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Misto Holdings accelerates Korean fashion expansion in Greater China

Misto Holdings is strengthening its position as a strategic brand hub, driving the expansion of Korean fashion labels across the Greater China region. Leveraging its retail operations and brand development expertise, the company is scaling its multi-brand portfolio while enhancing integrated online and offline capabilities. The company has...

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Textile Exchange introduces first LCA study on cotton's environmental impact

Textile Exchange has released the first in a new series of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies, aimed at improving the quality and consistency of environmental impact data across the fashion and textile industry. The initial report focuses on cotton, providing updated data across key producing countries and covering a range of systems including...

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EU to fine e-commerce platforms importing harmful items

EU states and lawmakers struck a deal Thursday to give the bloc the power to slap fines on online platforms importing unsafe items into the European Union. The measure is part of wide-scale reforms to the EU's customs rules, including an EU-wide handling fee on products bought outside the 27-nation bloc, as Brussels steps up its efforts to stem...

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AI moves into fashion’s C-suite

As fashion navigates economic uncertainty and technological disruption, the C-suite is being redrawn. Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to design studios or marketing dashboards, it is now reshaping executive leadership itself. At Kering, CEO Luca de Meo last week appointed the group’s first chief digital, AI & IT officer, Pierre...

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LuisaViaRoma workers go strike in Florence amid liquidation filing

Employees of Italian retailer LuisaViaRoma have gone on strike in Florence today, after union representatives announced that liquidation proceedings were being pursued by the company. As reported by La Nazione, the Italian court's protective measures under the negotiated crisis settlement procedure expired. LuisaViaRoma has announced it will...

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Gap plots 50 new stores in China, prepares Hong Kong return

The firm managing Gap’s Chinese operations has said it is planning to open 50 new stores for the brand in mainland China during 2026. Baozun, which acquired Gap China in 2022, said it is hoping to boost the retailer’s growth in the country over the next three years. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Baozun’s chairman and chief executive...

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EU-Australia FTA: Tarriff removal and export growth projections

The European Union and Australia have concluded negotiations on a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA), marking a significant step for international business and trade. The agreement, finalised during a meeting between European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and prime minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, will remove over 99...

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Hennes & Mauritz reports strong profit growth in first quarter despite sales decline

The Swedish apparel group Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) experienced a significant decline in sales in the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, largely due to negative currency effects. However, the parent company of brands such as H&M, Cos, Weekday, & Other Stories and Arket managed to significantly increase its profit. This was revealed in...

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Circular Assets: How SMCP is regaining control of the resale market to drive profitability

Long considered a peripheral or even competing market, second-hand fashion is now establishing itself as a new engine for growth and product cycle monetisation in affordable luxury. By deploying its own white-label resale solution, the SMCP Group is doing more than just following a trend: it is reclaiming a market segment that brands had...

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Estée Lauder loses 5.22 billion dollars on stock market after confirming Puig negotiations

Madrid – In Spain, investors, the market and analysts have enthusiastically welcomed the talks between Puig and The Estée Lauder Companies for a potential merger agreement. A decidedly opposite sentiment is being felt on the other side of the Atlantic, where the US beauty multinational's shares recorded another session in the red on March 24. On...

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Global economic update: oil prices fall, stock markets reassured amid Middle East conflict

Paris, France – The latest global economic developments on Wednesday at approximately 8am GMT, as the war in the Middle East enters its 26th day. Oil prices fall Oil prices fell on Wednesday, with Brent dropping below 100 dollars, following Iran's announcement that it would unblock the Strait of Hormuz for ships deemed “non-hostile” and the...

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Epoch Biodesign closes a 12 million US dollar funding round

UK biotechnology company Epoch Biodesign has closed a 12 million US dollar strategic funding round, including investment from Canadian activewear brand Lululemon, alongside Kompas VC, Happiness Capital, Extantia and Leitmotif (a VC backed by Volkswagen) to accelerate the commercialisation of recycled nylon. In a statement, Epoch Biodesign, a...