Labour Behind the Label
‘Step Up and Pay’: Factory Layoffs Pushing Workers Back to the Brink
For garment workers, the cost-of-living crisis rippling across the globe is bringing with it an eerie sense…
Marks & Spencer Moving Out of Myanmar by March
The British retailer cited a human-rights assessment that said it's impossible to conduct normal due…
Winter Is Coming for Britain’s Biggest Garment Hub
"Almost every brand" sourcing clothing from Leicester, Boohoo chief among them, is canceling orders in a move…
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Missguided Asking Suppliers for 80% Discounts
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Now Asos, Asda and Boohoo Are Being Investigated for Greenwashing
U.K.'s competition watchdog has its eye on Asos, Boohoo and George at Asda for making potentially misleading…
Did Missguided CEO Engineer Bankruptcy ‘Disaster’ to Skip Out on Debt?
Angry customers have flooded Missguided's Twitter and Instagram pages demanding the money that they're owed…
Missguided, Peacocks Face Fallout for Stiffing Suppliers
Missguided and Peacocks both recently got their hands slapped after allegedly not paying suppliers.
Throwback Twitter Meme Sums Up Missguided Collapse
A "Friends" meme Missguided shared on Twitter on May 25 speaks to what suppliers are feeling in the wake of…
Boohoo’s First Factory: Win for Workers or Supply-Chain Smokescreen?
Boohoo Group is feting its first factory as a "center for excellence," but one labor campaigner wonders if…
Boohoo Slashes 400 Suppliers–and Labor Activists Have Some Questions
The shortened list of 78 manufacturers arrives six months after an independent probe found "endemic" problems…
NGOs Urge Support for Striking Myanmar Garment Workers
An NGO coalition is urging Western apparel brands to denounce the Myanmar coup that thrust the Southeast…
Life on the Line: UK Garment Workers Face Fatal Covid Risks
Female garment workers in the U.K. face a heightened risk of dying from Covid-19 relative to peers, national…
Inditex Under Fire for Sustainability Pledge That ‘Does Not Go Far Enough’
Inditex has yet to publicly disclose its list of 7,210 supplier factories, hindering efforts to verify claims…
Why Primark’s Pausing New Orders From These Bangladesh Factories
British nonprofit Labour Behind the Label praised Primark's change of heart as "good news."
Anger, Disappointment as UK Rejects Call to Clean Up Fashion
U.K. ministers rebuffed all recommendations from a cross-political committee to improve the fashion…