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Lush urges government to create animal-free testing

Inside Retail

Lush is encouraging customers to sign petitions to their local MPs to establish funded research streams for the development of non-animal-based scientific testing. The cosmetics retailer cited AFSA’s data reporting that 10.7 The post Lush urges government to create animal-free testing appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Melbourne Fashion Week to ban feathers

Inside Retail

It is the only global fashion week to implement a ban on wildlife-derived materials, according to the Feathers are the New Fur report published by the World Animal Protection Australia and the Collection Fashion Justice. The report noted that the international feather trade has an estimated value of US$8.3

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Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer, dies at 83

Inside Retail

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for his animal-print designs loved by showbusiness stars, has died at the age of 83, his company said. The designer died on Friday at his home in Florence, Italian news agency ANSA reported. Cavalli’s funeral will be held in Florence on Monday, Italian media reported.

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Hermès under fire over NT crocodile farms

Inside Retail

Luxury fashion brand Hermès is under increasing scrutiny over what animal welfare groups have called “barbaric” crocodile farms in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT). Crocodiles are wild animals, not handbags.They are sentient beings who don’t deserve to languish in plastic-lined pens for the profits of French fashion houses.”.

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Valentino decision to ditch fur “encouraging” but more transparency needed

Inside Retail

Over 1500 fashion labels have committed to fur free policies through the Fur Free Retailer global program, not only prioritising animal welfare and consumer demands, but also supporting an end to fur’s image as a ‘luxury’ item,” Elise Burgess, head of communications at Four Paws Australia, told Inside Retail. Deception in retail.

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Tesco admits food waste miscalculation as reduction figures more than halved

Retail Gazette

Tesco has been forced to halve its food waste reduction figures after admitting that tens of thousands of tonnes of food waste it claimed had been sent for animal feed was instead sent to anaerobic digestion. We are therefore withdrawing our previously reported food waste data, and we expect our reduction this year will be similarly affected.”

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Nike to end use of kangaroo skins in its shoes

Inside Retail

Nike said it will stop using kangaroo skins for its shoes this year, weeks after a similar step from German rival Puma, which would end a highly controversial practice that has drawn ire from consumers and animal rights activists. Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri, of Reuters.

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