"The world is still reeling from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with economic recovery unfolding as a stark, two-speed story of the Global South and Global North. Supply chains that ...
2022
"Among the manifold complexities of the global supply chain, a simple principle holds: corporations will always go where their costs – and their responsibilities – can be kept to an absolute minimum. ...
Kalpona Akter interviewed about her lifelong struggle for garments workers' rights by Judy Gearhart (05:00-minute podcast). ...
"Mamavation ranked 32 pairs of activewear including workout leggings and yoga pants based on indications of PFAS “forever chemicals” and we are naming names in this report including what we discovered ...
"Fashion Nova must refrain from suppressing customer reviews of its products on its e-commerce site and pay $4.2 million as part of a new settlement with a U.S. federal regulator. The Federal Trade Co ...
"How to spend half a billion dollars in hypothetical money? The athletic brand's operations chief would double down on the circular supply chain. [...] Colin Browne, Under Armour COO: I don't have to ...
"Dear Mr. Masand: On behalf of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), I am writing to urge your members to immediately pay their workers in Karnataka State the legally mandated increases ...
"We had a special podcast this week as we hosted Steve Lamar, President & CEO of the American Apparel and Footwear Association, for an enlightening discussion about the rapidly changing global apparel ...
"Moncler has announced it will remove animal fur obtained from animals specially bred or captured in the wild from all its collections after AW23. The Italian fashion brand hopes this commitment will ...
"Prior to the pandemic it was assumed that luxury brands’ courting of younger consumers via digital channels, was a strategy to future-proof their business and cultivate a consumer of the future. Howe ...
"Boohoo has begun production at its new Leicester garment manufacturing facility and has been onboarding the first intake of the planned 180 staff. The Manchester-based fast fashion group submitted pl ...
"Over the last year sales online from the EU have dropped dramatically and working relationships with suppliers in the EU are becoming increasingly difficult to manage due to the problems we are all e ...
"H&M has taken its sustainable multi-brand platform Itsapark offline. The group told FashionUnited the choice was taken to “leverage the strategic learnings from Itsapark” and integrate them into the ...
"Existing partnership, launched in 2017, extended to support ASOS in achieving its Fashion with Integrity 2030 programme ASOS, the global fashion destination, and Anti-Slavery International, the worl ...
"1. Anker Living Income Reference Value for Urban Cambodia in 2021 The Anker Living Income Reference Value for 2021 for urban Cambodia is 860,922 KHR (USD 210) with a 95% confidence interval around it ...
"Today, Quizrr, a leading EdTech provider of human and labor rights training, announced the launch of a worldwide program that will educate workers in global supply chains on labor rights. The company ...
"A new sustainability initiative for the fashion sector is aiming to bring together eight companies working on innovative solutions to reduce the environmental impact of materials processing, one of t ...
"From haute couture to startups, textile designing & manufacturing is growing greener - it’s so hot right now, check out Ralph Lauren. Textile dyeing and manufacturing is responsible for 20% of global ...
"This research considers the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic on women working in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry. The RMG industry is the mainstay of the Bangladesh economy, acc ...
"As policy makers, business leaders, civil society and others gathered in Glasgow in November for the 26th UN Climate Conference (COP26), the world was — and still is — off track to limit global tempe ...