Why Can’t Fashion Fix Its Labour Exploitation Problem?

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Why Some Retailers are Ignoring the Internet

For years, the fashion industry operated under the assumption that digital scale was the right path. However, the "growth-at-all-costs" model is currently fracturing as luxury giants grapple with soaring customer acquisition costs and a logistical crisis fueled by high return rat ...  عرض المزيد

Why Luxury Still Can’t Find Its Way Out of the Slump

Luxury entered 2026 with hopes that new creative directors and signs of stabilisation would finally help the sector turn a corner. Instead, the latest round of earnings has raised bigger questions about what growth now looks like for the industry. While brands including Dior, Guc ...  عرض المزيد

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Why Can’t Fashion Fix Its Labour Exploitation Problem?
The Business of Fashion Podcast

The revelation this year of child labour in India’s cotton fields and modern-day slavery in Taiwanese garment factories is the latest scandal concerning worker treatment in fashion’s supply chain. New abuses keep emerging despite efforts by brands, manufacturers, activists, an ...

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High Luxury, Cheap Labour: Inside Loro Piana's Sweatshop Links
The Business of Fashion Podcast

The luxury industry trades on a carefully constructed marketing image, deeply linked to artful claims of exclusivity, craftsmanship, and impeccable standards. But a slew of Milanese court cases linking some of luxury’s biggest names to sweatshops on the outskirts of the fashion c ...  عرض المزيد

Luxury’s Italian Sweatshops Problem
The Business of Fashion Podcast

Over the past year, the pristine image luxury brands have built on their links to artisanal craft, ethical manufacturing and quality has begun to crumble, buffeted by a scandal that has linked labels including Dior and Armani to sweatshops in Italy. 


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What Happens When It’s Too Hot to Make Fashion?
The Business of Fashion Podcast

Many of fashion’s largest manufacturing hubs, particularly in South and Southeast Asia, are increasingly at risk of dangerous, record-breaking heatwaves. As extreme heat becomes more frequent, more intense and longer-lasting, what is the cost to industry and how will we adapt ...

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