Seattle-based Nordstrom is among a growing number of retailers taking a closer look at factory safety after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 garment workers in Bangladesh. Nordstrom’s ...

In decades past, the rigid, mechanical movements of traditional robots were confined to segregated sectors in factories. Their function was fixed, and their interactions were limited. Enter the cobot ...

Several fires tore through garment facilities in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India over the past week, fanning calls by labor advocates for a legally binding fire and building safety agreement that ...

Another fire at an apparel factory in Bangladesh is shining a spotlight on how much work remains to be done to improve safety conditions in the nation’s fashion industry. The factory makes garments ...