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Fashion industry forecasted to contract by up to 30 percent

A new report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company has detailed the effects of COVID-19 on the global fashion industry, and the results are not pretty. The fashion industry is in crisis, and millions of jobs are at stake, along with the potential for many companies to go bankrupt. The global fashion industry is projected to contrast...

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BoF and McKinsey predict 2020 to be a bleak year in fashion

Business of Fashion teamed with McKinsey & Company for its fourth annual State of Fashion Report, which determined pessimistic predictions. The fashion industry can expect a year of uncertainty and concern across all geographies and value segments for 2020, save for only a few bright spots. The McKinsey Global Fashion Index forecasts that...

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McKinsey: this is what the fashion industry can expect in 2019

2019 will be a bumpy ride for most fashion players, according to management consultancy firm McKinsey & Company and online publication Business of Fashion in their new joint report The State of Fashion 2019, on which they lay out the main trends and developments to be expected in the year ahead. “The ones who will succeed will have to come to...