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On his first interview in front of a camera, the founder of Desigual defended that creativity is not exclusive to creative professionals.

It saved the sector during the financial crisis, when China was a rapidly expanding country, and it does so now thanks to its rapid management of the pandemic.

Italian industrial companies have started to produce face masks, disposable gowns and sanitary packaging due to the spread of the pandemic.

The Chinese company, the world’s largest producer of viscose, has partenered with Swedish company Södra to develop the new fiber.

H&M, VF Corporation or Lululemon closes their stores amid the global spread of the COVID-19 as it increasingly takes over companies’ main markets.

The startup that leads the table is specialized in the management of the rental service of brands such as Scotch & Soda, Bloomingdale’s and Banana Republic.

Every day, women take on more important roles in international corporations, a class that is predominantly occupied by men in the industry. However, a shift is transpiring in large groups such as H&M who appointed its first female CEO in January. Gap, as of yesterday, also appointed a new female CEO, and added two members to its board of directors that are women.

Fashion sales, footwear, and sports equipment increased by 3.9% in the last year, to 96 billion dollars.

Tiffany, Chanel or Inditex are some of the major groups in the fashion industry that have filed lawsuits in court to defend the use of their trademark.

In the top ten most transparent luxury company, Hugo Boss really shows who is the boss as it leads the ranking with the highest score against companies such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, Fendi, and many more.

Although surnames like Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg, Brin, Page or Ballmer are among the first in the list of the richest in the world, the purchasing power has flipped to China, where most rich are concentrated.

Adidas, Reebok or Patagonia lead the list of the most transparent companies in the sector, with a 70% transparency score, according to Fashion Revolution Transparency Index 2019 of Fashion Revolution.

G-Star Raw North America’s head of ecommerce, Brian Best, unveils a few tips that companies should tap into in order to stay up to date with the changes occurring between online platforms and physical stores; “the companies that are doing very well are the ones that are evolving an omnichannel presence.”

The development of the online business in Asia's ginat, China will be marked by real-time videos, cross-border ecommerce or group consumption, according to Coresight Research.

The Spanish company, Mango, signs the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, which is an international alliance within the textile, footwear and clothing industry for sustainable production.

The French luxury giant’s GROUP has broken all records, imposing itself on Prada or Hermès in an auction whose bidding price started at 950,000 euros.

The fashion industry joins the wave of virtual reality, with the aim of saving costs, improving the online shopping process and speaking the technological language of the generation Z and Alpha.

The general director of the Parisian fair of provisioning has indicated that this edition is marked by the crisis of the coronavirus, since almost a third of the exhibitors are Asian.

The British industrial thread maker giant has confirmed the acquisition of the US company specializing in the manufacture of high-performance yarn.

The US shopping malls developer has made an offer with a share premium of 51% on the value of Taubman’s shares at the closure of Friday’s.

The French luxury group occupies the position of 27, one position behind the TJX group which leads the fashion sector in the Global Powers of Retailing report, prepared by Deloitte.

The youngest British company, but the fastest. In only ten years, it went from only operating in the United Kingdom to conquering the continent and entering the United States.

The organization of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has acquired a stake in the department stores group.

From the emotional coefficient for computers to the importance of a global vision of business confidence. Deloitte’s Tech Trends 2020 report analyzes the areas that will mark the future of technology this year.

The Hague Court of Appeal has given the reason to H&M after 23 years of legal litigation against the German company for the use of this design in its sportswear.

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