The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
"Despite the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, There's a Lot You Don't Know About That T-Shirt" (The Guardian)
"An ambitious effort by a global apparel industry group to measure the social and environmental impact of making clothes and shoes has yet to deliver on its promise."
"How Your Clothes Are Poisoning Our Oceans and Food Supply" (The Guardian)
"New studies show that alarming numbers of tiny fibers from synthetic fabrics are making their way from your washing machine into aquatic animals"
"FTC Takes Action Against Shinola, Suggests 'Where American Is Made' Slogan Be Dropped" (Hodinkee)
"Today, the FTC took action against the largest of all American watch companies, Shinola, instructing them to make major changes in their marketing collateral and products."
"Macy's Reaches Tentative Deal with Workers to Avert Strike" (Reuters)
"A union representing workers of Macy's Inc in New York has said it reached a tentative agreement with the department store operator for a new four-year contract, averting a strike that was set to begin."
"Hey Ladies, Your Favorite Brand Is Probably Run by Men" (Marketplace)
"Many well-known brands come from companies that have little to no female representation within their leadership, according to a database released Tuesday."
France is pressing ahead with a ‘game-changing’ bill that would impose a ‘sin tax’-style penalty on fast-fashion products as high as €10 per item by 2030.
In the weeks since one of the industry’s most promising recycling start-ups filed for bankruptcy, big brands have put more money and more commitment into bringing innovations to market.
Thirty years of providing the world’s finest wool to the fashion house Loro Piana has done almost nothing for the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes.
The fast-fashion giant has joined Vargas and TPG to back a new polyester recycling venture following its failed bet on Renewcell.