AMI contributes to WHO and Hospitals de Paris

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…

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Global cotton production to be lower in 2015-16

World 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…

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Italy data authority asks Facebook for clarifications on smart glasses

Facebook 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…

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Next and Zalando drop Boohoo over worker rights allegations

Boohoo 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…

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Nativa to join Stella McCartney at upcoming Paris Fashion Week

By 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…

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EU amends criteria for using Ecolabel on textile products

The 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…

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Avon doubles down on anti-animal testing stance with new HSI allegiance

The 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…

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U.S. retailers’ halting outlook reveals scale of tariff fear

Instead, new tariffs President Donald Trump slapped on some Chinese imports last month and fears that more could come in the escalating trade conflict between Washington and Beijing, had many investors bailing from the sector.The tensions have hovered as a potential risk for markets for more than two years. But what really unsettled investors in the latest round of earnings calls was retailers …

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