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Infographics & DataTop apparel brands on China’s Tmall during the latest lockdown
This exclusive interactive chart shows the top apparel brands from April 2021 to April 2022 on Alibaba’s e-tail site, Tmall. The chart can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.
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News briefsWinners and losers in the Chinese e-commerce market
Lockdowns lasting months in some areas have unsettled consumers in China. The apparel market has not escaped this. The NPD Group provides an overview of the biggest winners and losers – sports brands among them – on the most important e-commerce platform in China, Tmall. Source: Screenshot from ...
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ArticleU.S. ban on imports from Xinjiang goes into effect
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFPLA), prohibiting the import into the U.S. of products made by forced labor in Xinjiang, China, is now in force, under the oversight of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The act was signed into law by President Joseph Biden on Dec. 23, 2021, ...
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ArticleReport ranks Lululemon and Adidas highest for avoidance of forced labor
Of the 37 companies examined by KnowTheChain, the ten footwear or apparel companies that are most conscientious in terms of supply-chain labor policy, scored on a scale of zero to 100, are: Lululemon (89), Adidas (86), PVH (74), Gap (70), Primark (69), Nike (62), VF (62), Puma (58), H&M (55) ...
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Major brands hit with complaint in Paris over forced labor in Xinjiang
Last year’s report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on the plight of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Chinese province of Xinjiang is still making waves. Citing the report, two NGOs, the European Uyghur Institute and an individual Uyghur woman have engaged a French law firm, Bourdon ...
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Infographics & DataBrand value of the top 10 apparel brands worldwide in 2020
This infographic shows the brand value 2020 vs 2019 of the leading international apparel brands (source: BrandZ, Kantar). This chart can be downloaded as JPG, PNG or PDF.
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Federer regains rights to RF logo
According to Tennis.com, Roger Federer has regained the rights to the RF logo, now that Nike has sold its remaining stock of RF branded apparel. The logo has not featured on Federer’s sponsored apparel since his switch from Nike to Uniqlo about two years ago, in a deal that industry ...
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ArticleForced labor in China for some sports brands?
Several Chinese factories under foreign contract appear to be resorting to forced labor from ethnic minorities. The suspicion stems from a report on the plight of China’s Uyghurs and other minorities recently released by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) – a self-described non-partisan think tank founded in 2001 to ...
