Amazon’s logistics workers in Spain plan Cyber Monday walk-outs

There are three working shifts a day at Amazon in Spain.”It is symbolic, but it is a first move and we will consider other kind of actions…

Austrian retailers file antitrust complaint against Amazon

The European Commission and Germany’s antitrust authority are also looking into Amazon’s role in the market.”We have received a complaint. We are examining it,” a spokeswoman for…

Game over between Safilo and Dior

The end of the licence agreement had been on the cards since the creation in 2017 of Thélios, a joint venture between Italian eyewear manufacturer Marcolin and…

H&M, Zara and Asos are buying from highly polluting manufacturers, report finds

Changing Markets Foundation launched an investigation into the production of this man-made fibre, which is widely used in the textile supply chain. It found that factories in…

Gambian MPs vote to uphold skin-bleaching ban

Skin lightening is also practised in other parts of the world such as South Asia and the Middle East, and is particularly popular among women.But it is…

How ‘cannabis beauty’ went mainstream

American Eagle Outfitters is set to launch a line of hemp-derived, CBD-infused personal care products from the label Green Growth Brands this October, it has announced. The…

Hanjin Shipping collapse to raise freight costs

United Parcel Service Inc said on Thursday it is seeing a bump in demand for its freight services and is working with customers in Asia to shift…

Jeweller Taylor & Hart opens UK workshop

After growing revenues to £5.3 million in 2019, the business is hoping this figure to double by the end of 2020, helped by the opening of the…

Inditex increases production in Spain by 13% compared to before the pandemic

In 2021, the group’s Spanish factories (located in the Galician towns of Arteixo and Narón) invoiced the company 1.17 billion euros, a figure that contrasts with the…

Industrial action ends at Lacoste’s French logistics subsidiary

The bone of contention was the employees’ demand for a wage increase. The workers at the two Solodi sites, in Buchères and Ecrevolles, were asking for a…