A 76.4% of the global subsidies for crops were concentrated in China, a country which destined 4.3 billion dollars (3.78 billion euros) to help its cotton manufacturers.

Sports fashion giant Adidas, luxury companies Christian Dior and Prada, or the Swiss Swatch dedicate all of them part of their budget to research and development (R&D).

The Eurasian country is about to tread Bangladesh, which defends the second position in the ranking for Spain’s main fashion suppliers, according to the last data gathered by Icex corresponding to the first three quarters of 2018.

In 2017 in Spain, the category of clothes, accessories and sports equipment scored a number of 11.59 million buyers according to the last National Observatory of Telecommunications and of the Information Society.

The ever-lasting promise of fashion sourcing is not yet capable of gaining ground in the map of European fashion’s purchases, which have reduced a 32% in the last decade.

Empty stores and pop-up ones constitute the current stage of the main commercial areas from fashion capitals such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago or Miami.

The Spanish footwear company has also recently opened a store in Moscow, the fourth one in the city, an another in Seoul (South Korea). For 2019, the group is contemplating one more opening in Antwerp (Brussels).

The rent for a commercial premise in Hong Kong’s main artery ascends to 24,606 euros per square metre every year, whereas in the prime commercial axis in the United States stands at 20,733 euros per square metre a year.

Enjoying discounts, offers and getting hold of Christmas presents are the main reasons why consumers go shopping during the shopping festivity.