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The Impact on Home Care of Water Scarcity: Low Water Products and Appliances
Aug 2018
Water scarcity is rising in strategic importance to the Consumer Appliances, Home Care and Apparel industries. This affects regions at a crisis level now, with a long-term growing impact on consumer psychology and key buying priorities. Water is an ...
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The Impact on Home Care of Water Scarcity: Conservation and New Sources of Water
Aug 2018
Water scarcity is rising in strategic importance to the Consumer Appliances, Home Care and Apparel industries. This affects regions at a crisis level now, with a long-term growing impact on consumer psychology and key buying priorities. Water is an ...
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Footwear in Western Europe
Jul 2018
Footwear in Western Europe is gradually picking up in 2017 after suffering through two economic downturns. Moreover, rapidly developing e-commerce demands quicker services and an omnichannel approach and growing social and environmental awareness is ...
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Sportswear in Western Europe
Jun 2018
The trends for healthy living and wellness continue to encourage sales of sportswear across Western Europe, with consumer preference shifting towards performance apparel and footwear as more people integrate exercise into their daily routine. The top...
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Footwear in Asia Pacific
Jun 2018
Asia Pacific is one of the largest and most dynamic regions for footwear sales in the world. Between 2012 and 2017, consumer spending grew solidly supported by strong economic growth and greater disposable income. Footwear sales growth was further ...
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Menswear in Asia Pacific
Jun 2018
With low penetration across categories and favourable demographics, Asia Pacific offers attractive growth for menswear players. Ranked fifth in terms of per capita consumption with USD39 spent on menswear in 2017, the region saw the fastest growth in...
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In Pursuit of the “Perfect Wash”: When Can We Expect Automation?
Jun 2018
The automation of home laundry has sat in R&D technology pipelines for decades, usually as a “blue sky” ideal to strive for. IFA 2017 and CES 2018 both revealed new technologies as well as an interesting new process philosophy that serves to ...
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In Pursuit of the “Perfect Wash”: Laundry Automation - Ironing and Folding Systems
Jun 2018
The automation of home laundry has sat in R&D technology pipelines for decades, usually as a “blue sky” ideal to strive for. IFA 2017 and CES 2018 both revealed new technologies as well as an interesting new process philosophy that serves to re-frame...
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In Pursuit of the “Perfect Wash”: Laundry Automation – Sorting Systems
Jun 2018
The automation of home laundry has sat in R&D technology pipelines for decades, usually as a “blue sky” ideal to strive for. IFA 2017 and CES 2018 both revealed new technologies as well as an interesting new process philosophy that serves to re-frame...
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In Pursuit of the “Perfect Wash”: Laundry Automation – Washing Systems
Jun 2018
The automation of home laundry has sat in R&D technology pipelines for decades, usually as a “blue sky” ideal to strive for. IFA 2017 and CES 2018 both revealed new technologies as well as an interesting new process philosophy that serves to re-frame...
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Ethical Fashion: Why and How can the Fashion Industry Close its Elusive Loop?
Jun 2018
Long seen as niche, ethical fashion is now at a turning point. While consumers increasingly claim to try to have a positive impact through their purchases, a growing number of companies embrace the concept and are also becoming aware of the need to ...
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Womenswear in Western Europe
May 2018
Womenswear in Western Europe continues to be driven by fast fashion, and this has led to increased price competition in the region, which has had a negative impact on value growth. Swimwear sales have begun to heat up, while athleisure reaches ...
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Childrenswear in Asia Pacific
May 2018
Asia Pacific is accounting for a growing share of global sales of childrenswear. Despite declining unit prices and slowing birth rates, it remains dynamic thanks to rising disposable incomes combined with the growing popularity of fast fashion and ...
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Plastic Packaging in Foods: Untangling the Waste Issues
May 2018
Amid growing anti-plastic sentiment in developed markets, pressures on food packagers, brand owners and retailers are increasingly felt to provide more sustainable packaging alternatives. Yet as ‘plastic-free’ becomes the new ‘free from’ in foods, ...
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Menswear in Western Europe
May 2018
While demand for menswear is supported by men’s growing interest in fashion, value growth will be restrained by mounting pressure on unit prices. Alongside the pressure placed on prices by highly competitive fast fashion and private label players, ...
Company Profile
Inditex, Industria De DiseñoTextil SA in Apparel and Footwear
May 2018
Shortened version: “In fiscal year 2017 Spanish apparel and footwear company Inditex, Industria de Diseño Textil SA, continued to record sales growth thanks to its store expansion strategy that gives priority to prime locations and to the integration...
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SuperGroupPlc in Apparel and Footwear
Apr 2018
SuperGroup has achieved considerable success in the UK since its launch in 2003; however, its global presence remains limited. In an effort to establish Superdry as a global brand, the company is placing an emphasis on geographic expansion, ...
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Abercrombie & Fitch Co in Apparel and Footwear
Apr 2018
After sales and profit decline over the review period, mainly due to increasing competition from fast fashion brands in its home market, US apparel specialist Abercrombie & Fitch returned to growth in fiscal year 2017. This was thanks to an overhaul ...
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The Gap Inc in Apparel and Footwear
Apr 2018
The Gap Inc saw recovery in fiscal year 2017, after three years of sales decline, thanks to the company’s efforts to focus on its best-performing brands, strengthen its digital business and streamline its operations. To ensure future growth, the ...
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Apparel and Footwear in Taiwan
Apr 2018
2017 saw sportswear register the most dynamic sales growth in apparel and footwear once again. The main reason for this is the increasing number of people in the country who are taking regular exercise as part of attempts to lead a healthier life. ...
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