
Tony Blair's expected appointment as adviser to LVMH, confirmed by sources close to the French luxury goods group, could help it penetrate tough yet promising markets such as India.
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Tony Blair's expected appointment as adviser to LVMH, confirmed by sources close to the French luxury goods group, could help it penetrate tough yet promising markets such as India.
Europe's retailers are braced for a tough 2010 amid signs a tentative economic recovery has yet to boost consumer spending and fears high unemployment and low wage growth will dampen confidence in the months ahead.
Tight management of costs and stocks and better than expected summer sales helped two of Europe's top fashion retailers beat first-half profit forecasts, although there was some caution about the trading outlook.
Spanish retail sales suffered their second largest fall on record in March as soaring unemployment and tumbling house prices scared off shoppers.
Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) has shown it can sort out self-inflicted problems and come up with steps to mitigate the recession, but the jury remains out on whether more radical surgery is needed for a lasting recovery.
Competition in the online fashion industry is set to intensify as store groups, hit by sliding sales in the economic downturn, try to grab a slice of one of the few strongly growing retail markets.
French retailer PPR posted better-than-expected second-quarter revenues, helped by sparkling sales at its luxury arm Gucci, but some of its retail units were, as forecast, hurt by sluggish consumer spending.
Marks and Spencer shares bounced from a 7-1/2 year low on Tuesday on speculation the retailer might become a bid target, although billionaire Philip Green denied market talk he was buying a stake.
It has survived more than two centuries of war, devastating floods, and recessions: unlike other textile groups, Scottish company Johnstons has not been cowed by globalization.
It has survived more than two centuries of war, devastating floods, and recessions: unlike other textile groups, Scottish company Johnstons has not been cowed by globalization.