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Tod's Group selects ESW to unlock global ecommerce expansion

ESW, the international growth engine for ambitious brands, today announced a partnership with Italian luxury house Tod's Group to power its international ecommerce expansion across approximately 50 new markets. The rollout encompasses all four brands - Tod's, Roger Vivier, Hogan and Fay - extending direct-to-consumer reach to customers across...

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Fashion pulse: Romania — March 2026

Consumer prices Romanian headline CPI re-accelerated to +9.9 percent year-on-year in March 2026 per INS, up from +9.3 percent in February and +9.6 percent in January — a V-shape that has put Romania's inflation back within a breath of double digits and consistent with its position as the highest-inflation EU market through the current cycle. The...

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Fashion pulse: Serbia — March 2026

Consumer prices Serbian headline CPI rose to +2.8 percent year-on-year in March 2026 per the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, continuing a gradual acceleration from +2.5 percent in February and +2.4 percent in January. The March print sits 20 basis points below the NBS 3 percent national-CPI target midpoint (within the ±1.5 pp...

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Fashion pulse: Hungary — March 2026

Consumer prices Hungarian headline CPI rose to +1.8 percent year-on-year in March 2026 per KSH, accelerating from +1.4 percent in February but still well below January's +2.1 percent. The March print sits 120 basis points below the MNB's 3 percent national-CPI target — genuine inflation undershoot, consistent with the bank's recent easing bias....

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Fashion pulse: Bulgaria — March 2026

Consumer prices Bulgarian headline CPI ran at +4.1 percent year-on-year in March 2026 per NSI. Monthly, prices rose +0.9 percent in March. The fashion basket ran cooler: clothing and footwear inflation at +0.4 percent year-on-year in March — well below the headline pace and consistent with the subdued pattern seen across the Balkan/CEE cluster....

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Fashion pulse: Latvia — March 2026

Consumer prices Latvian headline CPI ran at +3.4 percent year-on-year in March 2026 per CSP, with the fashion basket running closely behind: clothing and footwear inflation at +2.1 percent year-on-year in March. Monthly, prices rose +1.9 percent in March, reflecting broad seasonal pressures across food, transport, and housing categories....

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Fashion pulse: Estonia — March 2026

Consumer prices Estonian headline CPI ran at +3.6 percent year-on-year in March 2026 per Statistics Estonia. The fashion basket remained in deep deflation: clothing and footwear inflation at −5.6 percent year-on-year in March, among the deepest fashion-basket deflations in the EU/EEA cluster — though already easing from the deeper readings of...

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Fashion pulse: North Macedonia — March 2026

Consumer prices North Macedonian headline CPI jumped to +4.9 percent year-on-year in March 2026 per the State Statistical Office, a sharp acceleration from +2.9 percent in February and +3.2 percent in January — a 2.0 percentage-point single-month move and, per MAKStat's own release narrative, the highest Macedonian inflation reading since...

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Fashion pulse: Lithuania — March 2026

Consumer prices Lithuanian headline CPI jumped to +4.8 percent year-on-year in March 2026 per Statistics Lithuania, a sharp acceleration from +3.6 percent in February. Monthly, prices rose +1.5 percent (February: +1.1 percent). The fashion basket went the opposite way: clothing and footwear inflation eased to +0.4 percent year-on-year in March...

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Fashion pulse: Iceland — March 2026

Consumer prices Icelandic headline CPI rose to +5.4 percent year-on-year in March 2026 per Hagstofa Íslands, up from +5.2 percent in each of February and January — three consecutive months of elevated inflation running 290 basis points above the CBI's 2.5 percent national-CPI target, the highest reading since September 2024 per Hagstofa's...

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‘Farfetch Live’: An exclusive livestream experience for private clients

FARFETCH, the global platform for luxury, is presenting FARFETCH Live, a highly curated series of elevated, livestreamed shopping events designed exclusively for its Private Clients. The digital initiative offers top-tier clients real-time access to ultra-luxury pieces across Fine Watches, Fine Jewellery, and rare accessories. Breaking away from...

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Rethinking Product Development: Why Fashion’s Next Competitive Advantage Will Be Visibility

Fashion has spent the last decade reinventing customer experience, branding and speed to market — yet one of the industry’s most commercially critical functions remains largely overlooked: product development. Behind every successful collection sits the complex concept-to-market process that determines whether a product is manufacturable,...