To make up for canceled last month due to earthquake in Japan Fashion Week, Japan’s domestic brands in recent weeks after another released the 2011 autumn and winter series.
But just as everyone expected, the foreign buyers who this did not give positive feedback, Fukushima, 140 miles from Tokyo, is shrouded in the most serious nuclear radiation following the Chernobyl nuclear leak since the crisis. The aftershocks are continuing, the people of Tokyo panic.
Supplier brand concentrated in the Northeast quake zone suffered serious production crisis. Sen Franky Yan, Anrealage designer, said: “Overseas buyers usually want to see a single spot before they agree to now they do not come to our next quarter’s sales will decline.”
This year’s Heritage Festival in Singapore from 11 to 22 to start a wonderful program again and again. Flashing in the three-day (20-22 days) called “urban cultural heritage” outdoor fun; six shopping malls such as Suntec City, Centrepoint, Kan Po Square, Bukit Panjang Building, Jurong Tiong Bahru Plaza, a series of activities and performances. “Alien style one world: the world’s traditional clothing exhibition” is one of the key projects, the cultural show of the 34 countries through 76 sets of traditional clothing in public.
Clothing to reflect the cultural similarities and differences and contact
Local big names are static and dynamic geometry
Storm of the current round of price increases seems confined to the European market, the reporters found that the Wuhan local luxury brand Price of basic infection to the European market price of the “butterfly effect”, only the the LOEWE counter the price of global synchronization upgrade, but the increase is only 3%, only a few hundred to thousand dollars of the price fluctuations. The price of some brands the contrary, in the season fell.
Burberry counters located in International Plaza, the new winter leather has gradually added to our sales staff told reporters that the counters changed the brand of Direct, the new package price compared to last year to 2,000 yuan each year will launch The classic checkered with LOGO section of the package price also dropped by nearly 1000 yuan. Part of commodity prices and a slight increase, but the price has nothing to do with the European market.
According to Japanese media reports, China’s factory labor shortages, Japan, several companies have taken place in the production of clothing from China arrive to postpone the event. Many Japanese companies based on hearsay evidence to suspect that this is a Chinese factory in “intentional delay”, ready to open up procurement to outside of China.
According to the website for the Japanese NHK television station reported on October 27, large-scale retail enterprises in Japan AEON Group supermarket sales of clothing, about 80% from China. Recently, the Chinese supplier can not deliver events occur frequently. In addition, the management “Muji” yield plans and operating UNIQLO Library of Fast Retailing Company also experienced the same situation. NHK said it delayed the normal sales of these companies.
The article said that the rising labor costs, some Chinese supplier factories labor shortage, so the emergence of the phenomenon of delay in delivery. Aeon general manager Okada was speculation that the Chinese enterprises to do so is “intentional”. “As the rare earth may be deliberately delayed the export of clothing.” He said, Aeon imports from China in the next two years, you want to compress to about half of the overall. The article also said that many Japanese garment enterprises also agreed to AEON practice should be extended to Southeast Asia procurement, to ensure supply stability and smooth.
On Hai Yi Shang Network Information Co., Ltd. to cooperate in the network business, the Gap.
GAP was created in 1969, and Zara, H & M alongside the largest U.S. clothing retailer, which owns three brands (GAP, Banana Republic, Old Navy), more than 4200 chain. McDonald’s, the largest expansion in the shortest possible time.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce statistics, China to the United States provided 78 percent of the imports of footwear products, 71% of the tie, 55% of the gloves, about 50% of women and infants clothing, 90% of household slippers.
SG Footwear CEO Bernard Lai Feier U.S. retailers in the past to pressure the Chinese manufacturers to lower prices the situation is now reversed, “In the end, U.S. consumers will pay for it”.
U.S. Department of Labor data show that U.S. consumer clothing prices over the past 17 years in 13 years fell. However, retailers and manufacturers to remind the Nike sports shoes, Ugg boots, A & F clothing, and other American brand this fall, the new prices will be rising across the board.
American Federation of clothing and footwear industry is estimated that the fall of imported clothing and footwear prices rose by 4-6%. , Clothing and footwear commodity prices are relatively lower than other retail commodity prices, “days are over.” Said Kevin Burke, chairman of the Association.
