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Pitti Immagine Uomo: organizers consider holding physical fair in July

Apr 29, 2021 / Italy
According to what is being reported by fashionnetwork.com, the second all-digital edition of the famous menswear fair reported a substantial increase in online traffic. As a result, organizers are considering holding a physical edition in July

How are Italy and Spain reacting to the threat?

Premium ContentApr 27, 2021 / Spain
The announcement made by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on the 26th March regarding the next steps in its Section 301 investigations of Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) adopted or under consideration by several US trading partners made the alarm sound for Spain and Italy

Designer Alber Elbaz dies from COVID-19 complications

Apr 27, 2021 / Israel
The designer died on the 24th of April in Paris, at the age of 59. He was most notoriously known for its collaboration with the French brand Lanvin, where he was creative director between 2001 and 2015

Retail in Europe takes a big hit in 2020

Premium ContentApr 22, 2021 / Europe
In a year marked by a global pandemic, words like lockdowns, quarantines, waves of COVID-19, closed retail and restrictions became way too familiar to all of us. Retail was one of the industries with major impacts. Today we look at the numbers for European countries

Asos with sales growth of 24%

Apr 13, 2021 / United Kingdom
A few weeks after the announcement of the acquisition of part of the assets of the Arcadia group, including Topshop, the British electronic marketer Asos published its results for the six months to the end of February, posting two digits growth in sales

H&M falls to loss

Apr 6, 2021 / Sweden
The Swedish-based fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) reported a 21% drop in sales and now fell to a loss in the three months to the end of February. The latest restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19 led to more than a third of H&M stores closed worldwide

Professional training in the fashion industry under discussion in Europe

Apr 2, 2021 / CEC
The European Footwear Confederation (CEC) participated in a High-level Roundtable with European Commissioners Nicolas Schmit and Thierry Breton. Other Textile, Clothing and Leather stakeholders joined to discuss the industries’ perspective and best skills strategy to recover from the COVID-19 crisis and increase growth

Italy's fashion industry asks authorities for clear decisions

Apr 1, 2021 / Italy
A statement was issued by some of the most important fashion entities of the country. They argue that trade fairs are an essential asset for SME’s and industry in Italy, and starting them up again would be an important trigger for recovery of the national economy

European Retail: hard times during COVID-19

Premium ContentMar 24, 2021 / European Union
After registering moderate growth in 2019 (+1%), the European clothing and footwear retail sector was heavily penalized by the pandemic in 2020: the cumulative drop in retail sales of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear sectors amounted to 15.0% in the year

Zalando aims for 10% of Europe’s fashion market

Mar 24, 2021 / Germany
After what they called a strong financial year, the ecommerce giant significantly upgraded its growth ambitions and now aims to grow Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) to more than 30 billion euros by 2025. Zalando are aiming for 10% of the European fashion market in the long-term

Prada: 24% drop in revenue and 200% growth in the online business

Mar 16, 2021 / Italy
Total net sales for the twelve months ended on the 31st of December 2020 totaled 2.39 billion euros, down by 23.6% at constant exchange rates (down by 24.9% at current exchange rates) compared with approximately 3.18 billion euros in 2019

Ferragamo's revenue down by 33.5% in 2020

Mar 15, 2021 / Italy
The Italian luxury house reported sales of 916 million euros in fiscal 2020, down by 33.5%. Salvatore Ferragamo announced it had suffered a net loss of 72 million euros in 2020, in an economic context highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

H&M sales fall by 21%

Mar 15, 2021 / Sweden
In the first quarter of 2021 H&M group’s net sales decreased by 21% in local currencies compared to similar period in the previous fiscal year. The Sweden-based group’s net sales amounted to 40 060 million Swedish Krona in the period

Macy's: sales down by 29% in fiscal 2020

Mar 15, 2021 / United States
The department store chain announced sales falling to 17.3 billion US dollars in the year ended on the 30th of January 2021. Net loss for the period totaled 3.9 billion US dollars

Inditex: sales down by 28% in 2020

Mar 10, 2021 / Spain
The Spanish-based retail group Inditex also generated profit of 1.1 billion euros in its 2020 financial year, with the figures attributed to a leap in online sales and strong customer engagement
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