Founded by designer Alexandre Mattiussi in 2010, AMI will contribute 10% of all online purchases on Amiparis.com to the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund, and that until the end of the confinement period in France.“At AMI, we would like to give back and make our contribution in a humble way, standing by the values upon which we were founded: friendship and lov…
Read moreWorld cotton production has followed global cotton prices lower, with a fourth consecutive crop decline this season. Harvested area is estimated at 30.9 million hectares, the lowest since 2009-10. The global yield is projected at 702 kg/hectare, compared with 762 kg/hectare last season and 2013-14’s record of 799 kg/hectare.USDA’s April decrease of 420,000 bales in the 2015-16 world product…
Read moreFacebook smart glasses, which were created in partnership with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica, allow wearers to listen to music, take calls or capture photos and short videos and share them across Facebook’s services using a companion app.The Italian watchdog, Garante, said it has called on the Irish data protection commissioner, which leads oversight of Facebook because the social-media compan…
Read moreBoohoo shares have slumped since the Sunday Times newspaper said workers in a factory in Leicester, central England, making clothes destined for Boohoo were being paid as little as £3.50 ($4.38) an hour.Boohoo said on Monday it will end relationships with any supplier found to have breached its code of conduct. It could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday.คำพูดจาก…
Read moreBy joining Nativa, the world’s leading fashion brands such as Stella McCartney, Gucci, and Pangaia are able to prove their commitment to transparency, sustainability, and responsibility. Nativa is honoured to introduce its farmers by name and encapsulates and embraces the standards of responsibility expected by today’s global fashion consumers, the company said in a press release.Part of 15…
Read moreThe validity of the Ecolabel requirements for textile products has been extended to 78 months. The criteria were due to expire in June 2018.Under the EU Ecolabel voluntary scheme, companies can label their products as having a lower environmental impact than other products within the same group. In the textile sector, the Ecolabel can be awarded to all sorts of products made of textiles, includ…
Read moreThe beauty giant, which stopped the practice 30 years ago, has announced that it is backing animal rights organization The Humane Society International’s #BeCrueltyFree campaign. The initiative is pushing for legislative reform to ban cosmetics testing on animals by the year 2023 in major beauty markets around the world.”We’re confident that through collaborations with HSI and other committed p…
Read moreThe strategy is part of Peta’s shareholder campaign, which has seen it invest in many clothing companies including Louis Vuitton, Boohoo, Hermès and Hugo Boss to gain access to annual shareholder meetings.Peta claims House of Fraser has recently reversed its longstanding fur-free policy as a number of animal fur items were found on sale on the department store’s webstore.คำพูด…
Read moreThe Commerce Department said on Friday consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, jumped 8.2% last month. That was largest increase since the government started tracking the series in 1959. Consumer spending tumbled by a historic 12.6% in April.Economists polled by Reuters had forecast consumer spending rising 9.0% in May. The surge in spending last mo…
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