4 in two brands of Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo and Theory are also shops set up a collection box. Group founder and Director of the well is also the name of the individual contribution of $ 12 million, while contribution of $ 5,000,000.
Coach company not only for Japanese local Red Cross sent $ 5,000,000 in donations, while they also Facebook homepage has added a donation link, so that site visitors can be donated to the Red Cross Society in the most convenient way.
Italy European Chinese newspaper reported that 21 million there is no legitimate label China-made clothing has been Castel Gandolfo, Italy, the station’s military police found and seized. These clothing packing in the 10000 box, with a total value of approximately several million euros. Be found in the clothing stored in a commercial center in the Roman province Marino Santa Maria delle the Mole a Marin warehouse. A total of 1 million square meters of eight plant leased to five Chinese as a warehouse.
This huge space to store all types of goods, from shoes to men’s, women’s and children’s underwear, all there is no labeling, therefore, in violation of consumer law provisions of the Ordinance, in order to safeguard the interests of consumers, all goods , especially imitation, must indicate the name of the enterprise market, as well as the types of textile fibers.
Inditex Group is from the local market to the rest of the world market rapid expansion. In the first quarter ended April 30 of this year, Inditex net profit of 332 million euros, an increase of about 10% from 301 million euros in the same period last year. Benefit from new store openings, and the quarter the Group’s sales grew 11 percent to 2.96 billion euros over the same period last year, The Group, however, for the quarter, gross margin (a measure of the cost of goods sold) from 59.9% in the same period last year dropped to 58.8%.
Inditex Group, said that during the quarter, the Group opened 110 new stores as of April 30, the group has 5,154 stores in 78 countries around the world.
Inditex Group, the results of the quarter was slightly higher than analysts expected, Dow Jones Newswires survey of eight analysts on average had expected the group for the quarter, net profit of 313.8 million euros, is expected for the quarter, sales of the group 2.96 billion euros.
The world’s largest clothing retailer InditexSA (ITX) today announced fiscal 2010 fourth quarter earnings. The report shows that, Inditex, the fourth-quarter net profit exceeded Wall Street expectations, the company said it will accelerate the rate of expansion in the shop and the field of network marketing.
The report shows the results based on the calculation of the annual results for the quarter ended January Inditex fourth quarter net profit of 553 million euros (about $ 784 million), up 14 percent over the same period last year, beyond the analysis had expected. The Bloomberg survey showed the average, 10 analysts polled expect Inditex fourth quarter net profit of 523 million euros (about $ 742 million). Affected by this, Inditex, the highest price rose 6.1 percent, marking the highest increase since June 9 last year.
It is reported that this operation were deployed in administrative law enforcement personnel 626 people, divided into three action groups investigated including the cosmetics, clothing, shoes, luggage and leather goods. Main cosmetics, Baiyun District, Guangzhou Sanyuanli Hing Fat Square, the Action Group and a member of the Steering Group to learn more about the market person in charge of operating in the market, the owner’s business license, trademark registration, health permits, business accounting, goods delivery tickets one by one to see. U.S. Department of Clothing City near the railway station in Guangzhou City, the members of the Steering Group examined the trademarks of a shop plug-in clothing, and found that the suspected counterfeit brand “Jack Jones”.
As at the end of the operation at noon on the 27th, law enforcement officers checked 62, the stallholders 7571, the store 12, the factory 31 rental 37, and seized 860 fake Double Happiness, Furong Wang, palm and other brands of cigarettes. 30 cartons of counterfeit production origin of cosmetics counterfeiting registered trademarks, 05,000 yuan, “Fire King Junior toys, fake” POLO “,” “Armani” garment of 02,000 yuan, 07,000 yuan registered trade mark infringement PORTER purses while a file households involved in false propaganda.
According to reports, this is the second half of Guangzhou City, the organization of African export commodities of special joint law enforcement operations. “Doubles” action carried out on January 14, seized by the relevant departments of the value of the goods suspected of counterfeiting registered trademarks of 1.673 million yuan. Law enforcement agencies from the point of view of operational effectiveness, the Guangzhou market than the first of a special action has been further purification, intellectual property rights infringement and selling counterfeit and shoddy goods has decreased significantly.