EXCLUSIVE Retailers and unions extend legally binding worker safety accord in Bangladesh – sources
Major global retailers have agreed to extend for a further two years a legal agreement with garment workers and factory owners in Bangladesh that subjects retailers to legal action if their factories fail to meet labour safety standards, according to a copy of the agreement seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
Exclusive: IKEA’s malls arm branches out into housing with new centre in China
IKEA’s shopping malls business, one of the world’s biggest, has kicked off the sales process for some 500 flats at its first-ever mixed-use retail and residential development, in Changsha in southern China.
