カテゴリー: Retail industry
Workers in Myanmar say management targeted union supporters under pretense layoffs were related to coronavirus Hundreds of workers at two factories in Myanmar that produce clothing for Zara and Primark were fired days after forming a union in a move wo…
One factory owner tells how coronavirus cancellations by UK brands have seen him struggle to pay wagesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage As high streets across England opened this week and hundreds of people jostled through th…
Retailer paid $109m in dividends just weeks after cancelling clothing orders, leaving suppliers in Bangladesh facing financial crisisKohl’s, one of the US’s largest clothing retailers, cancelled millions of dollars worth of existing orders from Banglad…
As owner of brands including Topshop and Dorothy Perkins cancels unshipped orders, thousands will be left without income, warn rights groupsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Arcadia Group, which owns brands including Topsh…
Pledge comes in response to claims that order cancellations to minimise Covid-19 losses have hurt millions of workers in the developing worldCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePrimark, one of the UK’s most popular retailers, ha…
Retailer plans US expansion and overhaul of Regent Street branch in battle to compete with key rivals Fake snow is falling and a hyperactive elf is hopping around on the pavement, geeing up the crowd pressed against the windows of Hamleys toy store, wh…
Event founded in 2009 is world’s biggest online shopping festAlibaba plans to sell $15bn of shares in Hong Kong this monthThe Chinese retailer Alibaba Group said on Monday that sales for its annual Singles’ Day shopping blitz have crossed the $30bn mar…
Forced labour in China’s internment camps taints the supply chains of many western companies. We need to take actionAny western company doing business in Xinjiang should consider their supply chains tainted by forced labour drawn from internment camps….
Japanese clothing company pulls advertisement from South Korean TV after outcryThe Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo has pulled an ad from South Korean TV after it was accused of mocking victims of wartime sexual slavery.The company said it had stopped…
The US retailer Costco has said it will limit the number of shoppers at its first store in China after overcrowding forced it to shut early on the opening day. Large crowds caused traffic jams as they flocked to the store in Shanghai on Tuesd…
Retailer’s target is part of aim to use 100% sustainable cotton in all product categoriesPrimark has announced plans to improve its sustainability credentials by training 160,000 cotton farmers in India, Pakistan and China in environmentally friendly f…
My friend Edward Oakley, who has died aged 78, headed Obeetee, India’s leading carpet and rug company. His family had a long connection with India, having first established their hand-knotted carpet business in the 19th century, in Mirzapur, a town (no…