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Euratex: European textile and clothing industry recovering but new challenges ahead

The European Apparel and Textile Federation (Euratex) has analysed latest economic data and confirmed further recovery of the textile and clothing industry from the corona pandemic: While the textile activity has now surpassed its pre-pandemic level from the fourth quarter of 2019 by 3.6 percent, the clothing sector still remains 11.5 percent...

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UK online clothing sales continue to slow

March marked the fifth consecutive month of single digit online sales growth in the UK, growing just 3.7 percent compared to the same month last year, according to new data. The latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index revealed that for the first three months of the year, revenue growth for clothing stood at 2.6 percent growth, significantly...

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Jean-François Limantour: “The EU favors Asian countries over the Maghreb”

With a resumé that includes experience as General Representative, both at the French Union of the Fashion and Apparel Industries and the European Association of the Apparel Industry, Jean-François Limantour has been an eye-witness to many geopolitical changes that have transformed the sector. During an in person interview with FashionUnited, he...

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Brits hoarding 10 billion pounds worth of unworn clothing

Consumers across the nation have a love-hate affair with their wardrobe. Most Brits have an extensive wardrobe, but only wear a small percentage of their clothes. A new survey indicates that Britons have more than 10 billion pounds worth of unworn clothing at home. On average, each UK consumer is said to have approximately 200 pounds worth of...

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Is 'Mrs M&S' the key to turning around M&S's clothing crisis?

London - Marks & Spencer is ready to embrace its core, female customer, a group CEO Steve Rowe named "Mrs M&S" during a press conference held on Wednesday, as one of the key drivers of his new strategy to transform the retailer's clothing and home division. Steve Rowe places "Mrs M&S" needs at the center of Marks & Spencer new turnaround...

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Government called on to help make sustainable clothing more fashionable

The UK government has been called on to provide more support to retailers and address the alarmingly growth of unsuitable clothing consumption by an academic at the University of Leeds. Elizabeth Morgan, from the School of Earth and Environment, argues that although retailers such as Marks & Spencer have encouraged more sustainable consumption...

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UK retail sales increase with the promise of spring

UK retailers were able to transcend the traditional deceleration of sales in February as retail sales increased on a like-for-like basis from February 2014 0.2 percent compared to the 1 percent dip last year according to the latest data from the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor. Overall, total retail sales grew 1.7 percent last month year-on-year,...

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Apparel and footwear prices continue to decline throughout February

Apparel and footwear prices dropped 7.8 percent year-on-year last month, a further decline from the dip of 6.8 percent in January according to the latest data from the British Retail Consortium - Nielsen Shop Price Index. The BRC added that all categories within the apparel and footwear section reported a higher rate of deflation than the...

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Li Edelkoort: 'Fashion is dead. Long live clothing'

Famous Dutch trend ‘forecaster’ Lidewij Edelkoort has clearly dealt with the matter that had been gnawing away at her for some time, resulting in a good dressing down for everyone – schools, the press, the catwalks, in short the whole fashion system. This has led to the creation of the manifesto, baptised ‘Anti-fashion,' a pithy text that she...

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Sales of clothing falls 39 percent

Sales of clothing volume in the year to November fell 39 percent according to the CBI. CBI's latest quarterly Distributive Trades Survey stated there was growth expected in the run up to the Christmas period, but even online sales of clothing was weak. Some 44 percent of respondents from 133 companies reported that overall sales volumes were up...

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UK manufacturing demand slides

Demand for UK manufactured goods, including clothing, is at its weakest in 17 years, and firms expect output levels to fall sharply over the next three months, the CBI has revealed . Its latest Monthly Industrial Trends survey showed that, despite the weakened pound, export order book levels have continued to slide, and that manufacturers again...