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UK's Camra Calls for Beer Duty Freeze in Upcoming Autumn Statement
Nov 22, 2016UK's not-for-profit consumer group The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is calling for the renewal of a beer duty freeze as the government prepares to unveil its latest proposals for the economy. The group is calling for a beer duty freeze ...
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Debenhams Delivers Trading Update
Jun 23, 2016Debenhams has announced its trading update for the 15 weeks to 11th June. LFL sales grew by 0.2%, with online sales up 7%. In the 15 week period, gross transaction value rose by 0.5%, taking the cumulative YOY performance to growth of 1.3%. ...
Tags: clothing, sustainable growth
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Living Wage Hike Puts Toy Indies in 'challenging Position'
Apr 6, 2016The move by the Government will see the current minimum wage upped from £6.70 per hour to £7.20 this month. But the news has our indie retail panel calling for a reassessment of 'already squeezed margins'. The livng wage ...
Tags: Touhub, The toy store, Kerrison store, Living wages
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BRC Calls For Government Support As Retail Footfall Decreases
Mar 16, 2016UK retail footfall in February was 1.1% down on a year ago – lower than the 1.2% rise seen in January and the three-month average rate of -0.8% – according to the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor. ...
Tags: BRC, Retail football, Goverment support
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Furniture Retail Sales Buoy Slower February
Mar 13, 2016Furniture was again the top-performing category and the main contributor to retail growth in February, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. After hitting a record of +16 in January, GfK’s Major Purchase Index ...
Tags: Furniture, retail sales
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Fairtrade International Is Extending Its Approach to The Entire Textile Value Chain
Mar 19, 2015Fairtrade International which introduced Fairtrade certified cotton in 2005 is now extending its approach to the entire textile value chain, for which it has prepared a draft. The organisation’s goal is to reach often-overlooked ...
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Ecigarette Company Has Been Chosen to Be a Candidate for Living Wage Champion Awards 2014
Dec 23, 2014The ecigarette company ECigaretteDirect.co.uk, which is based in Swansea, has been chosen to be a candidate for Living Wage Champion Awards 2014. ECigaretteDirect sells ecigarettes and vape product online and also through stores located all ...
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H&M's Vision Is for All Its Operations to Be Run in a Way That Is Economically
Nov 18, 2014“We need to change how fashion is made and consumed” said the H&M CEO, Karl-Johan Persson, while speaking about the role played by his company in the sustainable fashion industry at the just held BSR conference, a forum which ...
Tags: transparency and transformation, social sustainability, Apparel
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VIDA Aims to Connect Shoppers Directly with Ethically Produced Apparels and Accessories
Nov 18, 2014VIDA, a new e-commerce platform that aims to connect shoppers directly with ethically produced apparels and accessories designed by artisans and designers from around the world, has been launched recently. With a primary aim to provide ...
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H&M and ILO Inked a One-of-Its-Kind Collaboration
Sep 17, 2014One of the biggest global garment retailer and Sweden-based H&M and International Labour Organization (ILO) inked a one-of-its-kind collaboration, which will promote sustainable global supply chains in the apparel sector. Under the terms ...
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Clean Clothes Campaign Released a New Report
Jun 12, 2014Clean Clothes Campaign has released a new report that uncovers the truth behind high-end fashion chains and the Eastern European and Turkish garment workers that make their clothes. "Stitched Up – Poverty wages for garment workers in ...
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Clean Clothes Campaign Launches a Review of Its Urgent Appeal Cases of 2013
May 28, 2014Clean Clothes Campaign launches a Review of its Urgent Appeal cases of 2013 and beginning of 2014. The interactive map shows how Clean Clothes Campaign supports the survivors of the Rana Plaza and many other workers in their struggle for ...
Tags: Clean Clothes, garment industry
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H&M Publishes Its Twelfth Conscious Actions Sustainability Report
Apr 11, 2014H&M publishes its twelfth Conscious Actions Sustainability Report. Some of the highlights during 2013 are the launch of H&M´s roadmap for fair living wages, the first closed loop collection made with recycled material from collected ...
Tags: H&M, recycled material, collected garments
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Rights Groups Expresss Outrage at Brutal Violence and Repression in Cambodia
Jan 13, 2014Groups call on global clothing brands to use their influence to achieve an end to repression against workers involved in wage protests and the resumption of good-faith wage negotiations. Labour rights groups and trade unions across the ...
Tags: clothing brands, Apparel, Textile
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Netherlands Ambassador Will Help Bangladesh Become The Number One Producer in The World
Nov 27, 2013Netherlands Ambassador in Dhaka Gerben De Jong on Wednesday said this November is extremely important for further development in the readymade garment sector as two important decisions will be taken during the period which will help ...
Tags: BGMEA conference, Apparel