Fast Fashion

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Will This Time Be Different for Neiman Marcus and J.C. Penney?

13 September 2020 • By Brian Baskin

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Will This Time Be Different for Neiman Marcus and J.C. Penney?

This week, everyone will be talking about fashion weeks in New York and London, the post-bankruptcy futures of Neiman Marcus and J.C. Penney, and sales updates from the owners of Zara and H&M. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

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Boohoo Shares Plunge After Suspending Business With Suppliers

28 August 2020 • By Bloomberg

28 August 2020 • By Bloomberg

Shares dropped as much as 17 percent in afternoon trading in London after the Guardian cited auditors’ findings that more than a dozen UK suppliers may be paying substandard wages.

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Boohoo Shares Plunge After Suspending Business With Suppliers

Shares dropped as much as 17 percent in afternoon trading in London after the Guardian cited auditors’ findings that more than a dozen UK suppliers may be paying substandard wages.

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Inditex Pledges to Maintain Workers' Rights Throughout Its Supply Chain

5 August 2020 • By Reuters

5 August 2020 • By Reuters

In a joint agreement with global workers' union IndustriALL, the Zara owner has committed to ensuring health and safety standards are met and workers' rights to unionise are maintained.

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Inditex Pledges to Maintain Workers' Rights Throughout Its Supply Chain

In a joint agreement with global workers' union IndustriALL, the Zara owner has committed to ensuring health and safety standards are met and workers' rights to unionise are maintained.

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Can Anything Shake Consumers’ Addiction to Fast Fashion?

22 July 2020 • By Rachel Deeley and Aminah Khan

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Can Anything Shake Consumers’ Addiction to Fast Fashion?

Low-cost, high-volume fashion has come under fire for its environmental impact and unethical manufacturing practices. And yet, its cheap-chic combination remains compelling to both shoppers and investors.

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Boohoo Tells UK Home Secretary It's Probing Charges of Malpractice

18 July 2020 • By Reuters

18 July 2020 • By Reuters

The fast fashion retailer said it supports proposals for a licensing scheme that would ensure all garment factories are meeting legal obligations.

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Boohoo Tells UK Home Secretary It's Probing Charges of Malpractice

The fast fashion retailer said it supports proposals for a licensing scheme that would ensure all garment factories are meeting legal obligations.

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Investor Drops Boohoo Shares Over Garment Worker Allegations

10 July 2020 • By Reuters

10 July 2020 • By Reuters

Standard Life Aberdeen, previously one of Boohoo's biggest investors, said the fast fashion group's response to reports of factory worker abuse was 'inadequate in scope, timeliness and gravity.'

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Investor Drops Boohoo Shares Over Garment Worker Allegations

Standard Life Aberdeen, previously one of Boohoo's biggest investors, said the fast fashion group's response to reports of factory worker abuse was 'inadequate in scope, timeliness and gravity.'

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Why Fashion ‘Slavery’ Is Making Headlines

10 July 2020 • By Vikram Alexei Kansara

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Why Fashion ‘Slavery’ Is Making Headlines

Fashion’s mistreatment of garment workers is widespread, but this week, allegations of ‘modern slavery’ at suppliers of British ultra-fast fashion label Boohoo have ignited a firestorm. Why now?

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Why Boohoo’s Remarkable Run Came to a Crashing Halt

8 July 2020 • By Sarah Kent

8 July 2020 • By Sarah Kent

The British fast fashion juggernaut’s ambitions to build an empire that could compete with the giants behind Zara and H&M was gaining ground this year. But allegations of poor working conditions in its factories have raised questions about its future.

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Why Boohoo’s Remarkable Run Came to a Crashing Halt

The British fast fashion juggernaut’s ambitions to build an empire that could compete with the giants behind Zara and H&M was gaining ground this year. But allegations of poor working conditions in its factories have raised questions about its future.

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COS: From ‘High Street Céline’ to Stagnation

8 July 2020 • By Sarah Kent

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COS: From ‘High Street Céline’ to Stagnation

H&M’s upmarket sister brand was once a proof point for the Swedish group’s ambitions to diversify away from its core fast-fashion business. But COS executives have struggled to keep pace with a shifting market while managing a troubled internal culture.

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Boohoo Acquires Warehouse and Oasis Brands

17 June 2020 • By Reuters

17 June 2020 • By Reuters

The Manchester Based Group, which also owns Nasty Gal and prettylittlething, paid £5 million for the struggling British apparel companies.

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Boohoo Acquires Warehouse and Oasis Brands

The Manchester Based Group, which also owns Nasty Gal and prettylittlething, paid £5 million for the struggling British apparel companies.