Tag: textile
Buy French? “Yes, but at what price”… This Breton brand is selling off its collections to relocate
It’s a slow trend but it has the merit of existing. Faced with the collapse of some fast fashion brands, certain French companies are managing to thrive by relocating their…
Textile art exhibition at London’s Barbican Gallery – Culture
It’s hard to imagine a sharper contrast than between the Barbican Estate in London and the “Unravel” exhibition on display in the gallery of this brutalist dream. Outside, the inner-city…
Uniforms made in Europe? Failed… First test at school, and first failure
Uniforms for children… made by children? This is what the Putean opposition is denouncing this week. Since Monday, 900 children from the Bergères, Parmentier and La Défense 2000 schools in…
Auchan finally escapes prosecution after the Rana Plaza tragedy
In May 2013, in Bangladesh, the Rana Plaza building, in which clothing manufacturing workshops were located, collapsed. A tragedy whose final human toll was 1,138 victims, textile workers. A year…
“We see new customers coming…” What is the first assessment for the textile repair bonus?
Many French people are unaware of its existence. Others, on the contrary, already swear by it. For the past month, a financial boost called a “repair bonus” has made it…
After protests in Bangladesh: 150 textile factories remain closed for the time being
As of: November 11th, 2023 2:28 p.m Textile industry workers in Bangladesh have been protesting for higher wages for weeks. After violent riots, production is now at a standstill in…
Textile workers say no to 56% increase in minimum wage
It is insufficient. The minimum wage committee for Bangladesh’s textile industry on Tuesday increased the basic monthly salary of the sector’s four million workers by 56.25% on Tuesday. But this…
The partially saved Schmitt textile group leaves around 80 employees behind
This is good news, even if we have to see the glass half full. The Alsatian textile group Schmitt, in receivership, will be partially taken over by an employee cooperative.…
Between Chinese networks, money laundering and textile wholesalers
It is in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), between the Stade de France and the Paris ring road, that “280 wholesalers with a love of detail”, proclaims the storefront, have established their headquarters.…
Textile industry: why fashion groups are withdrawing from Myanmar
Status: 08/16/2023 12:12 p.m Working conditions in Myanmar’s textile factories are deteriorating. Some fashion companies no longer want to produce locally. Now another heavyweight in the industry wants to withdraw…