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Fashion’s best kept secret: home-based workers

They trim loose threads, stitch buttons, zippers and hooks and hem garments; they embroider and embellish with beads and sequins; they hand-paint fabrics, knot tassels and fold garments into polybags for shipment; they even do edge-painting or decorative stitching for accessories. There is hardly a supply chain in the textile, garment and...

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Vinted: How dropshipping is blurring the promise of circularity

In less than a decade, Vinted has established itself as a go-to for millions of Europeans. However, behind the stated ideal of a shared wardrobe, a more ambiguous reality is emerging. Disguised commerce is taking hold, with new ultra-fast fashion stock saturating virtual wardrobes. This article analyses a system being tested by its own excesses....

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Perfect Moment achieves first profitable quarter as full-price model takes hold

London-based, French luxury lifestyle brand Perfect Moment has reached a significant financial milestone, reporting its first profitable quarter for the period ended December 31, 2025. Results for the fiscal third quarter of 2026 highlight a successful transition toward a full-price brand model and expanded product diversification beyond...

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Hermès reports 1.72 percent net profit decrease due to exceptional surtax

French luxury group Hermès announced on Thursday, February 12, 2026, a 1.72 percent decrease in its net profit for 2025, which fell to 4.5 billion euros (5.35 billion dollars). This decline was attributed to an exceptional surtax imposed on large companies by the French government to restore public finances. Excluding this exceptional...

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