STOCKHOLM – Swedish online fashion retailer, Boozt AB, has blocked 42,000 customers for returning too many items. Boozt said the …
Mystery over Chilean clothing mountain
SANTIAGO – New satellite imagery appears to suggest a huge mountain of fast fashion in Chile’s Atacama Desert, which has …
Boohoo bosses receive sustainability-linked bonus
MANCHSTER – Details have emerged of sustainability-linked bonuses paid to bosses at fast fashion brand Boohoo just days after a …
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Target removes LGBTQ items amid backlash
NEW YORK – US retailer Target has removed some items from its LGBTQ Pride Collection following customer threats and confrontations …
EU to ban destruction of unsold clothing
BRUSSELS – The European Union has agreed to ban the destruction of unsold clothing as part of a drive towards …
World’s largest viscose producer linked with deforestation
JAKARTA – Royal Golden Eagle (RGE), the world’s largest producer of viscose fibre, has links to a major pulp plant …
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Rights groups file case against Inditex, Uniqlo
PARIS – A group of rights groups have filed a new complaint in France claiming clothing retailers including Uniqlo and …
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Study: forced labour continues in Xinjiang
BEIJING – New research by Adrian Zenz, the academic known for his studies of the Xinjiang internment camps and Uyghur …
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Higg Co rebrands as Worldly in PR move
CALIFORNIA – US-based Higg Co has rebranded as Worldly in what appears to be an effort to distance itself from …