At a time when most gadgets, on average, last only a handful of years, it’s heartening to note that one of the most complex technological instruments ever built is still… Read more
This week’s vice presidential debate was a face off not only between Vice President President Mike Pence and California Senator Kamala Harris, but a head-to-head matchup of two ways of… Read more
Retail sales rose 0.1 percent in January, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed on Thursday, picking up from a shock 0.4 percent decline the previous month but… Read more
The new “circular economy initiative” will enable customers to “quickly and easily” donate unwanted clothing to five charities: Scope, Marie Curie, British Heart Foundation, British Red Cross or The Children’s… Read more
The Morrisville, North Carolina-based company said the funding round was lead by Collaborative Fund, with additional backing from H&M Co:Lab, the investment arm of H&M Group, as well as Starlight Ventures,… Read more
The French leather goods manufacturer, whose worldwide sales are growing strongly, will open on Friday a glove-making and leather goods production facility in Saint-Junien, in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region.The Saint-Junien… Read more
Around 4,000 shop assistants staged walk-outs on June 20, 24 and 26 to demand better salaries, and CCOO and UGT unions had called two more days of protests on July… Read more
Human Rights Watch (HRW) drew up the report after interviewing textile workers from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Burma and Pakistan, and enquiring about their day-to-day working experience. It also talked with… Read more
The Stockholm-based company told its garment providers in Bangladesh that it will “absorb the increase of the wages in our product prices,” after the government agreed to raise the minimum… Read more
The label, originally known for its travel trunks, will hire 500 people for two sites in western France, bringing its staff of leather goods specialists to around 4,000 as it… Read more