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Inditex shares reach new all-time highs, up +40 percent over 12 months

Madrid – Kicking off what is already shaping up to be a particularly good summer for Inditex, the Spanish fashion multinational, owner of popular chains such as Zara, Bershka and Massimo Dutti, has started this August with its shares hitting new all-time highs. This stock market push has, in turn, led the company to also set a new record for...

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Stephan Künz, the CEO behind the distinctive brand Blutsgeschwister

When Stephan Künz moved from South Tyrol to Stuttgart in the summer of 2010, he left one of northern Italy's leading sporting goods retailers to manage a small, distinctive fashion brand. Over 15 years later, Künz, managing director and partner of the German fashion label Blutsgeschwister, is facing another leap. This involves the deliberate...

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UK government urged to prioritise domestic textile manufacturing through public procurement

Fashion Roundtable has published an open letter to the UK’s new prime minister Andy Burnham urging the government to use public procurement as a tool to rebuild the region’s fashion and textile manufacturing sector. Addressed to Burnham ahead of the finalisation of the proposed ‘Number 10 North’ initiative, the letter calls for public contracts...

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Bangladesh's evolving aparel sector: beyond low-cost manufacturing

A new sourcing report argues that the way brands are buying from Bangladesh has not kept up with the country they are buying from. “The Sourcing Times: Bangladesh” written by Forbes sustainability contributor Brooke Roberts-Islam and commissioned by trims manufacturer Harnest Label Industries argues that buyers are still judging the world's...