Study urges shoe industry to address impact of tanneries in India
Partners Inkota, Südwind, Global 2000, Cividep and SLD are calling on Indian companies to stop making profits at the expense of workers and start respecting international environmental and…
UK consumer spending helped by back-to-school fashion buys says Visa
The performance in the sector helped to push overall household spending up ever so slightly – it rose by only 0.4% year-on-year last month – but at least…
Tourist visits hit record high in Paris region in 2018, but Asian tourist numbers down
“After an exceptional 2017, the 2018 tourist season set off to beat all previous records,” stated on Monday the Paris/Ile-de-France Comité régional du tourisme (CRT, the regional tourism…
UK retailer Boohoo denies ‘slave’ labour claims
The Times newspaper, in an undercover investigation, reported that workers at Boohoo’s facility in Burnley, northwest England, complained of racism, sexual harassment, poor safety equipment, inadequate training and…
US law upsets Nepali garment exporters
During an interaction with Garment Association Nepal (GAN) in Kathmandu recently, the visiting Deputy Assistant US Trade Representative Dawn Shackleford made it clear that the law does not…