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Fashion pulse: New Zealand - August 2026

Consumer prices (June 2026 quarter) Clothing and footwear prices in New Zealand rose 2.5 percent year-on-year in the June 2026 quarter, according to the consumers price index (CPI) of Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ), after a 1.3 percent rise in the March quarter. Headline CPI inflation was 4.1 percent, up from 3.1 percent. Stats NZ publishes...

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Fashion pulse: Portugal - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in Portugal fell 1.2 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to the national consumer price index (CPI) of Statistics Portugal (INE), after a 1.2 percent decline in July. Headline CPI inflation rose to 3.3 percent from 3.0 percent, so clothing and footwear prices ran 4.5 percentage...

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Fashion pulse: Finland - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in Finland fell 1.4 percent year-on-year in August 2026 on the national consumer price index (CPI), according to Statistics Finland, after a 1.6 percent decline in July. Headline consumer price inflation edged up to 2.2 percent from 2.1 percent, so clothing and footwear prices ran 3.6...

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Fashion pulse: Colombia - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in Colombia rose 3.26 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to Colombia's national statistics office DANE, down from 3.38 percent in July. Headline consumer price inflation rose to 6.24 percent from 6.03 percent, so clothing and footwear inflation ran 2.98 percentage points below the...

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Fashion pulse: Norway - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in Norway rose 2.2 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to Statistics Norway (SSB), down from 2.9 percent in July. Headline consumer price inflation rose to 3.3 percent from 3.0 percent, so clothing and footwear inflation ran 1.1 percentage points below the headline rate. On the...

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Fashion pulse: Austria - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in Austria fell 1.2 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to the national consumer price index (VPI) of Statistics Austria, after a 0.7 percent decline in July. Headline VPI inflation rose to 3.2 percent from 2.8 percent, so clothing and footwear prices ran 4.4 percentage points...

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Fashion pulse: Ireland - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in Ireland rose 3.1 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO), down from 8.5 percent in July. Headline consumer price inflation rose to 3.7 percent from 3.4 percent, so clothing and footwear inflation ran 0.6 percentage points below the...

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Fashion pulse: Switzerland - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in Switzerland fell 2.3 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), after a 0.9 percent decline in July. Headline consumer price inflation rose to 0.8 percent from 0.4 percent, so clothing and footwear prices ran 3.1 percentage points below the...

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Fashion pulse: Indonesia - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in Indonesia rose 1.20 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS), up from 1.04 percent in July. Headline consumer price inflation rose to 3.19 percent from 2.88 percent, within Bank Indonesia's (BI) target range of 2.5 percent plus or minus one percentage...

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Fashion pulse: South Korea - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in South Korea rose 2.8 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics (formerly Statistics Korea), the same rate as in July. Headline consumer price inflation rose to 3.1 percent from 2.8 percent, above the Bank of Korea's (BOK) 2 percent target, so...

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Fashion pulse: Türkiye - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in Türkiye rose 13.16 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), down from 16.48 percent in July. Headline consumer price inflation eased to 31.51 percent from 31.75 percent, so clothing and footwear inflation ran 18.35 percentage points...

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Fashion pulse: Poland - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Clothing and footwear prices in Poland fell 2.9 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to Poland's national statistics office GUS, after a 3.6 percent decline in July. Headline consumer price inflation rose to 3.4 percent from 3.0 percent, so clothing and footwear prices ran 6.3 percentage points below the...