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Brands and retailers must partner with suppliers on innovation to drive business efficiency - Kyna Intel, 2022-02-18T15:09:16+07:00

"Brands and retailers are missing opportunities to improve their businesses, and are incurring unnecessary costs, by not seeking out their suppliers’ ideas and ...

Brands are leaning on ‘recycled’ clothes to meet sustainability goals. How are they made? And why is recycling them further so hard? - Kyna Intel, 2022-06-23T14:57:08+07:00

"Today we make more clothing than ever before. And the driver for this is primarily economic, rather than human need. Over the past decade, the term “circular ...

Brands are moving from fast to ‘forever fashion’ – but are new clothes ever sustainable? - Kyna Intel, 2022-02-07T19:46:05+07:00

"Well-designed, long-lasting clothes have become items only the elite can afford. Change needs to happen at every price point. [...] The irony is that the ...

Brands are pushing for circularity, raising legal questions in the process - Kyna Intel, 2022-02-07T19:47:22+07:00

"The push to prolong the lifespan of the garments and accessories that have already been released into the market is readily gaining steam. Back in 2019, ...

Brands criticised for Myanmar sourcing u-turn - Kyna Intel, 2021-10-10T20:50:53+07:00

“Worker rights campaigners are accusing leading brands Bestseller, H&M and Primark of resuming sourcing from crisis-hit Myanmar without consulting trade ...

Brands face legal threat over chemical in socks - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-08T18:02:50+07:00

"More than 60 apparel companies could be sued under California Prop 65 chemical regulations after high levels of the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) was ...

Brands face new pressure on labour rights - Kyna Intel, 2021-07-14T17:23:21+07:00

"Activists and regulators are dialling up scrutiny on brands after fragile protections for garment workers collapsed under pandemic stress. When the pandemic ...

Brands failing to protect Myanmar garment workers - Kyna Intel, 2023-01-27T15:15:40+07:00

"Workers’ rights have been “brutally repressed” in Myanmar, with little to no action from the brands who source from them, new data claims. Since the illegal ...

BRANDS Fashion wins Fairtrade Award 2022 - Kyna Intel, 2022-06-17T16:12:53+07:00

"BRANDS Fashion, the market leader for sustainable corporate workwear and fan merchandise in Europe, has been awarded this year’s Fairtrade Award in the ...

Brands lack transparency in Brazil - report - Kyna Intel, 2022-11-24T16:25:01+07:00

"Leading brands have again gone backwards in terms of the amount of sustainability information they disclose, according to the fifth edition of Brazil's ...