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Plus-size revolution: When fashion adapts to body diversity

The global plus-size clothing market is crossing a new threshold of global consolidation. Valued at 314.5 billion dollars in 2024, it could reach 375.7 billion dollars by 2030, according to the latest forecasts from Research and Markets. This growth, estimated at 3 percent per year, reflects a profound shift in societal expectations, business...

Retail

Online retail predict to grow by 42 percent in five years

The clothing and footwear sector is expected to boost UK online retailing to a 42 percent growth from 2016 to 2021, according to a new report from Verdict Retail. The ‘E-Retail in the UK 2016’ report reveals that online growth is going to be driven by clothing and footwear sales, which it is predicting will grow by 71.9 percent, and will...

Fashion

New guide book for fashion trade

A new guide for the fashion trade, "The Clothesource Guide to Apparel Trade Regulations: Second Edition" has been published. The guide provides a summary of agreements, quotas and penal import duties and is a publication of Research and Markets. The guide taps into the importance for apparel buyers and sellers to keep on top of the changing...

Fashion

Green Textiles and Apparel report

Green is still the way forward in the fashion industry and environmental issues arise at all stages of the textile and apparel supply chain. One of the world's largest research company, Research and Markets just published a report covering the latest of green textiles and apparel. The report informs of how the further growth of the textile trade...