Business

LVMH sales approach 39 billion euros in H1 amid a tense climate

On Monday, luxury giant LVMH announced sales of 38.6 billion euros for the first half of 2026. This figure demonstrates stability and accelerated growth, despite a climate disrupted by the conflict in the Middle East. From January to the end of June 2026, the net profit of the owner of Louis Vuitton, Dior, Celine and Moët & Chandon remained...

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Christian Wijnants: ‘I hope to be recognised for creating beautiful, thoughtfully designed clothes'

Antwerp's Fashion Festival in June presented a cabinet of curiosities around Belgium's primary fashion capital, initially shaped by the Antwerp Six. Meanwhile, the city also hosts commercial brands with a strong design ethos, of which Christian Wijnants is a household name. Knitwear is your speciality, and one of the reasons your work is often...

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Madhu Vaishnav, Saheli Women Collective: ‘In any business relationship there should be mutual benefit, and some love’

“I am not a fashion designer, and none of my women have studied fashion. Yet we understand the craft very well, because it is in our DNA.” Along the Amsterdam canals, Madhu Vaishnav, founder of the Saheli women's collective, outlines her mission. Until July 29, the brand's third in-house collection is on display, after which the pop-up will move...

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Retail

Gironde wildfires cripple fashion's supply chain at peak sales season

Blocked in evacuated warehouses, cut off from major road networks or threatened by toxic smoke, textile and clothing stocks in south-west France are facing an unprecedented shock during the peak summer season. For several days, a massive wildfire has been devastating the Gironde department, from the Cap-Ferret peninsula to the outskirts of...

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