Paul Skeldon

A look at H&M’s performance and that of rival Inditex offers some interesting insight not only into how the global fashion market is starting to recover, but how managing that recovery requires some new thinking – and things are getting dark

Fashion group Inditex – owner of Zara – posted a €850m profit rebound for Q2 as sales topped pre-pandemic levels, driven by a 36% surge in online sales

H&M Group’s net sales in local currencies increased by 14% in the third quarter 2021 compared to the same period to 31 August 2020, with store sales and online both growing

Beauty retailer Avon has revamped its digital platform to enable its reps to sell online from home, as well as access a range of mobile services that can enhance interaction with customers and deliver training to sellers

With peak just around the corner, a new study finds that more than half of UK consumers feel that Black Friday, Cyber Monday (BFCM) discounts are never as good as they expect them to be and 58% report that the products they really want are never discounted