Why the recent Moon Landing is a Big Deal

Early this week, Facebook provided me with a sweet piece of serendipity when it served up a picture of the late Gene Cernan. I had taken and posted the picture… Read more

After H&M, more foreign retail brands under fire in China in Xinjiang fallout

Earlier this week, China denied allegations of human rights abuses by its officials in the western region of Xinjiang after the European Union, United States, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions… Read more

Alliance suspends 3 more garment factories in B’desh

“Ensuring worker safety is our top priority,” said Alliance Country Director Jim Moriarty.“Factories with which we do business must undertake repairs in order to meet our safety standards, or they… Read more

Former Primark exec is named Boohoo responsible sourcing director

He had been operations director at Primark until he left the firm a year ago and while there will have worked with current Boohoo CEO John Lyttle, who earlier was… Read more

Australia’s dismal April retail sales bolster case for rate cuts

Tuesday’s data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed retail sales fell 0.1% in April from March, the first negative reading this year and confounding forecasts for a 0.2%… Read more

Hanjin’s fall will not fix the global shipping industry’s ills

“All of Hanjin’s ships aren’t just going to sink overnight,” said Clint Eisenhauer, vice president for external affairs at the South Carolina Port Authority. “We are going to see the… Read more

Being more environmentally-friendly key for UK consumers – Klarna report

Indeed, 70% of UK consumers recognise the financial benefits of circular practices in fashion, such as repair, secondhand shopping and rentals, according to Buy-Now-Pay-Later specialist Klarna’s ‘2024 Circularity Insights’ report.However,… Read more

Labour union urges European authorities to widen Amazon antitrust probe

The demand by the UNI Global Union was triggered by a Reuters report last week based on internal Amazon documents that showed the e-commerce company ran a systematic campaign of… Read more

Investors jolted as U.S. retailers show inflation hitting consumers

Investors wiped almost 25% off Target shares on Wednesday after its profit halved, and it fell another 3.2% on Thursday morning. Walmart was down 1.3% Thursday after already falling more… Read more

Brexit costs UK business as much as Covid – report

Its research reveals that the “self-inflicted wound” of Brexit has cost UK businesses as much as the unforeseeable Covid pandemic, each having come with a price tag of £250 billion… Read more