Canadian universities must take action to ensure decent work for garment factory workers who make their students’ hoodies.

In the bracing morning air, workers leave their homes in the outer suburbs and hurry toward the industrial buildings lining the Guatemalan capital’s highways. Some go by foot. Others by motorcycle; ...

Guatemala City (CNN) — In the bracing morning air, workers leave their homes in the outer suburbs and hurry toward the industrial buildings lining the Guatemalan capital’s highways. Some go by foot.

For more than a century, the zipper has stayed more or less the same: two interlocking rows of teeth, a sliding pull, and the fabric tape that holds it together. It’s one of those inventions that ...

The Chinese ultra-fast fashion giant Shein will open its first shop in one of Paris' historic department stores. Critics see ...

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A fermentation byproduct might help to solve two major global challenges: world hunger and the environmental impact of fast ...

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Raised by NASA engineers and trained in consulting, one founder turned a single bad shopping day into a $5M AI-powered fashion company with a 1% return rate. Her tech now helps 300+ brands fix fit, ...

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I’ve seen it up close: mothers washing clothes in streams tinted with dye, fishermen pulling lifeless fish from once-clear ...