Big names join European textile recycling initiative

Those brands and retailers taking part in the Fashion for Good-driven project include Bestseller, Adidas and Zalando as brand partners, as well as Inditex as an external partner. Fashion for Good partners Arvind, Birla Cellulose, Levi Strauss & Co, Otto and PVH are also part of the wider working group.Bestseller said of its involvement that it wants to “advance Euro textile re…

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California to require garment industry to pay hourly wages to workers

Newsom signed the Senate Bill 62, also called the Garment Worker Protection Act, and will pave way for garment workers in the state to get a minimum wage of $14 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees.”California is holding corporations accountable and recognizing the dignity and humanity of our workers, who have helped build the fifth-largest economy in the world,” Newsom said in a st…

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Crocs to expand corporate workforce with opening of new global HQ

 Formerly based in Niwot, Colorado, Crocs’ HQ will now be housed in a 90,000-square-foot facility on the Atria office campus, under 20 miles away from Denver. In addition to the 375 positions already maintained at the company’s corporate headquarters, Crocs will be looking to make new full-time hires for the Broomfield facility, but has not provided specific figures concerning the number …

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Consumers turned to secondhand, but new fashion struggled online in September

But first, last month’s figures. While e-sales just about managed to rise (it would be a rare and truly disastrous month if they didn’t), key fashion categories actually went into reverse. Looking at the headline numbers, online sales limped up by just 0.6% year-on-year in September (excluding travel sales).Though above the three-month average of +0.1%, September failed to match the six- an…

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Facebook tentatively concludes spammers were behind recent data breach

The people behind the attack were a group of Facebook and Instagram spammers that present themselves as a digital marketing company, and whose activities were previously known to Facebook’s security team, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the company’s internal investigation.Last week, Facebook said that cyber attackers had stolen data from 29 million Facebook accounts using a…

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Designers, fashion CEOs and retailers call for revolt against existing delivery system

“Recently a group of us from across the global fashion industry, from CEOs to buyers and creative directors, came together in a series of conversations with a shared vision; to discuss ways in which our business needs to transform,” the group of nearly 40 noted industry leaders wrote, in an open letter made available to FashionNetwork.com. “We agreed that the current environment although…

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Gap Inc. equality and belonging report highlights diversity, inclusion efforts

The 21-page report highlights U.S. programs and activities between June 2020 and April 2021 and addresses four main commitments, starting with supporting workplace equity where Gap Inc, which operates the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta brands, removed educational requirements for 99.7 percent of job descriptions below the vice-president level to support workplace equity. Meanwhile,…

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Former Tesco executives pressured staff ‘to cook books’, court told

The senior executives were “cooking the books” to support Tesco’s share price and secure huge compensation packages, and “bullied and coerced” subordinates into compliance, lead prosecutor Sasha Wass told London’s Southwark Crown Court.Christopher Bush, 51, who was managing director of Tesco UK; Carl Rogberg, 50, who was UK finance director; and John Scouler, 49, who was UK food com…

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From Fendi to Karl Lagerfeld- luxury brands invest in Marbella’s real estate sector

Sierra Blanca Estates, a Marbella-based developer, is among the pioneers of this new luxury housing concept, collaborating with renowned Italian fashion brand Fendi to launch the first branded residential complex on the Mediterranean coast, Epic Marbella, taking the concept of luxury housing to another dimension. Epic Marbella is situated on a 48,000-square-meter plot on the exclusive golden m…

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French leather industry asks for ban on ‘vegan leather’ and similar terms

As the basis for this request, the CNC referred to legislative decree 2010-29, issued by the French government on January 8 2010. The decree states that the word ‘leather’ can only designate a material derived from animal skin that is treated to make it rot-proofคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว…

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