Global diamond jewellery demand reaches record $82 billion in 2017
A combination of strong consumer confidence and positive macroeconomics helped push demand up 4% in the US, where it totalled $43 billion, accounting for over half of global…
Global brands urge Cambodia to reform labour amid EU sanction threat
The letter urges the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen to amend a trade union law, repeal the law on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and drop all outstanding criminal…
HanesBrands impacts 1.4 million lives via philanthropic initiatives in 2021
“By setting challenging goals and reporting against our progress, we are showing our commitment to sustainable practices and continuing our long history of acting responsibly, ethically and with…
In Senegal, used clothing from Europe gets a new life for profit
Piles of designer stone-washed jeans and jackets and shirts vie with skirts and t-shirts — all of them pre-worn.Second-hand clothing, “feugue-diaye” in the Wolof language, is a vibrant…
Marks & Spencer to stop using alpaca wool following Peta exposé
The British department store group is the latest to phase out the material, joining Gap Inc, which owns Banana Republic, and H&M Group.It comes after facing pressure from…
On-time deliveries down as next day delivery option rises
According to the latest IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index, next day and specific day deliveries accounted for almost 50% of all UK orders in October, but just 87.2%…
Gant boosts employee engagement with Yoobic tech
To achieve this it has partnered with European firm Yoobic with its digital workplace solution, to engage with its frontline teams in more than 70 countries and 600…
Search and social are key for fashion e-tail says Nosto report
A study of 1.19 billion visits to ecommerce sites globally during the three busiest months of the retail calendar (from November 2018 to January 2019) found that search…
U.S. consumer prices post largest drop in five years amid coronavirus disruptions
With the country virtually at a stand-still, the economy rapidly contracting and millions unemployed as state and local governments adopt stiff measures to control the spread of COVID-19,…
U.S. senator urges criminal probe of Amazon.com ‘predatory data practices’
Hawley, a Republican who has been critical of big tech platforms like Alphabet’s Google, expressed concern about a report in the Wall Street Journal that Amazon collects data…