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Sustainability

Bangladesh Garment Workers Fighting for Pay Face Brutal Violence and Threats

Negotiations over a new minimum wage for garment workers in Bangladesh have sparked mass demonstrations on streets across the capital.

Sustainability

Bangladesh Garment Workers Fighting for Pay Face Brutal Violence and Threats

Negotiations over a new minimum wage for garment workers in Bangladesh have sparked mass demonstrations on streets across the capital.


Sustainability

Would Higher Wages Break Fast Fashion’s Business Model?

This week, deadly protests after the Bangladeshi government proposed a minimum wage increase well below the level unions had called for highlighted a fundamental challenge in raising worker salaries: somebody has to pay for it.

Sustainability

Would Higher Wages Break Fast Fashion’s Business Model?

This week, deadly protests after the Bangladeshi government proposed a minimum wage increase well below the level unions had called for highlighted a fundamental challenge in raising worker salaries: somebody has to pay for it.


Retail

European Retailers Risk Dressing-Down From Investors as Consumers Flinch

European retailers have been unlikely stock market stars this year, but a long spell of high borrowing costs and inflation has started to bite, so wary investors will be looking for reassurances from the likes of H&M and Zara-owner Inditex when they issue business updates this week.

Retail

European Retailers Risk Dressing-Down From Investors as Consumers Flinch

European retailers have been unlikely stock market stars this year, but a long spell of high borrowing costs and inflation has started to bite, so wary investors will be looking for reassurances from the likes of H&M and Zara-owner Inditex when they issue business updates this week.


Retail

H&M Taps Heron Preston as Creative Menswear Advisor

The New York-based designer will create his own collection for the retailer, launching in 2024. As part of his long-term role, Preston will also consult on the brand’s overall menswear assortment.

Retail

H&M Taps Heron Preston as Creative Menswear Advisor

The New York-based designer will create his own collection for the retailer, launching in 2024. As part of his long-term role, Preston will also consult on the brand’s overall menswear assortment.


Sustainability

Fast Fashion Firms Prepare for EU Crackdown on Waste Mountain

Within a year, the sorting centre run by garment re-use and recycling charity Moda Re plans to double the volume it handles to 40,000 metric tonnes annually.

Sustainability

Fast Fashion Firms Prepare for EU Crackdown on Waste Mountain

Within a year, the sorting centre run by garment re-use and recycling charity Moda Re plans to double the volume it handles to 40,000 metric tonnes annually.


Retail

The Most Resilient Category in Retail

While the rest of fashion contends with uneven demand, off-price chains like T.J.Maxx and Ross Stores have proved to be a bright spot.

Retail

The Most Resilient Category in Retail

While the rest of fashion contends with uneven demand, off-price chains like T.J.Maxx and Ross Stores have proved to be a bright spot.


Retail

H&M Probes Myanmar Factory Abuses as Pressure Intensifies

The Swedish fast fashion giant is investigating 20 alleged instances of labour abuse at its Myanmar suppliers just weeks after top rival Inditex said it was phasing out factories in the Southeast Asian country.

Retail

H&M Probes Myanmar Factory Abuses as Pressure Intensifies

The Swedish fast fashion giant is investigating 20 alleged instances of labour abuse at its Myanmar suppliers just weeks after top rival Inditex said it was phasing out factories in the Southeast Asian country.


Global Markets

Explainer: How Russia’s Wartime Fashion Market Works

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been devastating for businesses in Kyiv and changed the dynamics of the fashion industry in Moscow more profoundly than anyone expected early last year.

Global Markets

Explainer: How Russia’s Wartime Fashion Market Works

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been devastating for businesses in Kyiv and changed the dynamics of the fashion industry in Moscow more profoundly than anyone expected early last year.


Sustainability

Big Brands Are Taking Back Unwanted Clothes. Where Do They Go?

Companies like H&M and Primark are increasingly offering to take back unwanted clothes for resale and recycling. Instead they can end up downcycled, destroyed or dumped, according to a new report from Changing Markets Foundation.

Sustainability

Big Brands Are Taking Back Unwanted Clothes. Where Do They Go?

Companies like H&M and Primark are increasingly offering to take back unwanted clothes for resale and recycling. Instead they can end up downcycled, destroyed or dumped, according to a new report from Changing Markets Foundation.


Global Markets

Worldview: Afghan Women Protest Taliban’s Closure of Beauty Salons

This week’s global markets round-up of fashion business news also features H&M’s new partner for Brazil, Chinese sportswear giant Anta and Indian sneaker start-up Flatheads.

Global Markets

Worldview: Afghan Women Protest Taliban’s Closure of Beauty Salons

This week’s global markets round-up of fashion business news also features H&M’s new partner for Brazil, Chinese sportswear giant Anta and Indian sneaker start-up Flatheads.