giant The North Face have entered into a partnership. Spinnova and global outdoor apparel leader The North Face have signed a develop ...
"Brands, retailers and start-ups are looking at ways to give laundry products and repair services a fashionable makeover. [...] A growing number of fashion companies and start-ups are leaning into the ...
"Fashion retailer C&A will next year open a new €4 million state-of-the-art denim factory in the Germany city of Mönchengladbach on the former site of textile machinery supplier Monforts. The new ‘Fac ...
"A fire broke out at a garment factory in Bhogra Vasan road area of Gazipur city early Monday. Abdul Hamid Mia, deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service, said that the blaze started around 6: ...
"A massive fire broke out at a shoe factory in the Ataba district in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday. No fatalities were recorded. Civil Defense fire engines controlled the fire, and imposed a security cordon ...
"Recycled fishing nets and old carpets may not sound like the ideal material for luxury vegan sneakers, but the new Stella McCartney Reclypse collection proves otherwise. The brand’s Winter 2021 colle ...
"Thousands of jobless workers in Vietnam's biggest city are trying to flee to their hometowns, many on motorcycles piled high with belongings, following an extension of restrictions in the epicentre o ...
"At least 60 major fire incidents were reported in Rawalpindi in the last seven months in which five people were killed and over 20 were injured. In these fire incidents, traders and citizens suffered ...
"A fire broke out at a readymade garment factory and reportedly gutted its machinery and other valuables in Gazipur on Monday morning. Witnesses said factory workers initially tried to put out the fir ...
"Dame Sara Thornton, the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, explains how ultra-low prices can lead to clothes makers being exploited and why many other workers also need more protection. [... ...
"While the fast-paced and price-driven nature of the fashion industry makes it an obvious choice for being named the worst culprit in terms of modern slavery and forced labour, leading data and analyt ...
"For most, if not all, clothing manufacturers, the biggest challenge at present is survival – which makes some accept orders at rates below the production costs. More than one year into the beginning ...