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15/05/2008
Cotton we value
We met with our main jersey supplier at the weekend and asked him about the price of cotton; not surprisingly we were told that the price of cotton is going up. India is enjoying a new era of economic growth; land prices are rising as a result of industrialisation and there's a growing emphasis on using land to grow biofuels.
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01/05/2008
Ethical Businesses and Strong Leaders
Even sir Terence Conran took the trouble to write to the FT (Letters 2nd April 08) in support of Sir Stuart Rose and his leadership. The shareholders' wrath at Sir Stuart having been voted both CEO and Chairman of M&S was clearly not well received in many quarters.
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24/04/2008
Gossypium's Alternative to Disposable Clothing
Abigail Petit, co-founder of Gossypium, recently attended a conference with Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) where people in high places were saying that fast fashion is bad and will soon have to pay the price for cleaning-up its own act. The government appear to be getting heavy handed with the clothing industry. Here's why...
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22/02/2008 New Consumer
Gossypium's new collection is featured in the New Consumer Read more...
15/01/2008 Viva Lewes
Viva Lewes meet the owners of Gossypium Read more...
09/11/2007 Shirts for the men who care
Gossypium launch a range of shirts manufactured in England by Cleeve of London, using traditional shirt making skills and our
fine organic and fair trade cotton fabric. Read more...
02/11/2007 For the Eco-Home our Tea Towel Gift Set
Our Tea Towel Gift set contains high quality towels made from 100% organic and fair trade cotton. The unique designs designs instantly add contemporary style to any kitchen. Read more...
19/10/2007 Luxurious Cotton Towels
Our luxurious organic cotton towels make a great ethical gift. Read more...
12/10/2007 Gossypium's Community Cotton Bags
We wanted to make our town plastic bag free, so we created a cotton community bag, we sold out in a week. Now we want to make Christmas plastic bag free... Read more...
05/10/2007 Gossypium Supporting Eco-Tourism
How Gossypium are helping an Organic B&B in Somerset in the growing eco-tourism industry. Read more...
28/02/07
Culture of Peace
Gossypium launches their new catalogue for this Spring/ Summer. The new
collection - titled 'Culture of Peace' focuses on fine crisp white wovens,
made to order in the UK to avoid waste and over production.
14/02/07 How do you wear yours?
Fairtrade Fortnight Competition As part of Fairtrade Fortnight (26 Feb
-11 March) Gossypium is launching a photography competition. We want customers
to send in photographs of themselves wearing or using Gossypium products.
All photographs will be published on the website for you then to vote
for the best.
Email photographs to: competition @gossypium.co.uk
16/01/07
Roy Godden lecture
Gossypium calls calls to re-establish link between textiles and agriculture
Abigail Petit C.Text. ATI, Co-founder and Co-Director of the Gossypium
brand in the prestigious Roy Godden lecture titled Textiles and Sustainability
at the Royal College of Art demonstrated how our superficial approach
to fashion is no longer viable in our world of poverty and climate disruption.
For full details see: (link to press release - Gossypium calls to re-establish
link between textiles and agriculture) Full transcript available on request.
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