Articles by Regina Henkel
Dr. Regina Henkel has been a trade journalist for the fashion and sports industry since 2000 and has been working for FashionUnited since 2015.After studying textile science and business administration, she began her career at the international fashion magazine Sportswear International at Deutscher Fachverlag. She then completed her doctorate and returned to trade journalism. Since 2010, she has been writing freelance for international B2B publications, special interest magazines and cultural studies publications, with a focus on sustainability and digitalization in addition to general business topics.
Björn Borg: apparel and shoes drive turnover in first quarter
The Swedish fashion company Björn Borg AB had a good start to 2025, with a turnover increase of 9 percent. Net sales as of March 31, totalled approximately 25.6 million euros (280 million Swedish krona). Operating profit amounted to 3.1 million euros (34.2 million Swedish krona), which corresponds to an increase of 2.1 percent. “Our growth this...
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Salvatore Ferragamo: Weak DTC business results in negative quarterly results
Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. reported a slight drop in revenue in the first quarter of the current financial year. This result was primarily due to the negative consumer climate in the Asia-Pacific region and the weak performance of the direct-to-consumer (DTC) business. As of March 31, group revenue amounted to 221 million...
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Global Luxury Retail Report 2025: More openings, rents rise again
The latest Savills Global Luxury Retail 2025 Report shows that global luxury retail continued to withstand economic challenges, with core markets experiencing strong rental growth in 2024. Prime rents increased or remained stable in over 75 percent of the 21 regions surveyed. After the number of new openings slowed in 2023, this trend reversed...
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Klättermusen chief executive officer: ‘We are not a brand for everyone’
Swedish premium mountaineering brand Klättermusen is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and has big plans for the coming years. It is currently launching an international retail offensive and has founded its own travel division. Klättermusen – which translates to ‘climbing mouse’ – has always seen itself as an independent outdoor brand...
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Crystal group Swarovski marginally increases sales in 2024
Austrian company Swarovski Crystal Business recorded sales growth of six percent to 1.9 billion euros in the year to December 31, 2024. The growth driver was the jewellery segment, which grew by 9 percent, three times as fast as the general market, the company stated in a press release. All regions contributed to the growth, however Europe lead...
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Lenzing Group recovers in 2024, result remains negative
Austrian firm Lenzing Group, a manufacturer of regenerated cellulose fibers such as Tencel, increased its sales in the 2024 financial year by 5.7 percent compared to the previous year to 2.66 billion euros. The company attributes this increase primarily to higher fibre sales, which rose by 10 percent. At the same time, however, price levels...
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Zara and Samuel Ross start long-term design collaboration
Fashion chain Zara, which belongs to the Spanish fashion group Inditex, has started a collaboration with the British fashion designer Samuel Ross. This is not a one-off partnership, but rather an "ongoing, multi-part design dialogue," Zara said in a statement on Thursday. The collection, called SR_A (Samuel Ross Atelier), is a menswear capsule...
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Munich Fabric Start & Bluezone: SS26 trends between sustainability, safety and risk
In a world full of contradictions, the trend themes of the fabric collections for spring/summer 2026 also move between extremes. On the one hand, there are classic designs that focus on security and essential basics. On the other hand, it's all about striking looks that celebrate individuality and uniqueness. In addition, another important theme...
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Survivors of the earthquake in Türkiye now receive compensation
The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) Türkiye, a non-governmental organisation that protects workers' rights in the global supply chain, reports in a press release that a number of workers who survived the devastating 2023 earthquake in southeastern Turkey and Syria, which killed over 50,000 people, have finally been compensated by their employer....
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Puma sets stricter climate targets
As Puma continues to make progress in its climate protection efforts, the sportswear giant has now set a number of new climate goals. At the beginning of the year, the company announced that it had reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 24 percent (market-based) in 2023 compared to 2022, seven years earlier than planned. Now the sports company...
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