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Social Goods | Chanel Backlash in Cuba, Model Agencies Price Fixing, Scrapping Plus Size

Social Goods is a weekly roundup of the most important news at the intersection of fashion and ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
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  • Kate Abnett

"Chanel, Vin Diesel Spark Cultural Backlash in Cuba" (Associated Press)
"Artists, writers and intellectuals who believe deeply in Cuba's opening to the world are questioning their government's management of an onslaught of big-money pop culture."

"Model Agencies Colluded to Fix Prices, Competition Regulator Says" (The Guardian)
"Some of Britain's top model agencies colluded to fix prices charged to retailers, fashion brands and other customers, the competition regulator has alleged."

"Alibaba Insists It Can Help Fight Counterfeit Brand Goods" (Reuters)
"Alibaba has said it still wanted to work with companies fighting counterfeit brand-name products, a week after the Chinese online shopping platform was kicked out of an industry coalition due to long-standing accusations that it has turned a blind eye to counterfeits."

"'Plus Size' Is a Meaningless Term, and Brands Should Start to Do Away With It" (Quartz)
"If retailers are smart, they'll consider killing the 'plus' and finally commit to offering a greater range of sizes in their core lines instead."

"Fashion Brands, Long Focused on Excess, Are Finally Waking Up to Sustainability" (Adweek)
"The fastest-growing fashion upstarts today sit precisely at this intersection of doing good and doing well, of price and praise."

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