By Reuters Published July 28, 2025 European companies were on edge Monday following the announcement of a new trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. This outcome marks the end of prolonged tariff uncertainty but introduces new cost pressures. EU–U.S. trade deal calms markets, but tariff burdens remain – Reuters The trade…
By Bloomberg Published July 27, 2025 Investors expect automakers and luxury goods makers to lead a relief rally in European stocks when the market reopens on Monday, after the US and European Union agreed to a trade deal. See catwalkLouis Vuitton – Fall-Winter2025 – 2026 – Womenswear – France – Paris – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight The pact,…
By AFP Published July 23, 2025 France’s finance minister Eric Lombard and industry minister Marc Ferracci will meet with Italy’s business minister Adolfo Urso in Paris on Thursday to seek an “aligned position” on European industry. The two countries will seek to boost endangered sectors and defend “made in Europe.” Finance minister Éric Lombard, during a…
UK-based e-tailers saw their local and European e-commerce order volumes increasing by 18% year on year in Q2, helped by widespread warmer weather that boosted sales in multiple categories. Scurri And for June alone, gross merchandise value (GMV) jumped 25%, according to Scurri Unpacked data. Temperatures reached record levels in many countries in the last two…
Smythson of Bond Street, the high-end British leather goods business, has been acquired from Jacques Bahbout’s Tivoli Group by Oakley Capital, a pan-European, mid-market private equity investor. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed. Smythson The company said it “marks an exciting new chapter in Smythson’s 137-year history of British craftsmanship. Following years of strengthening the brand’s…
Translated by Nicola Mira Published June 27, 2025 2024 was a positive year for Italian childrenswear specialist Catapano Group, based in Nola, near Naples, owner of Fun&Fun and HLove and licensee of Seville and Marc Ellis, for which it also produces womenswear. Catapano Group regularly exhibits at Pitti Bimbo, where founder and owner Giovanni Catapano told…
By The New York Times Illustrations by Orfeo Tagiuri Finding a reasonably priced hotel with character in the heart of popular European cities isn’t always an easy task. Our Europe-based contributors scoured the hotel scene in 15 cities in search of stylish lodgings that won’t break the bank. (Some even have free breakfast and rooftop…
Lifestyle footwear brand Allbirds announced on Thursday that it has signed distribution agreements to expand into several new international markets. Allbirds expands global footprint to Latin America and Southern Europe. – Allbirds The agreements appoint Kiwi Life Group as the exclusive distributor for Allbirds in Central America, the Caribbean, Chile, and Colombia, and Trendy King…
By Reuters Published May 6, 2025 Growing numbers of retailers and consumer brands are shifting their focus to Europe and other markets from the United States, as they expect U.S. tariffs to spark price hikes that will drive American consumer demand down. Reuters European online fashion retailer Zalando, which sells logistics and software services to…
As the Trump administration slashes support to research institutions and threatens to freeze federal funding to universities like Harvard and Columbia, European leaders are offering financial help to U.S.-based researchers and hoping to benefit from what they are calling a “gigantic miscalculation.” “Nobody could imagine a few years ago that one of the great democracies…