Italy’s fashion sector forecast to climb back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023

While in the first half of 2021, with sales up by 24% on an annual basis, the Italian fashion industry was able to bounce back from a 2020 marked by the Covid-19 crisis, it was not however able to return to its 2019 revenue levels. Travel restrictions and the absence of wealthy tourists will still penalise the industry this year. Europe will notably be the region most affected, while Asia, with China leading the way, will continue to grow, as will the USA, both regions being crucial markets for Italian labels. Besides textiles and apparel, the industry includes footwear, leather accessories, luggage, jewellery and goldsmithing, eyewear, cosmetics and perfumes. It accounts for approximately 12% of Italy’s entire manufacturing sector in terms of value added, and about 14% in terms of e…

‘Lockdown fatigue’ sets in as weekly retail footfall rises, London the biggest draw

Regardless of the very limited options on offer retail-wise, consumers we’re still drawn to visiting high streets, shopping centres and retail parks last week in what appears to be the onset of “lockdown fatigue”, according to retail analysts at Springboard.Total footfall rose by 9% week-on-week between 17-23 January, a sharp contrast to the drop in the previous week of 10.9% and the average -22.6% fall over the preceding four weeks.

That meant the still-dismal annual result strengthened slightly to -65.3% across all retail destinations, from -67.5% in the week before.Footfall rose in all three destination types from the week before with high streets up 10.9% week-on-week, and shopping centres rising 9.2%. That was followed by a smaller increase of 4.5% in retail parks, a de…

Sephora, accused of racial profiling, holds ‘inclusivity workshop’

Sephora’s downtown Washington store opened an hour later than usual.”We truly belong to something beautiful,” said a sign on the door, a reference to the company’s recent “We Belong to Something Beautiful” advertising campaign.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

“Thank you for your understanding,” it said.Sephora said the workshops would involve the 16,000 employees of its stores, distribution centers, call centers and US corporate headquarters.The diversity training comes a month after the African-American singer SZA said she was subjected to racial profiling at a Sephora in Calabasas, California.She tweeted that someone at the beauty chain’s store had “called security to make sure…

Brands’ social responsibility matters most to UK consumers

That’s important information for the fashion sector with more and more brands supporting charities that empower women in the UK and abroad, honing their sustainability credentials, celebrating LGBTQ consumers, embracing size diversity and inclusivity, and also using more models from black and ethnic minority backgrounds.The consumer study from cloud-based experience specialist InMoment said that UK consumers “are outshining their global peers” but also recognised the advances that have been made at companies and said that UK firms are “well aligned” with consumers, also ranking this as a major area of focus.

The company’s 2019 UK CX Trends study found that 42% of consumers say that brands’ support of environmental, social or political causes is becoming “mor…

Turkish garment makers suffering as orders are cancelled says TGSD

The emerging threats to the global economy are already affecting the industry in Turkey as sudden store lockdowns have led to “a number of defensive measures which have severely harmed the garment manufacturing industry employing over 1.5 million people in Turkey,” we’re told. The TGSD has set up a Coronavirus Help Desk and said it has received “hundreds of messages expressing concerns and complaints” in the past four weeks.

It said complaints include a “large number of brands” telling manufacturers “that there will be no future orders until further notice,” leaving the factories to cover labour and overhead costs on their own for an unknown period. Some brands have also asked “for the suspension of production in the pipeline and in some rare cases, solicited…

U.S. retail sales increase in June; weekly jobless claims remain elevated

The Commerce Department said on Thursday retail sales rose 7.5% last monthคำพูดจาก เกมส์สล็อตได้เงินจริง. That was on top of the 18.2% jump in May, which was the biggest gain since the government started tracking the series in 1992. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast retail sales advancing 5% in June.Retail sales have rebounded as businesses resumed operations after being shuttered in mid-March in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But new cases of the respiratory illness have exploded, especially in the densely populated South and West, forcing some authorities in these regions to either close businesses again or pause reopenings.

VF Corp allocates 493 million euros to sustainability initiatives

 According to the company, its green bond proceeds totaled 493 million euros (approximately $596 million) and were used to fund projects that drive meaningful positive environmental impacts. Initiatives supported by the bond have included the planting of 2 million trees, a reduction of 16,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide through the procurement of sustainable materials, and the saving of more than 970 million liters of water via conservation efforts.

Part of the company’s wider “Made for Change” sustainability and responsibility strategy, VF’s inaugural green bond – the first in the apparel and footwear industry –  was issued in February 2020. “We take great pride in being the first company in the apparel and footwear industry to issue a green bond,” said VF…

​​Positive Luxury interview- biodiversity is the ‘new black’; ignoring eco is a business risk

Key themes include being “nature-positive” and reducing harmful economic activities; collaboration across the industry and with suppliers (who need to be a big part of the sustainability journey as strategies will fail without them); being transparent because the rules will require it and companies’ customers and staff will judge them harshly if they aren’t; and embracing sustainability to reduce supply chain, financial and brand risk. Fashionnetwork.com spoke to its co-CEOs Diana Verde Nieto and Amy Nelson-Bennett this week and was told that becoming more sustainable is no longer a “will-we-or-won’t-we” choice. It’s non-negotiable for many more reasons than we might think.

WHY BE SUSTAINABLE?We know the planet — or at least the way we and all the other animals …

Grammys 2024- Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Victoria Monét and More Best Dressed Stars on the Red Carpet

2024 GRAMMY Nominations: Surprises & Snubs!

Leave it to the 2024 Grammys to strike the right chords.

Music's best and brightest not only hit the high notes—both literally and figuratively—at the Feb. 4 ceremony, but also embraced high fashion on the red carpet. Stars such as Taylor Swift, Chlöe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Kelly ClarksonJanelle Monáe and Victoria Monét proved they were in tune with their fashion game and rank among the best dressed at the 2024 Grammy Awards. (Click here for all the star sightings at the award show.)

Take Dua Lipa, for example, who rocked a show-stopping custom silver Courreges 

Hailey Bieber Models Calvin Klein's Holiday Collection—and It's On Sale

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November just started, but it's already beginning to look a lot like Christmas with all the jaw-dropping sales and must-have holiday guides from celebs like Oprah Winfrey and Gwyneth Paltrow we've been shopping. It's the most wonderful time of year to be a shopper, because Calvin Klein just dropped its Holiday 2023 campaign, and it stars none other than fashion it-girl Hailey Bieber and actor