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Health, Sports & Psychology
Business Bursts: Failure
There's many reasons why even great companies can fail—and a difficult economy can exacerbate the problems
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Business Bursts: Branding
Your brand is more than a logo. Business Bursts explains the value of a brand—and how to cherish one.
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Society, Politics & Law
What is the 2015 Autumn Statement all about?
The OU's Alan Shipman offers a guide to the things to watch for when George Osborne presents his autumn statement this Wednesday.
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Money & Business
Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping
With 460 eco-labels in 197 countries, how can we make sense of them all? Professor Marilyn Carrigan investigates the issue of the over-saturation and impact of eco-labels.
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Money & Business
George at Asda – What makes clothing ownership and use sustainable?
Catherine Watkins from George at Asda explains what the large business does to support sustainability.
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Money & Business
Sustainable Design – Innovative design techniques
Designer Rhiannon Hunt explains what the challenge of producing sustainable clothing adds to her experience of designing t-shirts.
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Money & Business
The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Derek Jackson gives the retail perspective on the impact of ethical trading in the clothing market.
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Money & Business
Standards for better cotton
The Better Cotton Initiative, BCI, is an organization looking at global cotton-production standards. Ruchira Joshi, one of the Programme Directors at BCI, explains what they do.
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Money & Business
Preparation dyeing and finishing
The look and feel of a t-shirt is important to consumers, and there are some key methods used to ensure that they are appealing. Andrew Filarowski explains what these entail.
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Money & Business
Colour fastness
What does a t shirt have to put up with in daily life and how do colours survive the wash? Andrew Filarowski, Deputy Chief Executive of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, takes a look at colour fastness.
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Money & Business
UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind
While the clothing industry in the UK has seen a leap forward in recent years, but the working conditions have yet to improve.
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Society, Politics & Law
Tackling systemic human and workers’ rights issues in garment supply chains
Martin Buttle, Apparel & Textiles Category Lead at ETI - The Ethical Trading initiative - talks about some of the things that ETI is doing to promote ethical dealing in the supply chain of garments.