Articles by Don-Alvin Adegeest
UK retail sales stall as shoppers hold back for Black Friday
UK retail sales growth slowed in October as consumers held back spending ahead of Black Friday promotions, with fashion and non-food categories showing only marginal gains. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, total retail sales rose 1.6 percent year-on-year in October, below the 12-month average of 2.1...
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Global fashion buyers return to confident ordering, says Joor
Fashion wholesale platform Joor has reported a strong rebound in international wholesale buying in the third quarter of 2025, as retailers outside the United States resumed orders following a slowdown earlier in the year. According to Joor’s transaction data from like-for-like retailers, global purchases declined by five percent year on year in...
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Why the UK’s Autumn Budget matters more than ever for fashion retail
The Autumn Budget often arrives just as the festive shopping season begins, but this year it comes at a particularly sensitive time for shoppers and retailers alike. Many households are still feeling the pinch from rising costs, while brands are preparing for the pressure of Black Friday deals and end-of-year sales. According to the latest data,...
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CFDA Fashion Awards 2025: Ralph Lauren, Thom Browne and The Row lead a confident new era for American fashion
The American Museum of Natural History provided a fitting backdrop for this year’s CFDA Fashion Awards, presented by Amazon Fashion and hosted by Teyana Taylor. The 2025 edition balanced legacy and innovation, celebrating enduring figures such as Ralph Lauren and Thom Browne alongside new-generation talent Ashlyn Park. Celebrating American...
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Why Merino wool is in demand now more than ever
The global wool industry is experiencing its strongest rally in decades, with Merino wool once again at the centre of fashion and performance innovation. In Australia, the world’s leading producer, the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI), the sector’s key benchmark, climbed 109 cents in recent weeks to reach 1,453 cents per kilogram, marking the...
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Fortnum’s leads the business of holiday windows in London
In the context of tight consumer sentiment and considerable cost pressure in fashion and luxury retail this year, one category of investment that continues to command attention is the annual Christmas window display. For those of us operating in the design-driven intersection of fashion, lifestyle and retail activation, London’s flagship stores...
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Consumers still want sustainability, but fashion brands are failing to deliver
Sustainability remains a powerful force shaping how people shop, but consumers are increasingly weighed down by global uncertainty, according to Bain & Company’s latest Consumer Lab ESG Survey 2025, which polled more than 14,000 people across eight countries including the US, UK, China, Italy, and Indonesia. The study finds that while...
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How textile colour accelerates ocean microplastic pollution
A growing body of scientific research is beginning to quantify what the fashion industry has long suspected: synthetic clothing, particularly polyester, is one of the major sources of microplastic pollution in the world’s oceans. Now, a new paper by Chen R., Zhao X. and colleagues at the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology,...
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Suede returns as Europe’s material of the moment
Fashion, no longer defined by seasonal rhythms, is now moving at algorithmic speed. Trend volatility has become the new constant, and according to Heuritech’s Monthly Fashion Update: Key Growing Trends, suede has re-emerged as the material du jour, registering the sharpest month-to-month growth across multiple categories this autumn. In the...
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Fashion must rethink its system, says H&M Foundation report
H&M Foundation urges fashion industry to rethink transformation in new systems-change report The non-profit H&M Foundation, in partnership with Accenture, has released From Signals to Systems Change, a report urging the fashion industry to reimagine how it approaches sustainability and transformation. At its core is the Reimagined System Map, an...
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