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    Ferragamo Chief Norsa Says Mexico Is Strongest Luxury Market (Bloomberg) "Salvatore Ferragamo SpA Chief Executive Officer Michele Norsa said the Italian fashion brand’s strongest sales growth among major economies this year has been in Mexico, where the wealthy spent more at home as the peso fell." Asos benefits from overseas sales (FT) “In a statement ahead of its annual shareholder meeting, Asos said trading was in line with expectations for the six months to September 30. Full Article at The Business of Fashion
    Salvatore Ferragamo SpA Chief Executive Officer Michele Norsa said the Italian fashion brand’s strongest sales growth among major economies this year has been in Mexico, where the wealthy spent more at home as the peso fell.
    SOURCE: The Business of Fashion 2 months ago
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BoF Daily Digest | Mexico’s luxury promise, ASOS goes global, UK retail sales up, M&S cautious, Cathy Horyn en route to Paris
  1. In a statement ahead of its annual shareholder meeting, Asos said trading was in line with expectations for the six months to September 30. The fashion site said it had 1.2m active customers in the period, up from 890,000 a year ago, with 5.6m visitors a month.
    SOURCE: The Business of Fashion 2 months ago
  2. Retailers saying sales increased from a year earlier outnumbered those reporting declines by 3 percentage points, compared with a reading of minus 16 points in August, the biggest U.K. business lobby said in a statement in London today.
    SOURCE: The Business of Fashion 2 months ago

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