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Jasmine Dawda | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

What brands needs to learn from H&M lawsuit

Every fast fashion brand strives on converting into an ethical system and exercise sustainability until they have to pay for it. H&M took the leap way before they get their production in order. This broadly grown Swedish Fast Fashion giant got under scrutiny for “ taking advantage of consumers’ interest”. A new false advertising lawsuit affirms that the brand endeavoured to target the germinating part of shoppers, who were accommodating to pay additional for sustainable practices. According to the proposed class action complaint, H&M came up with “environmental

scorecards” for their goods in the packaging, marketing materials, and branding for large offerings that include “ falsified information that did not comport with the underlying data” earning too many red flags under their operation, the brand should have been more meticulous from the very beginning of the production. H&M gets its product manufacturing from Bangladesh which has been declared the poorest country and currently going through horrific disorders financially. Being the most realistically priced brand, it claimed too soon to get on with the greenwashing gang of fashion. Last month, a lawsuit was filed in a New York federal court. What does that mean for

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