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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...