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Clothing
Will H&M make good on its "living wage" promise?
Nov 28, 2013
Clothing-retailer H&M has said it's drafting a plan to pay its textile worker a "living wage" by 2018.
Social media focuses teen shoppers on clothing items, not brands
Nov 19, 2013
Sites like Pinterest and Instagram inspire young shoppers to mix and match. That's putting pressure on teen mall-store brands.
New campaign to help Bangladeshi workers
Oct 22, 2013
Six months after a factory collapse killed 1,100 people, there's a new international effort to help improve working conditions for garment workers in Bangladesh.
Will U.S. clothing firms change on Bangladesh?
Jul 10, 2013
Lots of European retailers have signed onto a new pact to institute stricter rules after the factory tragedy this year. Which U.S. companies will follow suit?
Is your dress looking at me?
by
Molly Wood
Jun 25, 2013
Designer Ying Gao has created dresses that are embedded with eye-tracking technology.
Wearing the wrong bra size? Jockey has a $60 solution for you
May 31, 2013
Oprah can vouch for it: an estimated 8 in 10 women wear the wrong bra size. So underwear stalwart Jockey spent eight years developing the solution: a $60 bra that comes in 55 sizes.
Where were your clothes made? (Map)
May 30, 2013
A map of where our Twitter followers said their clothes were made.
For public good, not for profit.
Will the Bangladesh factory disaster help U.S. labor organize?
May 30, 2013
Walmart employees and other low-wage workers hope the spotlight on U.S. companies in Bangladesh galvanizes support for their campaigns at home.
A solution to a garment industry crisis?
by
Kai Ryssdal
May 28, 2013
The solution to garment industry worker abuses could lay in the hands of an unexpected retailer.
In Bangladesh, workers react and protest
May 13, 2013
The Bangladesh government makes it easier for garment workers to join trade unions. But will that spark the change factor workers are hoping for?