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France to stop automatic receipt printing

France will stop the automatic printing of receipts from 1 August, as part of its move towards a circular economy, an official announcement read. Over 30 billion receipts are printed every year in France, many of which end up in waste. A survey even found that over a third of French people throw away a receipt immediately after purchase. The...

Fashion

France to pay bonus for shoe, clothes repairs to cut waste

From October, France will pay a bonus to encourage people to have their clothes and shoes repaired rather than throwing them away, the government said. The move aims to cut down on the 700,000 tonnes of clothes thrown away by French people each year, two-thirds of which ends up in landfills. “From October, consumers will be able to be supported...

Schools

La Renverse: a new art programme in and around Seine-Saint-Denis, France

The students are between 18 and 23 years old. Nine of them live in the Seine-Saint-Denis area north of Paris, one in the area of Val-de-Marne and four in eastern Paris. These eight women and six men are involved in various artistic practices such as music, photography, video, design, fashion, etc. and have been selected on the basis of their...

Business

Camaieu's liquidation leaves employees in shock

"I hope you will be punished": when the commercial court of Lille announced the liquidation of Camaieu, its employees took Michel Ohayon, the Bordeaux businessman who had taken over the ready-to-wear chain and its 2,600 employees, to work. "We fought for this company! I'm as appalled as you are", the businessman, who heads the Financière...

Retail

Mango reveals expansion plans for France

Spanish retailer Mango has expanded its ‘New Med’ concept into France and has revealed it will be opening a slew of new stores in the “strategic market” over the next few years. Mango’s new store concept has been applied to its location in Saint Lazare, the Paris train station, which was refurbished as part of the retailer’s larger plan to...

Business

France plans fashion revolution with climate-impact labels

Is it better for the environment if you buy a brand-new cotton T-shirt or a recycled one? Well, it depends. Recycling has obvious benefits, but the process shortens cotton fibres and so usually has to be mixed with some oil-based material to keep it from falling apart. Such trade-offs make it tricky to figure out the real sustainability rating...

Business

Adidas to move French headquarters to Paris

Sportswear giant Adidas has shared with all its French employees at the end of last week the plan to consolidate its teams at a single new site in Paris by 2024. This means the company will move its corporate headquarters in France to Paris after more than 60 years in Strasbourg. The move is expected to be completed by 2024, merging the 140...

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Mango to open 70 new stores in France by 2025

Fashion group Mango is strengthening its presence in France with the opening of a new retail concept store on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, and a pledge to open more than 70 new stores over the next few years. Mango states that France is a “strategic market” for the retail group and it is looking to increase its stores from the 223 it had at the...

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Ethical fashion triathlon in France aims to raise awareness about recycling

On June 23, the Ethical Fashion Triathlon will take place in Paris, an event organised in the context of the Paris Olympic Games 2024, that aims to raise awareness about responsible fashion and recycling. The event is an initiative of French non-profit organisation Universal Love and is organised under the patronage of the French Ministry of...

Business

Survey finds UK shoppers least likely to wait for stock during supply chain challenges

Multichannel commerce platform ChannelAdvisor has found that UK shoppers are less likely to wait for stock than their EU counterparts. The ChannelAdvisor survey gathered data from more than 3,000 online shoppers located in the UK, France and Germany. With supply chain disruptions threatening revenues, the overall result found that British...

Retail

China becomes France’s largest beauty export market in 2020

China became the largest market for French beauty products for the first time in 2020, ahead of Germany and the US, according to new data. The country is now the leading buyer of French skincare, creams, beauty products, makeup, and lipsticks, according to France’s beauty association, the Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté (FEBEA). In...

Fashion

France to introduce anti-waste law to promote circular economy

France says no to waste. The French Senate has approved the “Loi Anti Gaspillage”, or the anti-waste law, to favour a circular economy. The law, which was first presented during Paris fashionweek on 24 September, focuses on four fundamental points that range from stopping waste to conserving resources, mobilising industrialists to develop new...