Australia stung by New Zealand bid to trademark manuka honey
The fracas erupted when a New Zealand association applied for exclusive rights to market manuka honey in five countries, including the United States, Britain, Australia and China,…
Avon named founding partner of British Beauty Council
Launched at the end of last year as a non-profit organisation akin to the British Fashion Council, the new British Beauty Council aims to represent the voice,…
German retail start-up Fashion Cloud merges with Dutch peer Nyon
Fashion Cloud said that as a result of the deal, Nyon’s expertise and products in fashion buying, including the buying tool OrderWriter and data-sharing platform FashionExchange, will…
H&M launches circularity design tool, unveils circular party collection
It’s a two-part launch as, by 2025, it aims to have 100% of its brands’ products designed for circularity and it said that over the long term,…
German union calls strike at Amazon warehouses
Verdi has organized frequent strikes at Amazon in Germany since 2013 to press demands for the retailer to raise pay for warehouse workers in accordance with collective…
H&M opens entries for the 2020 Global Change Award
Now in its fifth year, the award aims to speed up the process of finding, supporting and scaling projects that have the potential to make the fashion…
In diamond centre Antwerp, Russian gems are already shunned
Major Western jewellers, from Tiffany’s to Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels have all been keen to distance themselves from Russia’s lucrative diamond trade. Imports of Russian…
Invista to sell advanced textile business to Shandong Ruy
Invista will retain ownership of its nylon, polyester, polyols and licensing businesses and related brands. This includes Invista’s world-leading nylon 6,6 intermediates business, its global nylon polymer…
Discounts surge in June, but interest in high street shopping also up – report
Sales aggregator site LovetheSales.com has been diving deep into UK shoppers’ online habits during the lockdown in recent months and its latest report says that “some of…
Last week before Christmas will bring no store traffic uplift
The decline prediction comes from specialist visitor traffic tracking firm Springboard, which expects overall footfall to drop as much as 3.5% year-on-year in week 51 of the…