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The fashion companies promising to pay their suppliers

After the outbreak of Covid-19, fashion companies cancelled orders worth billions with their suppliers, shifting their problems onto those who were most vulnerable: factory owners and workers. After much criticism, more than a dozen companies such as H&M and Levi Strauss made U-turns on their decisions, while others such as Bestseller and...

15 hours ago

Retail

Why re-commercing may be the new retail revolution

Excess inventory is not a new problem, but for retailers now, finding stock exit routes for SS20 collections is an absolute priority. It has changed from an accounting afterthought to a critical role in retail supply chains. Covid-19 has given the fashion industry the unique opportunity to entirely reset its value chains into more sustainable,...

14 Jul 2020

Business INTERVIEW

Clothing manufacturers from Bangladesh: “This behavior is driving factories into their death throes”

For years, fashion companies insisted that suppliers comply with social standards, only to leave factories and their workers to their fate by cancelling orders during the coronavirus pandemic. More than a thousand clothing makers in Bangladesh are currently struggling through this bitter reality with their Western clients. For many consumers,...

1 Jul 2020

Fashion INTERVIEW

Conversation with an activist: tackling fashion’s vulnerabilities exposed by Covid-19

The outbreak of the coronavirus has hit the entire fashion industry hard, with many companies struggling to survive. At the same time, the pandemic has brought the dark side of the fashion industry to light. Brands are cancelling deliveries and not paying garment workers in their outsourced supply chains, while the stock problems of shops that...

5 Jun 2020

Business

Fashion Revolution Week 2020: more relevant than ever

From 20th to 26th April, Fashion Revolution Week will be held again worldwide to raise awareness for those who made our clothes and under what conditions. Established in 2014 after the Rana Plaza disaster, this year it is particularly important to remember and take action, because in the wake of the global Covid 19 pandemic and the resulting...

21 Apr 2020

Fashion INTERVIEW

Sustainable fashion labels campaign to slow down the fashion industry

The spread of the novel coronavirus is presenting fashion companies with unprecedented problems. Therefore, a movement is now forming among the sustainable players, one of whose founders is German fashion label Lanius, to slow down the fashion industry. Since mid-March, clothing stores in Germany have been closed in order to contain the spread...

15 Apr 2020

Fashion

IAF urges solidarity in apparel supply chain

In the face of the Covid-19/Corona crisis the International Apparel Federation (IAF) calls on the apparel supply chain and its stakeholders to enact sufficient supply chain solidarity. As stores close around the globe and orders stop, loss of income throughout the supply chain is unavoidable. No buyer can be expected to sacrifice its own...

25 Mar 2020

People

The fashion industry's victims of COVID-19 that can't be seen

Store closures, adjusted profit outlooks, tumbling share prices, empty high streets, these are the daily reports the fashion industry is facing during the coronavirus pandemic. But aside from the dire circumstances endured by the big corporate retail players and luxury houses, most of whom will bounce back or be entitled to support from...

25 Mar 2020

Business INTERVIEW

Fashion blockchain start-up Retraced: “Building trust throughout the entire industry”

German start-up Retraced uses blockchain technology to collect data in the value chain of fashion brands and thus contributes to transparency in the supply chain: End customers can trace the extent to which their consumer behaviour influences the environment and the lives of the people involved with a particular product. For this business model,...

7 Jan 2020

Business

Is legislation necessary for supply chain transparency?

The need for clothing brands and retailers to be more open about their supply chains has become clear over the years, but according to GlobalData it may take more than voluntary action. In a press release, the company announces that legislation may be the answer. Following disasters such as the collapse of Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, an increasing...

23 Dec 2019

Business

CFDA welcomes new manufacturer into Supply Chain Collective

Talon International, a provider of sustainable solutions for zippers and trims, has joined the CFDA's Supply Chain Collective. The Supply Chain Collective is a new initiative that works to bring greater value to the nearly 500 American designers who are members of the CFDA. Talon International's inclusion in the collective means that it will...

19 Dec 2019

Business BACKGROUND

How Hugo Boss is turning its biggest plant into a smart factory

The artificial intelligence and tablets deployed at the largest European production facility of German businesswear maker Hugo Boss may be astounding, but it’s the new ways in which humans and machines are interacting that is perhaps most noteworthy. “The interesting thing about technology is that it has made us human again," Joachim Hensch,...

22 Oct 2019