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Worldview: Argentina’s Textile Industry Crisis
🇦🇷 Argentina’s manufacturing hub loses 100,000 textile industry jobs. Mario Giambattistelli, president of a local industry body based in Rosario, the largest city in the …
The Year Ahead: Why Fashion Can No Longer Ignore the Climate Crisis
For many fashion businesses, addressing climate-related risks is often a priority that is eclipsed by other challenges they deem more urgent or imminent. However, due …
BoF VOICES 2023: Confronting the Creativity Crisis
OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom — Is creativity in crisis? This was a key question Thursday morning at the The Business of Fashion’s VOICES 2023 gathering. The …
How to Survive Argentina’s ‘Perpetual Crisis’
Earlier this year Adrian Simonetti’s team was in Milan opening a swish new flagship store for La Martina, the polo-infused fashion brand he leads from …
What to wear for a climate crisis
When people move to the country from the city, they need to change their wardrobes, my research on tree-changers in Australia found. The new context …
‘The missing link’: is textile recycling the answer to fashion’s waste crisis? | Fashion
The sun is always shining in the Swedish seaside town of Sundsvall, according to the staff of Renewcell, the world’s first commercial-scale textile-to-textile recycling factory. …
Is Fashion Sleepwalking Into the Climate Crisis?
Last month was likely the hottest humans have ever experienced. Dangerous — often deadly — temperatures have baked Europe, North America and parts of Asia …
Leicester garment makers warn of crisis as fast-fashion brands squeeze suppliers | Manufacturing sector
Leicester’s garment makers have said they are in crisis as a growing number of fast-fashion brands are forcing through discounts, making last-minute cancellations and imposing …
Elaine Welteroth on the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis and Why She Chose a Home Birth
Two years ago, in Glamour‘s Black Maternal Health series, we investigated the inequities Black women face during pregnancy and postpartum. At the time, Black women …
The BoF Podcast Episode 21: The Global Refugee Crisis with Chin Chin Yap and Amed Khan)
Taking the stage at VOICES 2017, private investor-turned-philanthropist Amed Khan and film producer Chin-Chin Yap discussed the shocking scale of the refugee crisis. Read the …
‘We risk another crisis’: TikTok in danger of being major vector of election misinformation | TikTok
In the final sprint to the US midterm elections social media giant TikTok risks being a major vector for election misinformation, experts warn, with the …
Patagonia’s billionaire owner gives away company to fight climate crisis | US news
Setting a new example in environmental corporate leadership, the billionaire owner of Patagonia is giving the entire company away to fight the Earth’s climate devastation, …
The people making a difference: the food market pioneer taking on the cost of living crisis | Life and style
‘I’m one of those people who says yes to things,” says Dorothy Bowker, sounding bewildered. I’ve just asked her why she decided to launch a …
Sustainable Fashion’s Credibility Crisis | BoF
Last year, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition launched a transparency programme, with the aim that its more than 250 members all publish “credible and trusted” ratings …
Crypto crisis: how digital currencies went from boom to collapse | Cryptocurrencies
Yuri Popovich had watched his neighbours’ houses burn down to the ground in Kyiv and he needed a safe place to put his money. So …
How to Sell Clothes During a Supply Chain Crisis
Fashion’s supply chain problems are creating some unique challenges for the industry’s marketing departments: How do you convince shoppers they need last season’s clothes when …
Sri Lanka’s Apparel and Textiles Sector Struggles Amidst Financial Crisis
“Today we survived somehow, but I don’t know about tomorrow,” Kolonna Manufacturing chief Ranjith Koralage told the BBC. His factory, which makes garments for Levi’s, …
Swiss Watchmakers Grapple With Fallout of Russian Crisis
Swiss watchmakers are gathering in Geneva this week for their first big industry event in three years, tackling the impact of sanctions on rich Russians …
As the Crisis Deepens, Fashion Adjusts Its Approach to Russia and Ukraine
Images and Article from www.businessoffashion.com. Planning for War Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is in its second week, with attacks on civilian targets intensifying Nike, Mango, …