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Yarkoni is one of the main executives behind Colorifix, a company that caught the attention of the Swedish giant H&M, and that is specialized in dyeing textiles with microorganisms.

UPS, B-stock and Optoro estimate post-holiday returns, with a minority of 10 percent to make it back to “primary shelves.”

In the dispute between the luxury holding and the designer, Hedi Slimane demanded the payment of 9.3 million euros for the shares he had in the company.

The strategy lead, climate and water for H&M, who has pledged to be climate-positive in 2040, has attended the UN Climate Summit in Madrid to discuss the progress of the Fashion Charter.

Alava has been leading Infinited Fiber company since 2016, owned by H&M and specialized in a technology to produce new natural fibers from waste.

The company, which supplies to H&M, Inditex, Mango, Kering or LVMH, has grown 18% per year since 2012 and plans to grow 8% this year.

The company did a first test with customization earlier this year with a denim line in its ecommerce platform and in some of its stores.

Today, the sector will discuss in Madrid the conclusions of the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action (Ficca) signed one year ago.

This week, the president of the United States, has announced that he will set additional tariffs up to 100% for certain French products, including bags and cosmetics.

Rental, secondhand and co ownership are some of the trends that have marked the sector in the past year, according to the latest Worldwide Luxury Market Monitor 2019 report.

The European Parliament has published the Environmental impact of the textile and clothing industryreport that explains that if the average use of a garment is doubled, greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere would be reduced by 44%.

In 2017, the European textile and leather industry emitted 8.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, compared to 11.4 billion tons in 2008.

Senior executives of Tendam, Mango, Desigual, Pepe Jeans and Bestseller, among others, discussed the future of the sector in the last session of 10 Years, 10 Topics.

The American fashion company stopped producing garments in the Asian country in 2015, after the collapse of the Rana Plaza.

The chief executive officer of the American fashion retailer is convinced that body scanners will replace the current sizing system.

The Swiss tennis champion has bought the stake as a move prompted by the end of his contract with Nike and as he plans for life after professional tennis.

The German company, until last year owned by Kering, has collaborated with singers and celebrities to face its conquest of urban fashion.

The American lingerie company, owned by L Brands, has confirmed that it’s shutting down its traditional fashion show and it is “figuring out” how to advance positions of the brand.

The sportswear company, which has already bought Colect and TraceMe this year, has invested in hands-free technology company.

Environment, changes in the supply chain, size and technology are the four main topics in the latest edition of Global Fashion Drivers, created by Mds and sponsored by Everis.

The profitability of travel retail will grow 3.3% to 3 billion dollars in 2024. External factors like political uncertainty may affect travel retail data, according to an Euromonitor report.

After starting Blōhsh’s at the beginning of the year, the seventeen-year-old singer has announced the launch of a line through her social networks.

Hugo Boss, Ermenegildo Zegna, Giorgio Armani and Brunello Cucinelli are today 1% smaller than five years ago and all but the last have plummeted their profitability.

The consultant McKinsey predicts that the largest sales volume of the Christmas campaign will take place on November 29, when Black Friday takes place worldwide.

The German ecommerce giant will launch its beauty category on its online platform on December 10. For now, beauty products will only be available in Switzerland followed by a local campaign in January 2020.

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