and the Bologna Licensing Trade Fair for children’s brands, which has grown significantly since the pandemic. “The idea has been to make Bologna a vital center for the copyright and licensing ...

the fair has reconfigured Hall 1 to make room for more children’s publishers and events, not only for the trade but for the public. “The new arrangement is quite attractive,” Boos says.

But unlike the term “sustainable,” fair trade clothing can be easier to define ... own line of everyday essentials for men, women and children, made primarily from organic Pima cotton.

ensuring safe working conditions and the rights of women and children, and focusing on environmental sustainability through all stages of production.” Chicago Fair Trade was formed in 2006 ...

If prices drop below the cost of production, farms may go out of business. Keahey said fair trade is a third-way approach that puts its focus on environmental and social concerns back into the market.

Paul Rice founded Fair Trade USA in a one-room warehouse in Oakland, California, in 1998. He’d just returned from the war-torn highlands of Nicaragua, where he’d spent 11 years working with ...