Each person has a powerful combination of characteristics that influence their chances of living a long life. A 2019 study by the City Health Dashboard analyzed the data from the 500 largest cities in the U.S. provides a case in point: a baby born in the Streeterville community of Chicago, in 2015, could live to be 90 years old, while the life expectancy of another baby born just eight miles aw…
Read moreSky News said U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seen sufficient evidence to launch an investigation after petitions from lawyer Duncan Jepson, who runs Liberty Shared, a campaign group against modern-day slavery.It quotes Jepson as saying Boohoo is not doing enough to stop forced labour in the factories in Leicester, central England, which supply many of its clothes.Shares in Boohoo …
Read moreAlibaba removed Jiang, who oversaw the company’s main online shopping divisions, from a partnership of 38 people, which appoints some Alibaba board members. It also demoted him to group vice president from group senior vice president, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing internal matters.Alibaba declined to make Jiang available for interview and he did not respond to a Reu…
Read moreLondoners are expected to be the biggest Black Friday shoppers, planning to splash over £533 on average this year – more than £200 over the national average of £300, according to research by price comparison site Finder.com.Shoppers in the South East plan to spend £362, while those residing in the West Midlands will spend the least (£188.11), followed by the North East (£191.11) and W…
Read moreAt a time of caution and uncertainty, many retailers have warned that they could face a shortage of new stock and see supply chain delays due to the coronavirus outbreak.While the disease’s final effect on world trade has yet to be determined, global companies can start putting plans into action to prepare for sudden changes in supply chains.
According to a report from international cou…
Read moreDescribed as a “transformational ecosystem,” the organization aims to create a community of brands, non-profits, consumers and supporting industries, who will work together to drive action on key social and environmental issues facing the fashion industry. The platform is a response to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and seeks to accelerate the fashion industry’s progress towards th…
Read moreThe low wages for factory workers in China and Southeast Asia turned the region into an unrivalled market for fashion production over the last decade, the report said. But things are starting to change: denim produced in Turkey costs currently 3% less than in China when considering transport and import costs. “For individual garments with low-cost production, it is already worth bringing prod…
Read moreNike became the latest company to file a lawsuit over the issue on Thursday — suing shopping platform StockX for creating and marketing NFTs with its logo and branding.It follows a lawsuit last month by French luxury brand Hermes against artist Mason Rothschild, who has auctioned 100 “MetaBirkins” — a digital “homage” to the label’s famous Birkin bag — some fetching tens of thousands of doll…
Read moreRetailers were discounting heavily and at “unprecedented levels” before the order to shut all fashion shops came in, with the data showing that discounts had been accelerating throughout March and have continued to do so in the past few days.LovetheSales helps consumers shop the online sales through one website and tracks more than 6 million full-price and discounted products across 1,000+ glob…
Read moreSince the last devaluation of the national currency has already eroded the value of minimum wage, Issa Aremu, the general secretary of National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) has requested president Muhammadu Buhari not to devaluate the currency further.“The last time we signed the minimum wage, which is N18,000, which is the current rate, and this was bet…
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