Interesting to hear that the mini handbag trend is still riding high and that we’re all buying mini purses to go along with our mini bags. At least, in the US that’s happening but I assume the same trend is being seen in the UK, France, Italy, Hong Kong and everywhere else too. It may…
We’re still logo fans – at least when it comes to buying handbags – but we’re getting less so. That’s the conclusion of a new report from NPD Group. The researcher said one-third of the handbags purchased in the US in the 12 months to June had no visible logo and sales of logo-free handbags increased…
There’s been a general trend among retailers recently to try to wean consumers off discount prices. Sometimes that has meant offering “everyday low prices” or it might have been about add-ons to make us all happier to pay higher prices. Either way, discounts are bad for so many reasons: they hurt margins, they make shoppers…
We hear a lot about Millennials on a daily basis, what they do, what they wear, what they eat, and how they do everything. So what’s the latest nugget? Well, it’s about the bras they buy. Yes, researcher NPD informed us this week that the bra of choice for Millennials is… wait for it ……
How serious do women et when it comes to buying a new bag? Very. At least according to researcher NP Group, which said this month that the Millennial customer treats a handbag purchase as a multi-step process, and 41% start thinking about their most recent handbag purchase more than a month in advance. Basically, it…
2015 marked a turning point for the US beauty industry, driven largely by shifts taking place within skincare and the heightened importance of Millennials, according to data from researcher NPD Group.
One trend that’s hit the runways with a bang for AW16 is the puffer (or down) jacket and it’s been accompanied by that love-it-or-loathe-it key item, the retro ski pant. Which is good news. How so? Well, we’ve heard a lot of complaints about too-warm weather from fashion retailers in recent months. But one group…
We’re all finally switching on to wearable tech. That’s the conclusion of a new report from researchers at The NPD Group. In the US last year, dollar sales of wearables rose 110%, which is pretty impressive. And it’s shaping up as a battle royal between fitness trackers and smartwatches. One of them is winning for now,…
Was 2015 a good year for beauty sales? We should hope so because it certainly wasn’t for fashion. So it’s with some relief that I read the latest NPD release, which said sales for the US prestige beauty industry reached $16bn last year, a 7% rise. It looks like that consumers who were saying ‘no…
The German sports clothing and footwear market is growing and women are key. But they’re buying for fashion not fitness. And Germans are happy to pay 40% more for their sports shoes than the rest of Europe too.
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