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BANGLADESH: Benetton offers health and financial aid to victims

Italian fashion giant Benetton Group is backing an initiative that is providing assistance and healthcare for the survivors of the collapsed Rana Plaza Building in Bangladesh and their families.

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Related Topix: Apparel

Thu May 23, 2013

Canada NewsWire

Bengal Energy to Form Strategic Joint Venture with Beach Energy Ltd....

This provides an excellent platform for future exploration success and commercialization for ATP 732; The JV demonstrates a continuation of Bengal's overall strategy in the Cooper Basin: directing cash flow generated from Cuisinier oil production to support its ongoing field development, while simultaneously delivering a focused exploration and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Apparel, Buongiorno

Fri May 17, 2013

GigaOM

Benetton teams up with Little Printer creator Berg on connected devices

The internet of things may be largely about connecting everyday objects, but who says design shouldn't be a major focus? Not Berg and Benetton, who are partnering up on an Italian R&D facility called Sandbox.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Printers

Tue May 14, 2013

The Peninsula

Global brands commit to Banglad...

Bangladeshi family members hold up portraits of missing relatives as they march demanding the wages of missing workers and death sentence for building owner, at the nine-storey building collapse site in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, yesterday.

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Related Topix: Bangladesh, World News, Asia, Apparel

The Globe and Mail

Benetton becomes latest big retailer to agree to Bangladesh safety pact

Benetton Group SpA has become the latest global retailer to agree to sign a one-of-a-kind pact to improve safety at Bangladesh factories following a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in the country last month.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Retail, Loblaw Companies, Grocery, Wal Mart Stores

Fri May 10, 2013

Yahoo!

Bangladesh toll passes 1,000 as stacks of bodies found

The death toll from the collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 Friday as dozens more corpses were found stacked in a ruined stairwell where victims sought shelter.

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Related Topix: Bangladesh, Asia, World News, Apparel

Wed May 08, 2013

The Huffington Post

Benetton CEO Confirms Company's Connection To Deadly Collapse

In his first interview since the deadly collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh, the chief executive officer of Benetton told The Huffington Post that his company had purchased small quantities of shirts from a manufacturer that operated inside the plant.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Bangladesh, Asia, World News,

Sat May 04, 2013

Switched

Benetton On Bangladesh Tragedy: No One In The Industry Should Feel Above It

A shirt with a Benetton label lies in the rubble three days after an eight-story Bangladeshi garment factory building collapsed in Savar.

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The Huffington Post

10 Popular Retailers With Dark Labor Histories

Promoting a socially responsible image is one way brands try to up their cool. But do brands really sacrifice their bottom line in order to stay true to a so-called progressive image? Not so much, according to experts.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Marketing

Wed May 01, 2013

CorpWatch

Benetton, Others Tied to Bangladesh Factory Disaster: 400 Killed

Collage of designer labels dug out of Rana Plaza after the collapse. Photos: Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights Over 400 people were killed when a Bangladeshi building housing five clothing factories collapsed last week.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Retail, Cato, US News, Liberal Political News

UPI

Retailers, labor groups, react to factory collapse

Labor groups and retailers met in Germany to form a collective response to the lethal building collapse in Bangladesh, participants said.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Bangladesh, World News

Mon Apr 29, 2013

The Guardian

Benetton admits link with firm in collapsed Bangladesh building

Italian company says garment manufacturer completed a one-off order but has now been taken off its list of suppliers A shirt with a Benetton label found in the rubble of the collapsed building in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Bangladesh, World News

Sun Apr 28, 2013

NEWS.com.au

'Benetton' clothes at Bangladesh site

SHIRTS with Benetton labels have been found in the wreckage of a garment factory block in Bangladesh where 376 people died.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Outsourcing

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