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Mulesing – Retail position paper
The following ‘position paper’ was issued in the last week of February 2012 and is signed by 17 trade organisations representing European and North American textile apparel manufacturers, retailers and brands on the practice of mulesing in the Australian … Continue reading
Patagonia bucks the trend
Weekly Times | Brian Clancy September 5 2011 Patagonia environmental materials developer Todd Copeland. WOOL is helping a leading American outdoor apparel retailer defy the downturn in the US economy. “The downturn has affected all apparel retailers, although outdoor sales … Continue reading
From paddock to Patagonia garment
Rural Press Stock Journal | Terry Sim | 31 August 2011 FOR 40 years, Streatham woolgrower Bill and Trina Weatherly wanted to see what their wool could do. The NewMerino® base layer T-shirt launched by Patagonia recently was the first … Continue reading
Patagonia pushes traceability
Rural Press TERRY SIM 27 Aug, 2011 OUTDOOR clothing company Patagonia gave its full support for wool traceability and unmulesed wool production at the Merino2020 conference in Wagga Wagga last week. While outlining the development of the company’s NewMerino® … Continue reading
British retailers firm on anti-mulesing
Weekly Times Brian Clancy BRITISH retailers have denied they are going soft on their push against surgical mulesing. British Retail Consortium sustainability policy officer Catherine Pazderka said although the retailers were pushing for more transparency as to whether or not … Continue reading
UK heat off mulesing
Weekly Times | Brian Clancy August 10, 2011 BRITISH retailers are no longer telling Australian wool growers to stop mulesing. But they want to be informed of what practices are being used on farms, in an effort to appease animal … Continue reading
Armani deal benefits NZ wool
Weekly Times | Brian Clancy July 6, 2011 NEW Zealand Merino wool growers will get a free ride from Australia’s latest promotional venture with the Italian retailer Armani. But Australian Wool Innovation chief executive Stuart McCullough said the move was … Continue reading
China plan to benefit wool growers
Rural Press TERRY SIM 08 May, 2011 03:30 AM THE rise of the Chinese domestic consumer and the country’s most recent five-year economic development plan bodes well for wool growers, according to AWI’s market intelligence and trade reporting manager Paul … Continue reading