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Fashion pulse: New Zealand - August 2026

Consumer prices (June 2026 quarter) Clothing and footwear prices in New Zealand rose 2.5 percent year-on-year in the June 2026 quarter, according to the consumers price index (CPI) of Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ), after a 1.3 percent rise in the March quarter. Headline CPI inflation was 4.1 percent, up from 3.1 percent. Stats NZ publishes...

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Fashion pulse: Australia - August 2026

Consumer prices (August) Australian consumer price inflation rose to 4.0 percent year-on-year in August 2026 from 3.5 percent in July, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Clothing and footwear prices rose 2.6 percent YoY, down from 4.9 percent in July, and moved below headline inflation. On the month, clothing and footwear...

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Fashion pulse: Australia - February 2026

Consumer prices (February 2026) Clothing and footwear prices in Australia rose 5.0 percent year-on-year in February, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), running 1.3 percentage points above the +3.7 percent headline inflation reading. Australia joins Sweden and China as one of only three markets in the Fashion pulse series...

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Fashion pulse: New Zealand - March 2026

Consumer prices (March 2026 quarter) Clothing and footwear prices in New Zealand rose 1.3 percent in the year to March 2026, according to Statistics New Zealand, moderating from +1.7 percent in the Q4 2025 quarter and running 1.8 percentage points below the +3.1 percent headline CPI reading. Unlike most OECD markets, Stats NZ publishes CPI on a...