カテゴリー: Retail industry
Police say UK entrepreneur Quentin Griffiths fell from 17th floor of an 18-floor condominium on 9 FebruaryQuentin Griffiths, the co-founder of the online fashion retailer Asos, has died after falling from an apartment building in the Thai seaside resor…
Tashkent Supermarket’s new West Village location offers staples like plov and samsas hot and fresh – a taste of Central Asia for everyoneWhen I first stepped into the Tashkent Supermarket in Brighton Beach, I could barely get around. The store was bus…
Overnight camping was banned and motorists were told to plan their journey as New Zealand finally joined the flatpack family“I’ve been waiting 25 years for this,” says Annie Sattler.A quarter of a century after she emigrated from Germany, and seven yea…
Authorities investigate site after shrimp exported to the US found to contain the hazardous isotope Caesium-137A large industrial zone on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, is grappling with radioactive contamination after a government taskforce foun…
Outdoor brand says the Rising Dragon promotional event was out of line with its values after public criticismThe outdoor brand Arc’teryx has issued an apology after a promotional fireworks display in the Tibetan plateau led to an outcry over potential …
Local business owners in Nairobi said the rapid expansion of China Square had created an uneven playing fieldOn a cool Friday morning in an expansive mall in Nairobi, dozens of people thronged outside a retail store covered in colourful banners, balloo…
Convenience stores are a neat and functional retail institution in Japan, where customers can access the daily essentials, from buying breakfast to paying billsKenji Yamamoto was unsure that his business would survive when he opened Japan’s first conve…
Formal investigation opens amid concerns Chinese shopping website is breaching Digital Services ActBusiness live – latest updatesThe EU has launched formal proceedings against the Chinese shopping website Temu amid concerns it is failing to halt the sa…
Calls for legislation after dozens of brands identified as being at risk of sourcing materials linked to China’s transfer programmesA “substantial volume” of clothing tainted by the use of Uyghur forced labour is entering the European Union market, acc…
Workers describe hands and arms being targeted in ‘merciless’ beatings as protests over low wages turn increasingly violent in DhakaWhen Masuma Akhtar arrived at the garment factory where she works on the outskirts of Dhaka on 31 October, she was expec…
Sellers of timepieces with rainbow colours face same punishment as country says they could ‘harm morals’Owners or sellers of rainbow-coloured timepieces made by the Swiss watchmaker Swatch face three years in prison in Malaysia, the interior ministry h…
Company says its own code of conduct goes further than the global accord prompted by the Rana Plaza disaster 10 years agoGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMajor clothing retailer Best&Less has been accused of …
Campaigners say safety has improved but brands need to do more for workers’ rights and pay as survivors recount tragedy The fight for safe conditions and fair pay in Bangladesh has not yet been won, campaigners are warning on the 10th anniversary of th…
Exclusive: VKG, where workers made jeans for Tesco’s Thai branch between 2017 and 2020, faces charges including fraudThai police have brought criminal charges against a clothing factory that was used by Tesco to make F&F clothes, over its treatment…
Exclusive: Burmese workers say officials took one day to conclude no laws were broken at VK Garment factoryThai police have been accused of conducting a “sham” investigation into potential forced labour at a garment factory formerly used by Tesco after…