Themes, topics and sources
| Themes and extracted topics | Sources and intercepts | Significant differences | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identified themes | Topic no | Topic description | No. of docs | A. Company | B. Twitter | C. News | F-value | Comp/News | Comp/Twitter | News/Twitter |
| Responsibility towards employees and workers | 1 | Companies sharing profits for better wages | 380 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.005 | 0.23 | |||
| 2 | Companies accepting/rejecting government's furlough scheme | 272 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.020 | 6.88 | ** | * | ||
| 3 | H&M fined for breaching GDPR law employees | 753 | 0.003 | 0.011 | 0.005 | 1.03 | ||||
| 4 | Labour rights in South East Asian garment factories/Worker unions | 1,423 | 0.053 | 0.020 | 0.025 | 2.93 | ||||
| 5 | Uighurs forced labor and other minority issues | 659 | 0.012 | 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.19 | ||||
| Profits and economic responsibility | 6 | Primark's profits | 638 | 0.009 | 0.006 | 0.060 | 43.87 | *** | *** | |
| 7 | Government policies and taxes in Myanmar | 517 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.007 | 0.04 | ||||
| 8 | H&M profits/Financial news | 765 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.058 | 42.32 | *** | *** | ||
| Sustainability and environmental protection | 9 | Brazilian leather boycott | 420 | 0.053 | 0.008 | 0.011 | 8.27 | ** | *** | |
| 10 | Ban on single use plastics/recycling | 222 | 0.021 | 0.004 | 0.015 | 1.97 | ||||
| 11 | Sustainable cotton/recycling | 1,064 | 0.057 | 0.015 | 0.010 | 9.62 | *** | ** | ||
| 12 | Sustainable fashion/fashion companies pact to reduce negative environmental impact | 2,519 | 0.022 | 0.019 | 0.008 | 0.97 | ||||
| 13 | COO H&M discussing actions for a circular economy | 916 | 0.125 | 0.011 | 0.022 | 24.33 | *** | *** | ||
| 14 | H&M Conscious Collection | 763 | 0.114 | 0.009 | 0.019 | 36.09 | *** | *** | ||
| Legal and ethical responsibility | 15 | Harmful designs | 336 | 0.001 | 0.007 | 0.010 | 2.92 | * | ||
| 16 | Companies breaching copyright of (street) artists | 286 | 0.001 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 1.59 | ||||
| 17 | H&M increases clothing sizes for woman | 595 | 0.004 | 0.011 | 0.007 | 1.2 | ||||
| 18 | Company scandals/PR crisis | 389 | 0.008 | 0.010 | 0.007 | 0.09 | ||||
| 19 | Fashion retailers banning mohair products | 128 | 0.011 | 0.007 | 0.011 | 0.30 | ||||
| 20 | Discussions about racist H&M ad | 3,077 | 0.002 | 0.020 | 0.003 | 4.29 | * | * | ||
| 21 | Repercussions of racist H&M ad (EFF destroying H&M stores in SA) | 476 | 0.001 | 0.007 | 0.017 | 6.92 | *** | |||
| Responsibility to the community and customers | 22 | Primark's actions during Covid19 pandemic/paying suppliers, safety measures, furloughing employees | 200 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.025 | 7.47 | ** | ** | |
| 23 | Primark warning their customers about online resellers | 594 | 0.009 | 0.011 | 0.015 | 0.51 | ||||
| 24 | Canadian fashion companies join the battle against Covid19/production of medical protective gear and donations | 269 | 0.048 | 0.005 | 0.012 | 6.77 | * | * | ||
| 25 | Delayed deliveries because of Covid19 disrupted supply chains | 437 | 0.230 | 0.268 | 0.250 | 0.30 | ||||
| 26 | Covid19 safety rules | 817 | 0.013 | 0.011 | 0.014 | 0.10 | ||||
| Themes and extracted topics | Sources and intercepts | Significant differences | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identified themes | Topic no | Topic description | No. of docs | A. Company | B. Twitter | C. News | Comp/News | Comp/Twitter | News/Twitter | |
| Responsibility towards employees and workers | 1 | Companies sharing profits for better wages | 380 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.005 | 0.23 | |||
| 2 | Companies accepting/rejecting government's furlough scheme | 272 | 0.003 | 0.006 | ** | * | ||||
| 3 | H&M fined for breaching GDPR law employees | 753 | 0.003 | 0.011 | 0.005 | 1.03 | ||||
| 4 | Labour rights in South East Asian garment factories/Worker unions | 1,423 | 0.053 | 0.020 | 0.025 | 2.93 | ||||
| 5 | Uighurs forced labor and other minority issues | 659 | 0.012 | 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.19 | ||||
| Profits and economic responsibility | 6 | Primark's profits | 638 | 0.009 | 0.006 | *** | *** | |||
| 7 | Government policies and taxes in Myanmar | 517 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.007 | 0.04 | ||||
| 8 | H&M profits/Financial news | 765 | 0.007 | 0.005 | *** | *** | ||||
| Sustainability and environmental protection | 9 | Brazilian leather boycott | 420 | 0.008 | 0.011 | ** | *** | |||
| 10 | Ban on single use plastics/recycling | 222 | 0.021 | 0.004 | 0.015 | 1.97 | ||||
| 11 | Sustainable cotton/recycling | 1,064 | 0.015 | 0.010 | *** | ** | ||||
| 12 | Sustainable fashion/fashion companies pact to reduce negative environmental impact | 2,519 | 0.022 | 0.019 | 0.008 | 0.97 | ||||
| 13 | COO H&M discussing actions for a circular economy | 916 | 0.011 | 0.022 | *** | *** | ||||
| 14 | H&M Conscious Collection | 763 | 0.009 | 0.019 | *** | *** | ||||
| Legal and ethical responsibility | 15 | Harmful designs | 336 | 0.001 | 0.007 | * | ||||
| 16 | Companies breaching copyright of (street) artists | 286 | 0.001 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 1.59 | ||||
| 17 | H&M increases clothing sizes for woman | 595 | 0.004 | 0.011 | 0.007 | 1.2 | ||||
| 18 | Company scandals/PR crisis | 389 | 0.008 | 0.010 | 0.007 | 0.09 | ||||
| 19 | Fashion retailers banning mohair products | 128 | 0.011 | 0.007 | 0.011 | 0.30 | ||||
| 20 | Discussions about racist H&M ad | 3,077 | 0.002 | 0.003 | * | * | ||||
| 21 | Repercussions of racist H&M ad (EFF destroying H&M stores in SA) | 476 | 0.001 | 0.007 | *** | |||||
| Responsibility to the community and customers | 22 | Primark's actions during Covid19 pandemic/paying suppliers, safety measures, furloughing employees | 200 | 0.007 | 0.005 | ** | ** | |||
| 23 | Primark warning their customers about online resellers | 594 | 0.009 | 0.011 | 0.015 | 0.51 | ||||
| 24 | Canadian fashion companies join the battle against Covid19/production of medical protective gear and donations | 269 | 0.005 | 0.012 | * | * | ||||
| 25 | Delayed deliveries because of Covid19 disrupted supply chains | 437 | 0.230 | 0.268 | 0.250 | 0.30 | ||||
| 26 | Covid19 safety rules | 817 | 0.013 | 0.011 | 0.014 | 0.10 | ||||
Note(s): ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05. Italics denote values that are significantly higher for a particular communication source