The Fabric Brief — Monday, November 2: Dhaka's Wage Fight Gets Real & Aditya Birla's Profit Doubles

Today's brief: a Dhaka walkout over wages, a doubled Indian fashion profit, Europe's war on wasted clothes, and polyester that changes colour without new dye. • Top stories: nearly a million Bangladeshi garment workers walk out demanding a 30,000-taka minimum wage; Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands more than doubles its quarterly profit; Europe's ban on destroying unsold clothes starts reshaping how brands handle leftovers • Textile Tallys: Spectre's $30mn green factory in Vietnam, Morocco's $1.9bn recycling potential, Dhaka yarn at $3.90, and the EU's low-value parcel fee now at 5 euros • The science deep dive: supercritical carbon dioxide recolours dyed polyester without stripping the dye • The controversy: who pays for a living wage when the whole garment chain is squeezed at once