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Business as usual
Wednesday 19 November, 2008

The economy may be a little flaky but it’s business as usual at Gossypium.

The media are talking about deflation - clothing prices on the high street have decreased by 10% every year since we started trading. Now this trend is spreading to the wider economy and we’re grateful for our resilience as we’ve been operating in this climate for years. We expect to work hard to thrive and right now the phones are ringing, boxes are leaving the warehouse and I enjoy this business enough to smile deeply every single day.

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The PANTS to poverty story
Wednesday 12 November, 2008

Back in the summer of 2005 a very persistent guy called Ben kept calling us with his idea. He was working in Development & later, for Anmesty International, and he wanted to make a campaign awareness-raising product that was ethically produced, but that also gave something back to charity – eventually becoming in itself, a vehicle to spread the word to fashionable bods all over the world. His product was PANTS to Poverty.

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Customers have their word

I am a very happy customer who does yoga in and sleeps between your lovely organic cotton and is waiting impatiently for you to bring out some string knickers :)
Caroline R

I love the fact that that all your stuff is fairtrade & organic - we totally love where you guys are coming from!
Suzanne

The pj's fit fine and have gone down very well with grand-daughter and mum! We have passed on the catalogue...
.Col H

The magazines says

People will pay more for an organic pork chop and they want to know the name of the pig . But they wont pay for clothes. Vogue - Sep 06

This environementally friendly company has been going strong for eight years, using only organic cotton The independent - Jul 06

Even Topshop, iconic leader of fast fashion, will start selling ethical clothing tomorrow - including tops from Gossypium
The independent - March 2006

Press release archive

26/02/07 - Culture of Peace
16/01/07 - Roy Godden Lecture
25/01/07 - Pants to Poverty
27/11/06 - Re-establish link between textiles and agriculture
01/01/05 - Gossypium Fairtrade Mark launch
16/11/05 - Gossypium Fairtrade Mark launch
07/11/05 - Fairtrade Foundation Press Pack
01/09/05 - New Aut/Win 05 Collection our now
01/08/05 - New Gossypium shop opens
01/06/05 - Gossypium wins Art&Business Award
01/06/05 - The eye of the needle out now
01/02/05 - Gossypium at the eden project
01/01/05 - Jamie Cullum and Gossypium
01/06/04 - Channel 4 feature Gossypium