A deadly fire at a Bangladeshi garment factory and an adjacent chemical warehouse highlights the ongoing issue of poor fire and building safety standards in the country’s vital garment sector.
A deadly fire at a Bangladeshi garment factory and an adjacent chemical warehouse highlights the ongoing issue of poor fire and building safety standards in the country’s vital garment sector.
Rising living costs and increasingly precarious work are trapping the low-wage workers who power the fashion industry in a crushing squeeze, Sarah Kent reports from Dhaka.
Rising living costs and increasingly precarious work are trapping the low-wage workers who power the fashion industry in a crushing squeeze, Sarah Kent reports from Dhaka.
Whipsawing consumer demand is squeezing fashion suppliers and their workers in countries like Bangladesh, Sarah Kent reports from Dhaka.
Whipsawing consumer demand is squeezing fashion suppliers and their workers in countries like Bangladesh, Sarah Kent reports from Dhaka.
From activists taking brands to task over corporate greenwashing to the finance gap and antitrust challenges, here’s what fashion leaders need to know from the UN’s high-stakes climate summit.
From activists taking brands to task over corporate greenwashing to the finance gap and antitrust challenges, here’s what fashion leaders need to know from the UN’s high-stakes climate summit.
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Osman Yousefzada journeys to post-colonial Bangladesh to meet the workers who make our clothes.
Osman Yousefzada journeys to post-colonial Bangladesh to meet the workers who make our clothes.
The country is set to lose export revenue of about $6 billion this year due to cancellations from retailers and vendors.
The country is set to lose export revenue of about $6 billion this year due to cancellations from retailers and vendors.
The government launched a $588 million package to help companies in the garments sector pay staff, but manufacturers have said it is not enough.
The government launched a $588 million package to help companies in the garments sector pay staff, but manufacturers have said it is not enough.
The second-largest apparel producer after China is set to lose $6 billion in export revenue as the world's largest retailers cancel orders, jeopardising millions of jobs in the poor South Asian nation.
The second-largest apparel producer after China is set to lose $6 billion in export revenue as the world's largest retailers cancel orders, jeopardising millions of jobs in the poor South Asian nation.
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Bangladesh is strategically critical for global apparel supply chains and it is ultimately in all our interests — from brands and retailers to factories and governments — to work together, collaborate and support each other through this, argues Mostafiz Uddin.
Bangladesh is strategically critical for global apparel supply chains and it is ultimately in all our interests — from brands and retailers to factories and governments — to work together, collaborate and support each other through this, argues Mostafiz Uddin.
Government officials say The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh is no longer needed as a national regulatory body, the Remediation Coordination Cell (RCC), is able to do the job.
Government officials say The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh is no longer needed as a national regulatory body, the Remediation Coordination Cell (RCC), is able to do the job.
Bangladesh’s deadly Rana Plaza disaster in 2013 sparked an unprecedented effort to improve worker conditions, but life for the country’s garment workers remains difficult and now the industry’s flagship safety initiative is under threat.
Bangladesh’s deadly Rana Plaza disaster in 2013 sparked an unprecedented effort to improve worker conditions, but life for the country’s garment workers remains difficult and now the industry’s flagship safety initiative is under threat.
A High Court in Bangladesh ordered the Accord on Fire and Building Safety to shut down by November 30, but the group says checks on over 500 factories are still incomplete.
A High Court in Bangladesh ordered the Accord on Fire and Building Safety to shut down by November 30, but the group says checks on over 500 factories are still incomplete.
The underwear company is anticipating net sales of at least $6.85 billion in the current fiscal year, exceeding analyst estimates and marking the highest revenue since its split from L Brands Inc in 2021.
The Japanese brand is accelerating its expansion in India to capture a greater share of the rapidly growing apparel market and affluent consumer base.
Activist fund Oasis Management Co. is calling on the Japanese personal care company to convene an extraordinary general meeting, seeking a probe into its supply-chain risk management and internal control.
The retailer surpassed annual sales forecasts but expects a $60 million drag from import tariffs in the first half of 2026.
The transaction gives FSI, a Milan-based private equity fund, a controlling share in the Italian luxury house, as more founder-owned brands turn to investors to fund growth and weather a tough global market.
Spend growth at off-price chains is among the strongest in retail, with gains across all income segments.
The retailer said it was accounting for the 15 percent tariff announced by US president Donald Trump after the Supreme Court struck down most of his earlier tariffs.
Melissa Sperau, formerly of Shiseido, will join the US prestige cosmetics maker effective March 6.