In its trading statement for the 26 weeks period to July 25, 2015, UK fashion retailer Next reported a 3.5 per cent year over year hike in full price sales. “Next full price sales for the first half of fiscal 2016 grew 3.5 per cent, ...
Tags: Next Retail, Clearance rates, Apparel
PV stock clearance is nearly ending. Industry demands continued to increase in April and May this year, but orders for June 2014 remain uncertain. Thus, the spot market is still observing supply and demand changes in 2Q14. Meanwhile, a ...
Strong clearances at British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) auctions are continuing and the hope is this increased demand can be maintained throughout the 2013 selling season, BWMB South Wales Board member Gethin Havard will tell farmers ...
Tags: Wool Prices, Textile
An increasing level of confidence in the economic outlook across both Europe and the rest of the world is having a positive impact on wool prices, according to British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) Chairman Malcolm Corbett. Speaking at ...
Tags: Wool Prices, economic outlook
Event sponsors the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) will be showcasing the work it does on behalf of farmers at the Agri-Expo event at the Borderway Auction Mart, Carlisle on Friday 1st November 2013. The BWMB stand is being organised ...
Tags: Wool Board, Agri-Expo
A 34% rise in wool prices and a six-fold uplift in the volume sold to date compared with the same point in the 2012-sales calendar are a clear signal of the benefits sheep farmers gain from selling their wool through the British Wool ...
Total Next Brand sales in the first half were up 2.3%, around the mid point of the +1% to +4% guidance range we issued in March. Full price sales were somewhat better than the headline figure as a result of a much smaller End of Season ...
Tags: Fashion Group, Apparel
The sharemarket has closed lower for a second straight day after giving up early gains during afternoon trading. At 4.15pm AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 28 points, or 0.56 per cent, at 4987.4 points. The broader All ...
Tags: Stocks, sharemarket, benchmark
After a tumultuous few months the wool market is returning to stability with prices on the rise again at the last two British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) auction sales of British wool. Speaking at last week's BWMB annual conference in ...
Tags: wool market, BWMB, wool, textile