John Lewis Partnership has been awarded an accreditation that recognises it as a ‘Menopause Friendly Employer’, as selected by an independent panel of experts from the Menopause Friendly organisation. The accreditation recognises the department store chain, which said it employs over 42,000 women, for creating an inclusive culture allowing for...
Jul 15, 2022
Indian women's rights activist and trade unionist Rukmini V. Puttaswamy received the 17th Solidarity Award from the German Senate Chancellery of the city of Bremen. Women’s rights organisation Femnet recently organised a meeting with Puttaswamy when she came to Germany to receive the award on 20th June. Reason enough for FashionUnited to...
Jun 28, 2022
Reflex has announced the closing of a 4.5 million dollar seed funding round, led by Indicator Ventures with additional funding from Sugar Capital and Red Swan Ventures. The oversubscribed round brings the company to a total of 5.59 million dollars raised, following its initial pre-seed in 2021. A number of notable investors have joined Reflex’s...
Jun 9, 2022
More than a thousand sacked Thai garment workers who made bras at a factory supplying lingerie giant Victoria's Secret have received a landmark 8.3 million dollar settlement, labour rights activists said Saturday. Brilliant Alliance Thai closed down its Samut Prakan factory in March 2021 after going bankrupt. But the 1,250 laid-off workers –...
May 30, 2022
In support of American garment workers, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has announced the introduction of the Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act, already garnering industry-wide support. The legislation comes as a response to the increasingly unsafe working conditions often endured by American workers,...
May 16, 2022
In the wake of a leaked draft majority opinion from the US Supreme Court made public by Politico on Monday that appears set to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which has guaranteed federal protections of abortion rights, Levi Strauss & Co. became one of the first companies to take a public stance on the matter. If the decision by...
May 5, 2022
Fast fashion retailer Boohoo Group has opened its new manufacturing facility in Leicester, which it said will be used as a “centre of excellence” to reintroduce local garment production back into the UK. The 23,000 square foot factory also includes office spaces and will house trainings on responsible sourcing and technical garment creation for...
Apr 12, 2022
Retail industry charity the Retail Trust has launched a new certification, together with Foot Anstey LLP, a national law firm, which aims to protect and reassure shop workers in the midst of “rising levels of abuse and inappropriate behaviour”. According to a press release, seven well-known retailers are already in talks to implement the...
Mar 29, 2022
Labour rights organisation Model Alliance has announced alongside New York State Senator Brad Hoylman a new bill that strives to regulate the modelling and creative industries in New York. Revealed in a press conference, the Fashion Workers Act will tackle “predatory management agencies that currently operate without oversight”, addressing those...
Mar 28, 2022
The European Commission has announced it will be pushing a due diligence law that will require companies to adopt sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour throughout their production chain. The proposal, which the commission voted in favour of last year, will oblige companies to identify, prevent and end any negative impact they may have...
Feb 24, 2022
Following the announcement that Hugo Boss is to close its Scandicci-based factory, the label’s leather goods artisans have gone on a strike supported by a number of Italian trade unions. It comes as the fashion brand informed the unions that it was intending to lay off 21 employees as part of the closure. A statement by the national secretary of...
Feb 11, 2022
A new platform launched by the Afro Fashion Association looks to put Italy-based professionals with a multicultural background in contact with international companies in all sectors. With support from Vogue Italia and Made in Italy (WAMI), the founder and Afro Fashion Association’s president, Michelle Francine Ngonmo, established the platform to...
Feb 4, 2022
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