Consumers are demanding ethics and sustainability say industry’s big names
One point that emerged clearly from speakers coming from widely different vantage points in the fashion sector was that the consumer really wants to see change happening. “Sustainability is…
Fashion retail to see ‘worst Christmas since 2008’
Economic concerns and high business rates will conspire to damage both sales and profits and would make the 2019/20 season “the worst winter since Woolworths collapsed,” the exec…
Online fit issues dent sales, mean clothing goes unworn – study
Fit specialist True Fit spoke to over 2,000 consumers for its Fashion Derailed report and showed an average build-up of £22,140 worth of unworn clothing per woman and…
PM Johnson- We need a new trade deal with EU
“What we want to do is to make it absolutely clear that the backstop is no good, it’s dead, it’s got to go. The Withdrawal Agreement is dead,…
UK retailers plan investment boost says CBI survey, but fashion sector is tough
For now though, fashion is struggling. “Although overall sales volumes were stable, this masked variable performances by different sub-sectors, with rising sales volumes by grocers and non-specialised stores…
Big retail landlords seek end-of-year deadline for payment arrears
British Land and Land Securities (Landsec) have called for a six-month time limit for landlords and tenants to settle billions of pounds of arrears after restrictions on rent…
UK shoppers demand end to beauty’s plastic waste problem – report
So says a study by the Pull Agency, the creative agency specialising in beauty, that was unveiled at a virtual event on Wednesday. It spoke to 2,000 UK…
Under Armour says 150 million MyFitnessPal accounts breached
The stolen data includes account user names, email addresses and scrambled passwords for the popular MyFitnessPal mobile app and website, Under Armour said in a statement. Social Security…