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Sustainability

Social Goods | H&M's Diverse Ad, Modelling Gender Pay Gap, Women in Top Jobs

This week, H&M rolled out a campaign featuring a diverse range of women, and a top agent claimed male models are being paid up to 75 percent less than women.

Sustainability

Social Goods | H&M's Diverse Ad, Modelling Gender Pay Gap, Women in Top Jobs

This week, H&M rolled out a campaign featuring a diverse range of women, and a top agent claimed male models are being paid up to 75 percent less than women.


Sustainability

Social Goods | Zara's Eco-Friendly Line, Marc Jacobs Dreadlocks, Sports Direct Investigation

This week, Zara launches its first environmentally-friendly fashion line, while Marc Jacobs responds to accusations of cultural appropriation.

Sustainability

Social Goods | Zara's Eco-Friendly Line, Marc Jacobs Dreadlocks, Sports Direct Investigation

This week, Zara launches its first environmentally-friendly fashion line, while Marc Jacobs responds to accusations of cultural appropriation.


Financial Markets

JD Sports Leaves Mike Ashley Trailing With ‘Astonishing’ Growth

JD Sports Fashion Plc reported first-half earnings growth that showed why it has surged past Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International Plc among UK athletic-gear retailers.

Financial Markets

JD Sports Leaves Mike Ashley Trailing With ‘Astonishing’ Growth

JD Sports Fashion Plc reported first-half earnings growth that showed why it has surged past Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International Plc among UK athletic-gear retailers.


News & Analysis

Burberry Falls Most on Report of Price Cuts as UK Stocks Retreat

Burberry Group Plc slid 2.2 percent, for the biggest drop on the benchmark FTSE 100 Index, following a report that it cut prices in Hong Kong and China because of weakness in the British pound.

News & Analysis

Burberry Falls Most on Report of Price Cuts as UK Stocks Retreat

Burberry Group Plc slid 2.2 percent, for the biggest drop on the benchmark FTSE 100 Index, following a report that it cut prices in Hong Kong and China because of weakness in the British pound.


Fashion Week

Social Goods | Kanye's Multiracial Casting, Fast Fashion Waste, Bigger Sample Sizes

This week, the waste generated by fast fashion is causing an environmental crisis, and the CFDA has unveiled its diversity guidelines ahead of New York Fashion Week.

Fashion Week

Social Goods | Kanye's Multiracial Casting, Fast Fashion Waste, Bigger Sample Sizes

This week, the waste generated by fast fashion is causing an environmental crisis, and the CFDA has unveiled its diversity guidelines ahead of New York Fashion Week.


Retail

Under-Fire Sports Direct Opens the Door After Criticism

Sports Direct takes another step in its attempted rehabilitation next week when it hosts members of the public and the media at its headquarters in northern England, slated for working conditions akin to a Victorian workhouse.

Retail

Under-Fire Sports Direct Opens the Door After Criticism

Sports Direct takes another step in its attempted rehabilitation next week when it hosts members of the public and the media at its headquarters in northern England, slated for working conditions akin to a Victorian workhouse.


Sustainability

Social Goods | Cotton Farming, Male Modelling Exposed, PETA Confronts Hermès

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

Sustainability

Social Goods | Cotton Farming, Male Modelling Exposed, PETA Confronts Hermès

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


Financial Markets

Sports Direct Buys Oxford Street Freehold for Fashion Flagship

Retailer Sports Direct International has announced it will buy the freehold of a property in London's Oxford Street for 108 million pounds for use as a flagship store for its FLANNELS.com fashion brand and offices.

Financial Markets

Sports Direct Buys Oxford Street Freehold for Fashion Flagship

Retailer Sports Direct International has announced it will buy the freehold of a property in London's Oxford Street for 108 million pounds for use as a flagship store for its FLANNELS.com fashion brand and offices.


Retail

British Retailers Invite Rival Brands to Fill Their Empty Spaces

As online deliveries surge and shop sales fall, Britain's retailers are looking to refit their once bustling superstores with new attractions such as rivals' fashion brands to fill empty spaces and keep shoppers coming through the door.

Retail

British Retailers Invite Rival Brands to Fill Their Empty Spaces

As online deliveries surge and shop sales fall, Britain's retailers are looking to refit their once bustling superstores with new attractions such as rivals' fashion brands to fill empty spaces and keep shoppers coming through the door.


Financial Markets

Sports Direct Troubles Mount as Retailer Warns of Profit Slip

Sports Direct International Plc said it’s no longer confident of meeting its full-year earnings target, heaping more misery on the embattled UK retailer.

Financial Markets

Sports Direct Troubles Mount as Retailer Warns of Profit Slip

Sports Direct International Plc said it’s no longer confident of meeting its full-year earnings target, heaping more misery on the embattled UK retailer.