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Charlotte-based textile producer to lays off dozens of Gaston County workers - Kyna Intel, 2023-03-08T12:48:37+07:00

"Coats American, which produces industrial-grade yard for military and firefighter personnel, will be laying off 41 workers at its McAdenville factory." ...

Charlotte-based THR3EFOLD launches digital platform for ethical manufacturing in fashion industry - Kyna Intel, 2021-06-25T05:35:47+07:00

"Jessica Kelly's dream of building a platform for ethically sourced brands and manufacturers around the world has come to fruition. Earlier this month during a ...

Chart: clothing factories have a wage theft problem - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-01T16:47:12+07:00

"Wage theft is pervasive in the U.S. In 2019 alone, the Department of Labor cited about 8,500 employers for stealing $287 million from workers. This ...

Chart: The low wages of garment workers - Kyna Intel, 2022-12-06T09:05:37+07:00

"It’s no secret that workers in the clothing industry have to endure poor working conditions for very low wages in many developing countries. The latest data, ...

Chasing the holy grail of circularity - Kyna Intel, 2021-09-13T13:50:13+07:00

"Fashion has yet to crack industrial-scale recycling technologies that can keep clothes out of landfill. But there are solutions on the horizon, says Edwin ...

Chasing the next shiny thing: can human rights due diligence effectively address labour exploitation in global fashion supply chains? - Kyna Intel, 2022-07-19T22:14:32+07:00

"Abstract Mandatory human rights due diligence is the latest global example of a legislative scheme for fostering corporate action on human rights risks within ...

ChatGPT is influencing the apparel supply chain. Here’s how - Kyna Intel, 2023-03-31T10:18:04+07:00

"Like many industries, the global apparel market is waking up to the potentially revolutionary applications of ‘generative’ AI tools able to create insight and ...

Chattogram shoe factory fire under control - Kyna Intel, 2022-06-09T13:36:44+07:00

"A fire that broke out at a shoe factory in East Madarbari area of Chattogram has been brought under control." ...

Cheap, cool and kind to nature: how secondhand became UK fashion’s main attraction - Kyna Intel, 2023-02-14T06:12:39+07:00

"These moves tally with consumer behaviour. According to GlobalData, the clothes resale market in the UK grew by 149% between 2016 and 2022. It is forecast to ...

Chemical clothing: PW talks with Alden Wicker - Kyna Intel, 2023-04-21T11:43:20+07:00

"You write that beauty companies have started to move toward making “cleaner” products, while the same isn’t true for fashion companies. Why is that? The huge ...