High-end brands such as Kering's Gucci, Prada and Balenciaga are increasingly looking to sneakers for growth, putting them in direct competition with sportswear giants like Nike , Puma and Adidas.
Early last year, a little known American trade association filed a petition with the U.S. Trade Representative -- pitting the world’s largest economy against Rwanda over an unlikely U.S. export: cast-off clothes.
British retail sales jumped by the most in one-and-a-half years in April, official figures showed on Thursday as consumers returned to the shops after a snowy start to 2018 that weighed on the overall economy.
China plans to cut import tariffs on some consumer products ranging from food and cosmetics as early as July 1, reports said on Thursday.
Japanese retailer Muji has been fined 200,000 yuan (£23,445) in Shanghai for using packaging that lists Taiwan as a country, underscoring China's growing sensitivity to how companies refer to the self-ruled island.
In China, cotton consumption is forecast to expand 4% and reach 41.5 million bales in 2018-19, the largest since 2010-11, as investment in the textile industry continues.
Following declining sales, Johnson & Johnson has relaunched its Baby Care line, including its controversial talc products, despite the fact that a number of studies have linked the mineral to a risk of developing cancer.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding was expected to send retail spending soaring by £195 million, but, independent fashion and apparel stores suffered a 24% decline in sales on Saturday, according to new research.
British retail sales growth picked up modestly earlier this month after a sluggish start to the year, figures from the Confederation of British Industry showed on Wednesday.
Fruit of the Loom is moving its HQ ops out of the UK with 70 jobs to be lost as a result. The US-based company is relocating manufacturing to mainland Europe and to North Africa as it optimises its supply chain.
According to the Global Fashion Agenda, some 75 per cent of fashion companies interviewed in a recent study managed to improve their environmental and social performance over the last year.
British shoemaker Clarks will return to large-scale manufacturing in the UK for the first time in over a decade when a new factory in southwest England joins plants in Vietnam and India in making its iconic Desert Boot.
U.S. civil liberties groups on Tuesday called on Amazon to stop offering facial recognition services to governments, warning that the software could be used to target immigrants and people of colour unfairly.
Most UK women feel so uncomfortable in their swimwear that they would never partake in beach sports, a new survey conducted by lingerie and swimwear brand Bravissmo has revealed.
Woolgrowers, fashion designers, retailers and consumers will unite to celebrate The Woolmark Company’s Wool Week Australia beginning May 24 to June 3.
