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.
Cambodian Female Workers in Nike, Asics and Puma Factories Suffer Mass Faintings (The Guardian)
"Over the past year more than 500 workers in four factories supplying to Nike, Puma, Asics and VF Corporation were hospitalised."
Is Sustainable Fashion Completely Pointless? (High Snobiety)
"It's an illusion that business can be expected to do the right thing through its own volition because the purpose of business is to turn a profit."
The Brands That Have Been Sustainable Since Before It Was Buzzy (Fashionista)
"Eileen Fisher, Alternative Apparel and Patagonia have been making environmental responsibility a priority for decades."
America's Massive Retail Workforce Is Tired of Being Ignored (Racked)
"Rather than hope for a Make America Great Again–style renaissance of manufacturing, retail workers — from Walmart to Bloomingdale's — are demanding that their existing jobs improve."
What Is Fast-Fashion Actually Doing About Sustainability? (Huffington Post)
"By applying pressure and threatening to withdraw contracts, retailers like H&M and Selfridges are using their power and influence to try and change the situation."
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.