Articles by FashionUnited
Three years of Joannes Soënen at Jules: the turnaround architect
When Joannes Soënen took the helm of Jules in June 2023, the French menswear chain was carrying the weight of a recent cyberattack, a shrinking top line and a store network that had aged out of step with its customers. Roughly two years later, the business he describes as having undergone "a rapid turnaround between 2023 and 2024" was back to...
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Video: History of Loewe, told by Antonio Banderas
This animated video, narrated by Antonio Banderas himself, traces the 180-year history of Loewe, from its origins in 1845 as a modest leather goods workshop in Madrid to becoming a global benchmark in the luxury sector. The narrative explores how the brand fused Spanish artisanal expertise with the commercial vision of its German founder,...
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Fashion pulse: China — April 2026
Consumer prices (April) Clothing prices in China rose +1.5 percent year-on-year in April 2026 per the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), just above the +1.2 percent headline rate. Unlike most European markets, where clothing inflation runs below the overall index, Chinese fashion inflation sits modestly above headline — a pattern it...
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Fashion pulse: Ireland — April 2026
Consumer prices (April) Headline CPI in Ireland edged up to +3.7 percent year-on-year in April 2026 from +3.6 percent in March, per Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO). Clothing and footwear stayed among the largest-increase divisions, running in high single digits at around plus 8 percent year-on-year per the CSO, easing modestly from a...
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Fashion pulse: Türkiye — April 2026
Consumer prices (April) Headline annual inflation in Türkiye accelerated to plus 32.37 percent in April 2026 from plus 30.87 percent in March, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) — reversing the recent disinflation, led by energy and food. Even after the uptick, inflation remains far below the peaks of the 2022 to 2024...
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Fashion pulse: United Kingdom — April 2026
Consumer prices (April) UK headline CPI eased to +2.8 percent year-on-year in April 2026 per the Office for National Statistics (ONS), down from plus 3.3 percent in March — the lowest reading since March 2025 and a 50 basis-point single-month moderation. The Bank of England targets headline CPI at 2 percent, so April sits 80 basis points above...
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Fashion pulse: Belgium — April 2026
Consumer prices (April) Belgian headline CPI jumped to +4.01 percent year-on-year in April 2026 per Belgium's national statistics office StatBel, up sharply from plus 1.65 percent in March — but the leap was overwhelmingly an energy base effect, not a broad-based surge. Housing and energy prices swung from minus 3.0 percent in March to plus 3.0...
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Fashion pulse: Finland — April 2026
Consumer prices (April) Finnish national CPI rose to +1.5 percent year-on-year in April 2026 per Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus), up from +1.3 percent in March, with monthly inflation at +0.1 percent. The harmonised HICP — the index underlying the European Central Bank's euro-area 2 percent target — eased to +2.4 percent in April from +2.5...
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Fashion pulse: Norway — April 2026
Consumer prices (April) Norwegian headline CPI eased to +3.4 percent year-on-year in April 2026 per Statistics Norway (SSB), down from +3.6 percent in March. The core measure CPI-ATE — adjusted for tax changes and excluding energy — moved the other way, accelerating to +3.2 percent in April from +3.0 percent in March, so underlying price...
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Fashion pulse: Sweden — April 2026
Consumer prices (April) Swedish headline CPI fell to −0.1 percent year-on-year in April 2026 per Statistics Sweden (SCB), down from +0.5 percent in March — the first annual decline in consumer prices since April 2020. The Riksbank's target measure, CPIF (fixed mortgage rates), eased to +0.8 percent in April from +1.6 percent in March — the...
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