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The push of Chinese consumption is diluting the power of the Middle East, where Dubai is the only market with a slightly positive trend.

Half of the productive activities will be able to do without the human factor, which will generate a saving of costs and, above all, of time for the retail companies.

The fashion business has accepted the risk and has chosen to renew its image in a similar way to remain relevant.

The American, of Italian origin, is chief digital officer for VF Corporation since 2018. The executive defends that the digitization must cover the entire value chain, from production to the store.

When forming a family, Millennial consumers reproduce their consumption habits also when buying for their children, according to the Millennial Parents report, prepared by Euromonitor.

The consumer market until 2030 will be dominated by single people, which will grow by 45% according to the Future of the Family report, prepared by Euromonitor.

The President of Timberland in Europe, the Middle East and Africa believes that to re-seduce new generations, fashion companies must make a firm commitment to sustainability, given that young people are informed about it on the Internet.

Denim’s industry should drive up its final prices to cover the costs related to the workers’ salary or the environmental impact, according to the report The Hidden Costs of Jeans, made by the Impact Institute and Abn Amro.

The Supreme Court of the United States clarifies that if a company fails, the rights’ licensee can’t be deprive from exploiting the registered brand.

7% of the consumers affirm that sustainability is the key factor on purchase decision, while the 16% of them focuses on the price to value a product.

Malmsten was the founder of Boo.com, pioneer in fashion’s e-commerce in the nineties decade. The entrepreneur has discussed the main challenges of the industry in the second lecture of Shaking Fashion.

New demands from consumers have transformed big sector’s companies operating mode, in terms of closing acquisition or expand their brand portafolio.

In ten years there will be 38 cities with more than ten million inhabitants, the population will be more urbanite and environmentally conscious, according to the report Understanding the Socioeconomic Drivers of Megatrends prepared by Euromonitor.

Among the most important groups of the sector, Inditex has the largest workforce, which is made up of around 174,400 employees. It is followed by Gap, with 135,000 workers.

If they are implemented in fashion industry, sewbots would be the first great technological transformation in clothing since the sewing machine.

In four days, the company will begin an online challenge in order to create a junior talent team that will work in the company for six months.

This week Chadwick McQueen, son of Steve McQueen has sued Tom Ford for using the name of the actor in his new cardigan line.

Robots also sneak in points of sale to perform tasks such as charging, opening and closing the door, folding clothes, acting as a security agent or answering frequent questions, among others.

Women continue to be a minority in positions of economic power, but last year represented a breakthrough with four new appointments in key positions of international organizations.

That share is the highest since the first edition of the report Women in Business, prepared by Grant Thornton, and the highest increase in history, of five percentage points

The geospatial analysis will be one of the new indicators that will measure the probability of stores in the new digital era, according to the study Perspectives on retail and consumer goods, prepared by Mckinsey.

The game by Epic Games is free, but it has generated billion-euro incomes. It uses a system of micro-transactions through which players pay for purely aesthetic elements.

In the same way that digitalization has had an impact on fashion consumption with the creation of new sales channels, the Internet and new technologies have also introduced new ways to approach the sector.

The German creative contributed to turn an historic brand into a global luxury business, he was who awoke with greater success the sleeping beauty and the only creative director that stood in his post for more than three decades.

Wellness is making its way in the fashion industry, having the concepts techie, eco and recycling as its mark of identity. In this new stage, the consumer must play a proactive role.

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