Luxury- the decline of multibrand e-tailers
Altagamma, the association of Italy’s top luxury labels, is consistently finding that the gap between the sector’s wholesale and retail channels is narrowing, notably threatening the position…
Read moreSouth Asia clothing industry can employ millions more women, boost growth
The industry is already the most female-intensive in much of the region, women making up 71 percent of its workforce in Sri Lanka, 35 percent in India…
Read moreRetailers in spotlight as tariffs on consumer products kick in
The upcoming tariffs on Chinese goods will hit consumers more directly than duties already levied against $250 billion worth of imports. Retailers are scrambling to cut costs…
Read moreU.S., China ‘miles and miles’ from trade deal
A 30-member Chinese delegation plans to come to Washington next week for talks, he said, as the world’s two largest economies try to meet a March 1…
Read moreH1 e-tail growth slows in UK, but fashion stays positive
Its records show that sales slumped to their lowest ever growth rate of just 5.4% year-on-year. That’s compared to 16.9% growth in the first half of 2018.But…
Read more‘Yellow vest’ demonstrations cost France billions of euros
Globally, the cost of the demonstrations didn’t exceed the equivalent of 0.1% of GDP in the fourth quarter 2018 but, according to the three main authors of…
Read moreZara shopworkers stage Black Friday strike in fashion group’s hometown
The shopworkers – most of whom are women – gathered early in the morning outside the 44 Inditex stores in A Coruña, where the fashion giant has…
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