"Zara owner Inditex has closed its 502 stores in Russia, as the fashion industry continues to respond to the country's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine." ...
"In 2021, with the impressive success of SHEIN, a fast fashion e-retailer based in China, Chinese DTC overseas brands have started popping up on the radar of venture capitalists — marking, perhaps, th ...
"A fire that broke out at a textile mill in Savar has damaged machinery and at least 10 people were injured. The fire broke out at Biswas Textiles in the Rajphulbaria area of Savar on Monday afternoon ...
"A worker named Ripon Hossain (23) died tragically at a garment factory in Ashulia. [...] The accident took place at noon on Monday (March 6) at Tanzila Textile Ltd. in Baroipara." [Ed's note: see ent ...
"In the last two years, the textile and ready-made clothing industry has achieved a rapid rise with increasing orders and production shifting to Turkey after the pandemic, while capacity utilization r ...
"The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s leading shipping company based in Switzerland, has announced that it will suspend shipments to Russia from March 1. Denmark-based Maersk, Germany ...
"This is my fifth (and final) Report to the Board of boohoo group plc (‘boohoo’ or ‘the Group’) and comes as the Agenda for Change Programme (‘A4C’) concludes and is subsumed into business as usual. A ...
""If we want women filling up the top chairs, female workers then must be provided with additional facilities compared to their male counterparts. They will have to be provided with motivation and tra ...
"On International Women’s Day, the anti-poverty and human rights organisation Oxfam Australia is celebrating commitments made and real steps taken by women’s fashion brands Lorna Jane and Modibodi on ...
"Ayixam Mamut works as a workshop manager at a garment factory in Yumin County, northwest China's Xinjiang. She loves working with her colleagues and is pursuing her own dreams" (02:11-minute video). ...
"Nazma Chowdhury was also the first female quality controller, designer, and production line chief in the garment sector of the country. Around 16,000 women are now employed as mid-level managers in t ...
"A fire has broken out at a garment factory housed in an eight-storey building in Dhaka’s Shyamoli. The fire started in the sewing section of the factory named 'Gold Star' on the sixth floor around 5: ...
"Corporate pledges to direct more dollars to Black-owned businesses after the 2020 murder of George Floyd have resulted in a refreshed mix of products at big-name stores. [...] Some business leaders s ...
"The online resale platform posted record sales in the fourth quarter of 2021, it said Mar. 7, but profitability won’t be on the horizon this year." ...
"Work from home has fast become the standard among corporate workers but retailers have struggled to bring these opportunities to hourly jobs. The labour shortages is forcing fashion firms to rethink ...
"Like many other sectors, the apparel industry is NOT immune to the Russia-Ukraine military conflict. According to data from Euromonitor, as one of the world’s largest apparel consumption markets, app ...
"The CO Leadership Awards celebrate excellence in sustainable fashion business. Just 10 businesses each year gain a prestigious CO10 award, which put the spotlight on leaders who are changing the way ...
"Two industries with the potential to positively impact the economic future of Central America are textiles and apparel. By encouraging further investment in textile and apparel manufacturing within t ...
"Provenance, a startup that digitally verifies corporate sustainability claims in areas such as net-zero and fully recyclable packaging, has secured $5m (£4.1m) in a funding round. The female-founded ...
"Boohoo's efforts to tackle its supply chain issues have been declared a "success" by Sir Brian Leveson, concluding that the majority of the company's Agenda for Change (A4C) programme had been implem ...
