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Zara is an Inditex-owned retailer headquartered in Arteixo, Spain and is one of the largest international fashion companies globally.

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Global Markets

From Cotton Fields to Luxury Shirts, How Luthai Moved Up the Value Chain

In the first in a series of case studies from the fast-evolving China market, BoF reports on Luthai, a world leading dyed-yarn fabric weaver whose rise illustrates how China’s textiles industry is shifting from a focus on low-priced exports to a new business model built around productivity, product innovation and domestic market demand.


China

The China Edit | Mall Vacancies, John Lewis Asian Concessions, Moschino, Apple iWatch Trademark Worries

The China Edit is a weekly curation of the most important fashion business news and analysis from and about the world’s largest luxury market.


News & Analysis

Chinese Malls Waive Rents as Vacancies of 30 Percent Loom

BEIJING, China — Chinese landlords are forgoing rent and paying to outfit stores for mass-market fashion brands including Zara and H&M, a bid to


News & Analysis

Debenhams' Sales Growth Slows

LONDON, United Kingdom — Debenhams, Britain's No. 2 department store group, posted slower sales growth for its latest trading period as unhelpful


Technology

Amidst a Profusion of Fashion E-Commerce Models, What’s Working?

In recent years, we’ve seen a veritable renaissance in online fashion retail, with venture money pouring into fashion e-commerce companies with a wide range of models. In the first of a series of articles on the current state of fashion e-commerce, sponsored by e-commerce software and platform solutions company Magento, BoF examines some of the models getting the most traction.


News & Analysis

H&M Wants Your Fashion Discards by Offering Discounts

STOCKHOLM, Sweeden — Hennes & Mauritz AB says it has a solution to tight cotton supplies and the piles of old garments choking landfills worldwide:


Global Markets

Turkey, Boom Interrupted?

As Turkish police fire water cannons at protestors in Istanbul, is the country’s risk-to-reward ratio shifting? BoF investigates.


News & Analysis

H&M Second-Quarter Profit Misses Estimates on Strength of Krona

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Hennes & Mauritz AB, Europe's second-largest clothing retailer, reported second-quarter profit that fell more than analysts


News & Analysis

Spain's Mango Takes on Retail Fashion Rivals Inditex and H&M

BARCELONA, Spain — Shoppers in the 109 countries where Spanish fashion chain Mango has stores recognise its celebrity faces well, but few know much


News & Analysis

Bangladesh Disaster Crushes Owner's Ideal of Clothes with a Conscience

SAVAR, Bangladesh — When Spanish garment maker David Mayor arrived in Bangladesh a decade ago the fashion label he set up had the motto "clothing