Hennes Mauritz AB has pledged to offset higher worker wages in Bangladesh by raising prices for clothing made in the country, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg News.

Alleged sex-trafficking victims of Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard are suing him, his companies and high-level employees, claiming they enabled his crimes for decades and helped him evade justice.

Mothercare continues to be hit by tough trading conditions internationally — especially with “significant headwinds” in its key Middle East ops — as the mother-and-child retail specialist sees sales continue to fall. 

Primark is scaling up its drive “to make more sustainable fashion affordable for everyone” as part of its ‘Primark Cares’ initiative.

​It may have an ambitious store opening programme, but for now Joe Browns still has only a few stores up and running so any new one is a big deal. And it has just revealed the opening date for its new Leeds branch.

​A high-end on-demand fashion app, providing “90-minute real-time tracked delivery across London”, officially launched on Friday after a soft-launch period.

Set to take place from January 29 to February 2, 2024, the event will welcome a total of 31 shows curated across four days.

Toronto-based Roots has named Leslie Golts as its chief marketing officer.

Ahead of Black Friday, Greenpeace aims to highlight the issue of clothing and footwear overproduction. After four months of tracking, many donated garments have traveled thousands of kilometers.

​Clothing retail giant Uniqlo is linking up with anti-poverty charity Trussell Trust for a second consecutive year.

It’s going to be big, but not that much bigger than last year. UK spending over the upcoming Black Friday Weekend and Cyber Money (BFCM) is predicted to rise a marginal 0.4% year-on-year to £8.74 billion.

Circularity-focused marketplace Depop is to launch a series of high-profile temporary stores over six months in partnership with retail pop-up provider Sook.

The Sterling International executive spoke to FashionNetwork.com about the recruitment process for creative profiles for major fashion houses and the changing role of the creative director.

Consumers are seeking ways to put sustainability into action so a new fashion app — the “first lifecycle calculator with live data insights to inspire customers to cut their climate impact in seconds” — is interesting.

Patou is the first luxury brand to team with green tech startup Fairly Made, which has worked with LVMH since 2018 and has been part of the group’s Maison des Startups accelerator program.

Fenwick has abandoned plans to open a store in Guildford. The UK independent department store group has ended talks to take over the former House of Fraser store in the Surrey town.