Fashion ‘needs to cut emissions by half’ to meet climate goals – report

The report is the result of a multi-year partnership between Global Fashion Agenda and McKinsey & Company and said that the apparel and footwear industry was responsible for some…

Rare one-horned rhino killed by poachers in Nepal

“We performed a post-mortem and found that it had been hit by a bullet on its head,” the park’s spokesman Nurendra Aryal told AFP.Aryal said a team had…

Sir Paul Smith on his new foundation; skipping runway seasons; mentoring Lee McQueen and his latest book

 Despite spending almost all of spring practically alone in his Covent Garden headquarters – which normally houses over 200 staffers – fashion’s only knight has still managed to…

Uniqlo wants to beat Zara at the fast-fashion game

“Zara is selling fashion rather than responding to customer needs, said the Japanese group’s owner Tadashi Yanai, at the inauguration of a new, automated logistics hub in Tokyo….

American Apparel brand will continue being made in US, says Gildan CEO

In January, Gildan won a bankruptcy auction to acquire the edgy fashion brand’s manufacturing equipment and intellectual property rights for about $88 million in cash, leaving American Apparel’s…

US consumers’ inflation expectations mixed in April, NY Fed report shows

The regional Fed bank reported as part of its April Survey of Consumer Expectations that respondents see inflation one year from now at 4.4%, down from 4.7% in…

Union files objections to Amazon election results, alleging layoffs were threatened

Amazon has denied the outcome resulted from intimidation of its employees and said it did not threaten layoffs or a facility closure.Late on Friday, the Retail, Wholesale and…