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Luxury, fast fashion and lifestyle, the most valuable fashion categories in H1 FY17

Companies in the luxury, fast fashion, and lifestyle categories have seen the largest growth over the first half of 2017. LVMH, Inditex, and Nike have secures the first, second, and third position respectively within the FashionUnited Top 100, the leading benchmark index comprehended of the largest apparel companies in the world by market...

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Are cotton prices to tumble after three years’ worth of growth?

During the first six months of the year, cotton prices have nothing but soar reaching a 3-year high in late May, when the cotton pound was priced at over 0.88 dollars, according to data compiled by FashionUnited in the Cotton Price Index. The first half of the year saw cotton prices hike to highs not seen since the first half of 2014, in the...

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Move over Inditex, Nike is taking over!

Inditex, the world's largest fashion company should be keeping a close eye on its back as sporting company Nike is catching up and passing them by - at least in terms of market value. For the first time ever Nike have overtaken Inditex on FashionUnited's unique business intelligence Top 100 Index, laying claim to the top spot. Just last week...