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Puig to present its new strategic plan on October 28

Madrid – In one of the week's major business stories, Puig held its 2026 Annual General Meeting last Friday, May 29. The meeting proceeded as planned, with shareholders approving every item on the agenda. These items ranged from the approval of the group's financial and non-financial statements for the 2025 financial year to the renewal of its...

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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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Fashion pulse: Denmark — April 2026

Consumer prices Danish headline CPI ticked up to +1.4 percent year-on-year in April 2026 per Statistics Denmark (DST), from +1.2 percent in March — a modest acceleration. The main driver was transport, where prices accelerated to +3.3 percent in April from +2.2 percent in March on higher global fuel costs; housing and energy were essentially...

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Physical retail shifts its metrics: quality over quantity

The latest data published by the Spanish company TC Group Solutions in its 2026 Retail Intelligence Report points to an ongoing transformation in how European physical retail performance is measured. This scenario requires a review of one of the most historically used indicators by operators and brands: pedestrian traffic. It paves the way for...

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Drip by Drip targets menstrual health gaps in Bangladesh garment factories

NGO Drip by Drip has launched a new programme designed to tackle menstrual health challenges facing women in Bangladesh’s garment sector, an issue it says remains largely overlooked across global fashion supply chains. Announced on World Menstrual Hygiene Day, the initiative, dubbed ‘Menstrual Dignity in Fashion’, will run across 10 ready-made...