Apparel and Footwear
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adidas Group in Apparel and Footwear
Jan 2019
Adidas continues to gain company share in its key target markets, with particularly strong growth in the Asia Pacific region highlighting the great potential the largely untapped Asian sportswear market has. Sustainability is becoming increasingly ...
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Fast Retailing Co Ltd in Apparel And Footwear
Dec 2018
Despite sluggish growth in its home market of Japan, Fast Retailing Co Ltd (FRC) maintained another year of strong sales, driven by aggressive store openings across Asia Pacific and Western Europe. The company aims to continue the search for ...
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American Eagle Outfitters Inc in Apparel and Footwear
Dec 2018
American Eagle maintained growth despite the challenges with the rise of fast-fashion and online commerce. The growth was thanks to the strong performance of its aerie brand and digital commerce. The company will continue to invest in technology and ...
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Sportswear in Latin America
Dec 2018
Latin America is still a relatively small market for sportswear, but two drivers can leverage the region’s sales: awareness of healthier lifestyles and the casual clothing trend. Brazil negatively impacted the region, while Mexico led slight overall ...
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Nike’s New Distribution Strategy
Nov 2018
In response to the difficulties in the wholesale market, especially in North America, Nike is implementing a new distribution strategy that focuses on its direct channels and only 40 differentiated retailers out of its 30,000 retail partners. This ...
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Nike Inc in Apparel and Footwear
Nov 2018
Despite the continued slowdown in growth in Nike’s domestic US market, the company saw total revenue growth of 6% during its FY2018, driven by its exceptional performance in emerging markets, notably China. In an effort to maintain its growth ...
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World Market for Sportswear
Nov 2018
Global value sales of sportswear grew by 4% in 2017, benefiting from more consumers exercising, and the desire to project an image of health on social media. To differentiate their offer, sportswear brands will collaborate with designers and use tech...
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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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