Tag: textile-and-clothing-market
almost two thirds of the 579 employees are laid off
On the eve of the start of the sales, Wednesday January 10, most Minelli stores are closing the curtain once and for all. On Monday January 8, the Marseille commercial…
Tiger Woods announces the end of his contract with Nike
Tiger Woods in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida on May 13, 2007. HANS DERYK / REUTERS It was a win-win deal that was measured in billions of dollars. Tiger Woods announced…
Pimkie imposes a new social plan on its employees
The Pimkie headquarters in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, January 8, 2018. DENIS CHARLET / AFP The start of 2024 promises to be grim in the clothing sector. On January 10, the day after…
One in five consumer items set to be banned in Europe due to dangerous chemicals
A giant yoga session in Times Square, New York, on June 21, 2023. AMR ALFIKY/REUTERS Toys, headphones, yoga mats, cycling gloves, shoes, jewelry… Nearly one in five consumer items should…
“The luxury sector is only just beginning”
In front of a Gucci store, December 4, 2017, in Rome. ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP Gucci has crossed the Rubicon. Since March, the luxury brand owned by Kering has offered…
Fashion brands respond to the steamroller Vinted
In a Kiabi store in Faches-Thumesnil (North), September 23, 2014. PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP Clothing brands and retailers are no longer burying their heads in the sand. “Can’t put your…
An advertising campaign promoting sobriety triggers irritation among traders
“Black Friday” at a store in Nantes, France, on November 21, 2023. STÉPHANE MAHÉ / REUTERS The Commerce Alliance is not letting up. On Tuesday, November 21, this federation requested…
End of bitter strike in Bangladesh textile factories
Bangladeshi textile workers return to work at their factory in Ashulia, north of Dhaka, on November 15, 2023. MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP The textile factory workers of Bangladesh did…
In East Africa, the difficult abandonment of second-hand clothing
“ Stop buying second-hand clothes, they are the clothes of the dead! », attacked Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the end of August as he announced his desire to…
Thanks to inflation, shoemakers and retouchers regain their letters of nobility
” Ooh La La. I don’t know if your shoes are ready! » To the customer who comes to his Retro shoe repair shop, rue Saint-Denis, in Paris, in 2e…
“The circular economy must establish itself as the reference model for the clothing sector”
VSn recent years, alarming images of clothes piling up in open landfills outside European borders have continued to multiply. The French government committed, during debates around the green industry bill…
In Bangladesh, garment workers erect barricades to demand higher wages
Textile workers protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday October 31, 2023. MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU / AP “We want a decent salary. » After several days of demonstrations in Bangladesh and clashes…