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Financial Markets

Inditex Surge Takes Zara Owner’s Market Value Past $100 Billion

Inditex SA has joined the $100 billion club as this year’s 36 percent gain in the shares gave the Zara owner a market value enjoyed by only about 80 companies worldwide.

Financial Markets

Inditex Surge Takes Zara Owner’s Market Value Past $100 Billion

Inditex SA has joined the $100 billion club as this year’s 36 percent gain in the shares gave the Zara owner a market value enjoyed by only about 80 companies worldwide.


News & Analysis

Adidas Emulates 'Fast Fashion' Model to Get Back on Trend

Battling new competition from fashion chains as well as traditional sportswear rivals, Adidas is eyeing the "fast fashion" model as a way of pepping up its three-striped ranges of tops, leggings and sneakers.

News & Analysis

Adidas Emulates 'Fast Fashion' Model to Get Back on Trend

Battling new competition from fashion chains as well as traditional sportswear rivals, Adidas is eyeing the "fast fashion" model as a way of pepping up its three-striped ranges of tops, leggings and sneakers.


Retail

Can Teen Retailers Turn Things Around?

It’s no secret that the big three American specialty teen retailers — Abercrombie & Fitch, Aéropostale and American Eagle — are in deep trouble. What can they do to save themselves?

Retail

Can Teen Retailers Turn Things Around?

It’s no secret that the big three American specialty teen retailers — Abercrombie & Fitch, Aéropostale and American Eagle — are in deep trouble. What can they do to save themselves?


News & Analysis

Primark Plans US Expansion, But Will They Succeed?

LONDON, United Kingdom — Discount fashion chain Primark has made its mark in Europe by offering fast-changing fashion at rock-bottom prices. The

News & Analysis

Primark Plans US Expansion, But Will They Succeed?

LONDON, United Kingdom — Discount fashion chain Primark has made its mark in Europe by offering fast-changing fashion at rock-bottom prices. The


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Fashion’s Democratic Disease

The needs, desires and intentions of consumers have become important pieces of legislation in the false democracy of fashion, evolving at dizzying speeds and enlisting an army of fools.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Fashion’s Democratic Disease

The needs, desires and intentions of consumers have become important pieces of legislation in the false democracy of fashion, evolving at dizzying speeds and enlisting an army of fools.


News & Analysis

VF acquires Timberland, Wear and waste, Lululemon's momentum, Pitti Uomo presents, Alexandre Plokhov's return

Timberland to be taken over by VF Corporation in $2bn deal (Independent) "VF Corporation... said outdoor clothing was among the fastest-growing

News & Analysis

VF acquires Timberland, Wear and waste, Lululemon's momentum, Pitti Uomo presents, Alexandre Plokhov's return

Timberland to be taken over by VF Corporation in $2bn deal (Independent) "VF Corporation... said outdoor clothing was among the fastest-growing


Global Markets

The Fashion Trail | Australia, Against All Odds

SYDNEY, Australia — Australian fashion has an image problem. When I mentioned to friends that I was thinking of attending Rosemount Australian

Global Markets

The Fashion Trail | Australia, Against All Odds

SYDNEY, Australia — Australian fashion has an image problem. When I mentioned to friends that I was thinking of attending Rosemount Australian



News & Analysis

Fast fashion falters, Zappos delivers happiness, Arnault does DC, McQueen’s haunting world, Lunch with Pinault

Fast fashion: Is the party over? (Telegraph) "Following on from H&M's shock results in the final quarter of 2010 which saw profits fall 11 per cent,

News & Analysis

Fast fashion falters, Zappos delivers happiness, Arnault does DC, McQueen’s haunting world, Lunch with Pinault

Fast fashion: Is the party over? (Telegraph) "Following on from H&M's shock results in the final quarter of 2010 which saw profits fall 11 per cent,


News & Analysis

Cathy Horyn's pointed pen, Coach UK, Fast fashion warning, Versace eyes Japan, 30 years of Japanese fashion

Fashion's Most Feared Critic (Daily Beast) " Cathy Horyn wields a pointed pen to (sometimes) skewer her subjects...Carolina Herrera, Giorgio Armani,

News & Analysis

Cathy Horyn's pointed pen, Coach UK, Fast fashion warning, Versace eyes Japan, 30 years of Japanese fashion

Fashion's Most Feared Critic (Daily Beast) " Cathy Horyn wields a pointed pen to (sometimes) skewer her subjects...Carolina Herrera, Giorgio Armani,


News & Analysis

Cheap chic showdown, Volatile celebrity brands, Giving respect, Prada profits soar, Remembering Lee McQueen

The future of cheap chic (Guardian) "It was a sign of the times: fashion so cheap it became 'disposable'... But the days of the £4 jeans and £2

News & Analysis

Cheap chic showdown, Volatile celebrity brands, Giving respect, Prada profits soar, Remembering Lee McQueen

The future of cheap chic (Guardian) "It was a sign of the times: fashion so cheap it became 'disposable'... But the days of the £4 jeans and £2


News & Analysis

Britain’s bad habit, Online fast fashion, India’s opportunity, Garment district perennial, A return to craft

Britain's appetite for fast fashion is pushing workers into starvation (Guardian) "Ethical trade has to be to ensure that workers are being paid a

News & Analysis

Britain’s bad habit, Online fast fashion, India’s opportunity, Garment district perennial, A return to craft

Britain's appetite for fast fashion is pushing workers into starvation (Guardian) "Ethical trade has to be to ensure that workers are being paid a