Brexit paralysis continues as MPs fail to vote for deal, PM to try again on Monday

The British Retail Consortium and British Fashion Council haven’t yet commented on the impasse that the weekend delivered, although with another vote on the deal on Monday, that’s no surprise.But retail is clearly growing impatient with the endless waiting, On Friday, Lord Stuart Rose, who previously ran Arcadia and M&S and who had been a key part of the official Remain campaign, had urged MPs to back the deal, telling the BBC’s Today programme: “This isn’t idealคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. But this is I think now today the best deal we’ll get, and certainly it is better than a hard Brexit. I am remainer, but I’m also a realist, a pragmatist. We’ve just got to move on. W…

Allbirds launches resale platform

Following a launch in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City, the San Francisco-based brand plans to expand the program to additional retail locations nationally.The new platform is the latest initiative in company’s holistic commitment to sustainability, forming part of Allbirds’ Flight Plan — a series of sustainability commitments that include reducing the brand’s per-product carbon footprint by half by the end of 2025 and cutting it to near zero by the end of 2030. 

​“To create a more sustainable fashion economy, it’s crucial that we take a holistic approach,” said Hana Kajimura, head of sustainability at Allbirds. “By launching our trade-in program, ReRun, we will enable our customers to play an integral role in extending the life of our shoesคำพูดจ…

Boohoo mulls closure of state-of-the-art factory

Fast forward 24 months and the fashion retailer is now considering “closure of the site in due course”, citing efficiency, productivity and business strengthening initiatives.The Manchester-based firm said fewer than 100 employees at the factory, which also acted as a training centre, might be affected, while expecting “some roles” to be relocated. 

A Boohoo spokesperson said: “As in any retail business, the role of our sites continues to evolve over time and following significant investments at our Sheffield distribution centre and the opening of a new distribution centre in the US, we must now take steps to continue to ensure we are a more efficient, productive and strengthened business.”All these factors have led us to make the difficult decision to consider relocati…

Britons reach e-tail tipping point, many to e-shop for fashion more often

That’s according to a new survey from fintech firm JGOO, which also said that 29% of people will boost their clothing e-spend and 22% will spend more on accessories online.That said, those numbers are almost balanced out by the numbers who plan to spend less online (27% for clothing and 18% for accessories), although that’s probably not going to result in a big loss for online retailers as these are likely to be consumers who had no other choice than to e-shop due to the closure of most physical shops. 

But while it would be expected that some people would cut back on their online shopping once stores are open again, and while others will boost their spend due to virus fears, it’s significant that a big percentage are planning to shop online more because of positive experienc…

Farfetch, Clipper Logistics form JV for global luxury e-fulfilment solution

Clipper, which has deals with many major fashion retailers, including ASOS, River Island, Joules and JD Sports as well as Farfetch, will work with the retailer to create a “unique logistics offering”คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. It will handle inventory from Farfetch’s group of companies including Browns and New Guards, as well as products from other luxury brands. And it will “specialise in the complex and highly demanding fulfilment requirements of the global luxury goods sector”.The companies said that by combining Clipper’s “expertise in full end-to-end online logistics and technical solutions with Farfetch’s carrier and duty management systems, and deep expertise a…

UK clothing & footwear market forecast to fall by £14bn this year, says GlobalData

That’s according to data analytics firm GlobalData, which had earlier been predicting a fall of around 20% due to the original three-week lockdown.Analyst Chloe Collins said that it’s understandable that the lockdown will hit physical shops particularly hard: “As the government has extended the UK lockdown for at least three more weeks, we expect that offline clothing & footwear sales in 2020 will further contract, falling 33.6% on the year, as the demand for fashion is increasingly decimated.” คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

And she added that with other European countries, such as Austria and Italy, gradually loosening their restrictions [but] keeping most non-essential …

NRF acquires Reverse Logistics Association

​The acquisition will ensure that NRF’s members and the industry will continue to receive forward thinking, real world and actionable innovations, research and information to drive the world’s supply chain. The announcement was made during the RLA Leadership Summit in Atlanta and is part of NRF’s commitment to support sustainable practices throughout the retail industry, according to a press release.

​”NRF has a long history of convening supply chain professionals to collaborate and develop resources that improve the retail industry. Retailers understand the importance of sustainability practices and the environmental, economic, social and consumer benefits that accompany them,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. “As consumer demand for sustainable offerings con…

Petra Diamonds warns of coronavirus outbreak affecting demand

The company said the impact of the fast-spreading virus would cause delays in Project 2022, its debt reduction program launched last yearคำพูดจาก สล็อต777. The miner also cut its cash flow target to between $100 million and $150 million by June 2022, from its earlier range of $150 million to $200 million.The virus outbreak is seen as a new threat to the diamond industry which has already been hit by lower demand from China, the world’s second largest market after the United States, following a prolonged U.S.-China trade war and the Hong Kong protests.คำพูดจาก สล็อต777

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Trump panel wants to give USPS right to hike prices for Amazon, others

The task force was announced in April to find ways to stem financial losses by the service, an independent agency within the federal governmentคำพูดจาก สูตรสล็อต pg. Its creation followed criticism by Trump that the Postal Office provided too much service to Amazon for too little money.The Postal Service lost almost $4 billion in fiscal 2018, which ended on Septคำพูดจาก pg เว็บตรง. 30, even as package deliveries rose.

It has been losing money for more than a decade, the task force said, partially because the loss of revenue from letters, bills and other ordinary mail …

UK consumer confidence dips again as Brexit talks stall

Coming just a day after US consumer confidence was shown to be running at a very high level, it underlined the unique challenges facing the UK economy and the fashion retail sector there.Based on a survey of over 2,000 people in the days before Theresa May’s Brexit proposal was rejected by EU leaders, GfK’s headline index balance dropped by two points to -9 in September compared to August’s already-weak -7.

Confidence has remained subdued since 2016, the year of the Brexit vote, with the reading being zero or less since then. However, it has stayed well above the -39 it reached a decade ago when the world was going through its last big economic crisis. And it remains higher than December 2016’s -16 reading.Looking at the detail of the latest month’s index, confidence in …