The most read stories on just-style this week include a look at the full-year results from department store operator Debenhams, Marks & Spencer’s tie up with mobile phone surveying firm Labor Link, and the news that global apparel and textile production rose in the second quarter.
UK: Debenhams “back on form” as FY sales rise
Department store retailer Debenhams recorded a revenue rise of 2.5% in the year to 31 August, with like-for-like sales increasing by 2%.
UK: Marks & Spencer to survey workers in supplier factories
Marks & Spencer has revealed plans to roll out a mobile phone-based communications programme that will allow it to survey workers in its clothing supplier factories.
World apparel and textile production continues to rise
Global apparel and textile production has continued its year-on-year growth into the second quarter, with developing and emerging economies not surprisingly leading the way.
BANGLADESH: Safe factories would cost “US$0.10 per garment”
Making Bangladeshi garment factories safe would add US$0.10 to the cost of each garment shipped over the next five years, the country’s ambassador to the European Union (EU) said yesterday (17 September).
SWEDEN: H&M August sales growth at 11-month high
Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz H&M recorded a 4% increase in comparable store sales during August, the largest rise in 11 months.
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