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70,000 consumers demand transparency from Primark, Armani & Urban Outfitters

London - 70,000 people are calling upon 5 major fashion retailers - Armani, Primark, Urban Outfitters, Forever 21 and Walmart - to go transparent by publicly sharing which factories produce their apparel. 70,000 consumers have signed a petition calling on the brands to make transparency part of their New Year's resolutions following the...

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International apparel companies attend Dhaka Apparel Summit following previous boycott

London - H&M, Inditex, C&A, Next, VF Corporation, Tchibo and Gap, seven leading fashion retailers who previously boycotted the Dhaka Apparel Summit in response to concerns regarding the Bangladesh government crackdown on trade unions, participated in the event on Saturday following the release of detained workers and trade unionists. The seven...