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The Flanarant: Social media misses the mark when it matters
2013-07-15 19:52:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Faced with an opportunity to change the course of events by getting Gap to sign up to the Accord on Fire & Building Safety in Bangladesh, an online petition and social media campaign made little difference to the company's stance - or its sales. As Mike Flanagan asks: Does social media matter only if concerned with things that don't?
The Flanarant: Is the tide of social accountability turning?
2013-06-08 16:51:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
In the past few months, some of the world's most powerful institutions have criticised how the apparel industry operates. And while businesses are getting advice from many different directions, Mike Flanagan wonders if compliance has reached a watershed moment.
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The Flanarant: Solutions to prevent another Bangladesh tragedy
2013-05-03 13:37:24| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Actions need to speak louder than words when it comes to tackling working conditions in the Bangladesh garment industry. And in the wake of the collapse last week of the Rana Plaza building near Dhaka, Mike Flanagan has what he describes as "a modest proposal" for identifying and delisting all unsound factories.
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The Flanarant: Trade deals - the devil is in the details
2013-04-17 15:29:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The explosion in proposed trade agreements will probably stimulate major changes over the next decade in how apparel buyers organise their supply chains. But as Mike Flanagan explains, they never deliver what - or when - their lobbyists say they will.
The Flanarant: Asia hit by multiple whammy
2013-03-12 19:38:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
New pressures on Asian manufacturers are likely to hit apparel buyers on both sides of the Atlantic, including labour issues, minimum wages, raw material prices, abscondment, pollution and financial "redlining". Mike Flanagan looks at the likely impact.
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