Markets

h By Mds

Dec 3, 2018 — 4:00pm

Brussels progresses in geo-blocking, bans restrictions on some online purchases

Buying tickets online, booking a hotel room or renting a car on the internet will be free of geographical restrictions around the whole European Union.

h By MDS

Dec 3, 2018 — 9:50am

China to overtake USA as the biggest fashion market worldwide

Fashion industry’s growth will reduce between 3.5% and 4.5% during the next years in all markets but the Asiatic one, which will continue to grow.

h By MDS

Nov 30, 2018 — 4:00pm

Bangladesh will favour clothing exports in light of raise of salaries in the sector

The Bengali government studies the reduction of origin tariffs that clothing manufacturers must pay at the time of sending it to international markets

h By MDS

Nov 28, 2018 — 5:00pm

Fast fashion defends itself against British parliament

Representatives from Marks&Spencer, Arcadia, Primark, Boohoo, Missguided and Asos were gathered yesterday at the Lower House to talk about the system’s social and environmental impact in front of the Environmental Auditing Committee.

h By J. Cevallos

Nov 28, 2018 — 10:00am

Cotton subsidies up 33% despite price escalation

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.

h By S. Riera

Nov 26, 2018 — 9:30am

Fashion fails R&D: boosts 50% in investment but ranks at the end of the list

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).

h By Mds

Nov 23, 2018 — 5:30pm

Eurozone’s activity reaches four-year low in October

The last data gathered by indicator Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) carried out by theconsultant IHS Market confirm Europe’s economy stagnation.

h By Silvia Riera

Nov 22, 2018 — 10:00am

Turkey, king of near-sourcing, Portugal lags

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.

h By Silvia Riera

Nov 21, 2018 — 10:00am

Fashion e-commerce in Spain: lots of buyers, not so much income

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.

h By Iria P. Gestal

Nov 20, 2018 — 9:55am

Africa: the ever-lasting promise, still a wasteland for fashion sourcing

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.

h By Silvia Riera

Nov 19, 2018 — 10:00am

Retail Apocalypse erodes rents in American high-street

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.

h By Mds

Nov 16, 2018 — 5:01pm

Luxury keeps up: grows 5% in 2018 reaching 1.2 billion euros

The Luxury goods worldwide market study carried out by Bain&Co and Altagamma expects the market to continue to increase an annual 5% until 2025.

h By Silvia Riera

Nov 15, 2018 — 10:20am

Camper wins NYC over with fifth store in Manhattan

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).

h By Mds

Nov 14, 2018 — 6:50pm

Hong Kong vs New York: Causeway Bay the most expensive street in the world

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.