While the April, 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza, which killed 1,129, led a number of retailers to implement sustainability and social responsibility programs, according to a new study published by NYU’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, garment workers are still just as at risk today as they were four years ago.

Target, Best Buy, and Gap all quadrupled their spending on lobbyists last quarter, in an attempt to strike down Paul Ryan’s proposed Boarder Adjustment Tax (BAT).

As if Amazon wasn’t already a big enough industry disruptor, a new US patent granted this past Tuesday could allow the e-comm giant to revolutionize fast-fashion with a high-tech, on-demand manufacturing system.