Première Vision Paris: slight decline of visitors
In mid-February, the Parisian event welcomed 58,443 professionals at its six shows at the Villepinte Exhibition Park. A 5% decline, largely attributed to declines of Russian and American...
In mid-February, the Parisian event welcomed 58,443 professionals at its six shows at the Villepinte Exhibition Park. A 5% decline, largely attributed to declines of Russian and American...
In 2014, the European Union increased its apparel and textile imports, experiencing increases of 9 and 8% respectively. Exports increased by 5% for apparel and 2% for textiles, according...
A delegation from the European Union Parliamentary Subcommittee on Human Rights visited Bangladesh from February 16-20. Elected officials have urged the local industry to do more to...
Indian e-commerce giant Snapdeal last Wednesday announced its acquisition of luxury e-commerce site Exclusively. Its goal is to quickly respond to the rapidly growing demand for big...
The Moroccan textile and leather industry appears to have eliminated 32,000 jobs between 2013 and 2014, even as exports rose by 1.2% last year, according to the High Commission for Planning.
It is Brand Finance's turn to release its annual ranking of the most valuable brands in the world. H&M, in 71st place, beat out Zara and Uniqlo, while Alibaba has now cracked the top 500.
The British brand is opening its first continental European flagship on Wednesday. For this, the Arcadia group has chosen a nearly 13,000 ft² 3-level space in Amsterdam, the homebase for...
Last year, the retail landlord Hammerson saw it rental income increase by 8.1%, and 2.1% on a comparable basis to 305.6 million pounds. Its occupancy rate, meanwhile, reached 97.5%.
The Japanese online sales giant generated 598 billion yen ($5bn/£3.25bn) in sales during its 2014 fiscal year, an increase of 15.4%. The group saw its operating profit boosted by 17.9% to...
Formerly a subsidiary of Kering, the French mail order company is launching an aggressive media campaign in the UK for summer 2015. For the relaunch, La Redoute has just chosen three new...
Already present in textile, apparel and e-commerce, Indian group Arvind has announced its intention to enter the local footwear market, which is valued at 300 billion rupees ($23.5m/£15.8m).
Washington is poised to file a case with the WTO against China. It is particularly targeting China's use of "demonstration bases", including within the textile and apparel sector, which...
The Swedish group saw a 14% increase in its sales in January. Considerable growth following the already 15% increase in December. It thus has high expectations for the third quarter...
While negotiations regarding Transatlantic Free Trade continue, the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex) and the French Textile Industries Union (UIT) welcomed Gail...
With a 900 million dollar economic impact, including 532 million in direct visitor spending, New York Fashion Weeks in 2014 were more lucrative than the Super Bowl, which last year was...
With 16.4 billion dollars in sales generated in the financial year ended at the end of January, the Gap group only saw a slight increase compared to the 16.15 billion the year before. The...
While Milano Unica is getting ready for its first edition in New York in July, its French rival is refocusing on the already significant Italian attendance at its own trade show in New York.
While online sales reached 440 billion dollars in China in 2014, a report by Forrester estimates that they should reach 1 trillion within four years.
The fashion department of the online retail giant has recruited Vogue.com editor Caroline Palmer to be its new editorial and social director.
The British retail store has recruited former design director from Asos, Jacqui Markham, to fill the newly created position of global design director.
The private sales site and its customer service department will henceforth be accessible for the deaf and hearing impaired through its new service, Deafiline.
Rick Owens has created quite the buzz with his fall/winter 2015 menswear collection, leaving many to wonder if he even went too far, with his models displaying their full manhood to the...
U.S. consumer prices fell in December by the largest amount in six years. The drop was seen in several product categories, including clothing, the prices of which were down 2% for the...
The social network made it possible to generate some 227 billion dollars and some 4.5 million jobs around the world, according to a study by Deloitte.
The intimates and swimwear sourcing trade show will be held from January 24 to 26 alongside the Salon International de la Lingerie. The Eurovet-organized event will welcome 165...
Three Norwegian fashion bloggers worked at a Cambodian textile factory for one month. The exhaustion and tears of the three Westerners are the focus of the programme "Sweatshop: Deadly...
Pablo Isla, the CEO of the Spanish clothing giant, travelled to Beijing to meet with Zhong Shan, China International Trade Rep and Wang Ashun, Mayor of Beijing, to confirm the group's...
Property development company Neinver and investment management company TIAA Henderson Real Estate have formed a strategic partnership in order to create a platform to invest in and...
The Smart Myanmar Project has invited European retailers and brand representatives to take part in a mission of meetings that will take place in Myanmar in March.
Throughout 2015, the International City of Lace and Fashion in Calais, France, is putting on a new exhibition taking visitors on a journey "to the heart of the creative process".