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Drawing on years of industry expertise, the executive of Global Bridges explores the difficulties and potential of breaking into the U.S. market, a landscape he knows intimately from leading the growth of brands like Blanco and Mango.

Aditya Birla is India’s largest business conglomerate, with seven listed companies and a market capitalization of more than $100 million. The group has conquered half the world with its yarn, metals and chemicals.

In the quest for differentiation, fashion brands increasingly turn to collaborations, navigating a terrain where the boundaries between luxury, premium, mainstream, and low-cost are increasingly indistinct. The key issue: a lack of synergy among collaborators.

LVMH’s brand, now the fifth Italian firm facing allegations of labor misconduct, joins the ranks with Dior and others from the group. Legal authorities describe the situation as a pervasive issue nationwide.

As the fashion world grapples with new sustainability hurdles, the British author and researcher who first popularized a pivotal sector term nearly twenty years ago weighs in on the industry’s path forward.

With a cautious style and low profile, traits it shares with Inditex, the retail group is building an empire of opportunistic purchases and austere management from Brittany. The company is gaining a foothold while French fashion is sinking.

Social media is the least trusted source consumers rely on when shopping, even though it is highly influential. Spending is more impulsive among younger generations, according to McKinsey.

Fenice and Tbs Crew, the companies that manage the Italian influencer ‘s businesses, accumulated negative figures of €2.3 and €3.4 million respectively, marked by a year in which turnover plummeted.

The Italian outdoor fashion company also ranks first among Italian companies in the ranking of ‘The World’s Most Sustainable Companies 2025’, a ranking compiled by Statista and Time.

While the Galician giant has modified its European lobbying scheme in the heat of the reorganization of its top management, operators such as Zalando or Shein have increased their presence in the corridors of Brussels.

Anti-equality and anti-diversity policies set the political agenda in the United States and parts of Europe, making the celebration of Pride something that brands do not hide, but show with little aplomb.

The French group is entrusting its comeback to the former CEO of Renault, an expert in business transformation with an unconventional profile in luxury. The driving force is operations, but also design, which is what Kering needs.

The French luxury group LVMH has awarded innovation at the Vivatech trade show in Paris, highlighting technological solutions that reshape the future of fashion and luxury, from agricultural traceability to digital body language.

Before becoming the striped-icon of athletic retail, Foot Locker’s roots trace back to two retail pioneers — Frank Winfield Woolworth and George Kinney. Their separate ventures eventually merged, laying the groundwork for what would become a sportswear empire now facing new challenges under Dick’s Sporting Goods’ ownership.

Skechers may have just closed a $9.4 billion deal, but its story begins far from the boardroom. Behind the brand stands an irreverent entrepreneur whose career has spanned fake hair, watches, Dr. Martens, skateboards and, eventually, the sneakers that made Skechers a global force.