Danish fashion retailer Bestseller has paused the placement of new orders in Myanmar and is urging the EU to develop clear guidelines on how companies should conduct themselves when economic sanctions are imposed on sourcing...
The Myanmar clothing industry is continuing to struggle to operate effectively as political unrest continues following the seizure of power by the country's military earlier this year.
The US has suspended all engagement with Myanmar under a trade and investment agreement until the return of a democratically elected government.
Italian clothing retailer OVS says it will be suspending production with suppliers in Myanmar that discriminate against workers involved in rallies against the military junta.
A Myanmar garment manufacturer supplying high street chain Primark is understood to have been accused of locking workers in a factory to prevent them from taking part in anti-coup protests.
Fast Retailing, owner of the Uniqlo and Gu brands, has reported two of its supplier factories in Myanmar were set on fire in the violence related to the military coup.…
A number of Chinese-owned garment factories in the Laydaya Industrial Zone in Yangon, Myanmar, have been smashed, looted, and burned with workers trapped and injured as violence across the country…
Italian clothing brand Benetton Group has suspended all new orders from Myanmar with immediate effect on concerns of human rights violations. The group issued a statement in which it said…
Swedish fashion retailer H&M Group has paused placing new orders with its suppliers in Myanmar as violence continues to unfold across the country amid the military coup. However, in a statement shared…
Apparel industry associations and human rights groups have joined forces to condemn the military coup and growing violence in Myanmar, and to urge companies sourcing from the southeast Asian country…
Myanmar today resembles Romania 30 years ago, when the country swerved at the last possible moment from potential catastrophe to a more prosperous and peaceful future. And the clothing industry…
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