Fashion pulse: Belgium - March 2026

Consumer prices (March)

Fashion prices in Belgium rose 3.25 percent year-on-year in March, significantly above the overall inflation rate of 1.65 percent, according to Belgium’s national statistics office StatBel. This is a notable divergence — clothing and footwear is one of the few categories where prices are rising faster than the national average. Clothing prices increased 4.16 percent, with womenswear leading at plus 4.48 percent and menswear at plus 3.97 percent. Infantswear was more subdued at plus 0.78 percent. Footwear, in contrast, declined 0.66 percent YoY, with children’s footwear falling the sharpest at minus 1.84 percent.