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Crisis and comeback: Can Los Angeles rebuild its garment industry?
LA’s garment industry enters 2026 amid disruption and cautious revival.
Immigration raids, rising costs and sustainability rules continue to strain factories, while tariffs and supply-chain risks are driving limited reshoring.
Any rebound is likely to be selective, centred on specialised and higher-value production rather than a return to mass manufacturing.
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India’s Gujarat state unveils Integrated Logistics Master Plan, 4 CLPs
The initiative lays out a robust project pipeline exceeding ₹1,800 billion (~$21.6 billion) for the period 2026-2047.
India’s Gujarat state has unveiled its Integrated Logistics Master Plan, along with logistics plans for four cities.
The initiative lays out a project pipeline exceeding $21.6 billion for the period 2026-2047.
The priority areas include logistics parks, multimodal hubs and freight terminals; enhanced port-led and industrial corridor connectivity; streamlined urban freight and last-mile delivery systems.
The plans were officially launched during the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conclave (VGRC) held in Rajkot, the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board announced on LinkedIn.
The Integrated Logistics Master Plan provides a long-term, multimodal framework aimed at enhancing efficiency across road, rail, port, air and warehousing networks.
The initiative is designed to reduce logistics costs, strengthen supply chain resilience and support the state’s growing industrial and export ecosystem, in line with national logistics reforms and the PM Gati Shakti initiative.
The CLPs aim at tackling urban freight challenges, including congestion, last-mile connectivity, land use optimisation and environmental sustainability.
City-specific interventions are planned to improve freight movement within municipal limits while ensuring smooth economic activity and better quality of life for residents.
The priority areas of the ILMP and CLPs include development of logistics parks, multimodal hubs and freight terminals; enhanced port-led and industrial corridor connectivity; streamlined urban freight and last-mile delivery systems; digital integration and data-driven logistics planning; and promotion of sustainable and low-emission logistics solutions.
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Dutch inflation slips to 2.8% in December 2025
Consumer goods and services in the Netherlands were 2.8 per cent more expensive in December 2025 than a year earlier, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS). This marked a marginal cooling from November’s 2.9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) reading. On a month-on-month basis, consumer prices remained virtually unchanged compared with November.
With the December data now finalised, average consumer price inflation for the whole of 2025 stood at 3.3 per cent compared with 2024, CBS said in a release.
Under the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), Dutch inflation eased to 2.5 per cent in December from 2.6 per cent in November. By contrast, inflation across the euro area declined from 2.1 per cent to 2 per cent, helped by lower energy prices.
Consumer inflation in the Netherlands has eased slightly to 2.8 per cent in December 2025, down from 2.9 per cent in November, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
Prices were broadly stable month on month (MoM).
Average inflation for full-year 2025 came in at 3.3 per cent, while euro area inflation slowed to 2 per cent.
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Germany’s Hugo Boss reshapes structure with menswear, womenswear units
As part of this transformation, Kerstin Dorst will assume the newly created role of Senior Vice President Business Unit Womenswear as of January 15, reporting into HUGO BOSS Chief Sales Officer and Deputy CEO Oliver Timm. Dorst joins HUGO BOSS from Tory Burch, where she spent more than 10 years in New York and played a key role in growing the brand’s main collection and sportswear. Prior to Tory Burch, she worked at Adidas for over five years in Germany and Asia, contributing to the launch of the brand’s SLVR premium sportswear line, among others. In her new role, Dorst will also oversee the creative direction for womenswear collections, working closely with Marco Falcioni, HUGO BOSS Creative Director.
Hugo Boss is introducing separate menswear and womenswear business units to strengthen gender-specific expertise, unlock synergies and support its CLAIM 5 TOUCHDOWN growth strategy.
Kerstin Dorst will join as SVP Business Unit Womenswear from January 15, reporting to Oliver Timm, while Christian Schwinn continues to lead menswear across Boss and Hugo.
“With the new organizational structure, we are reshaping our business units to strengthen our focus on womenswear and lay the foundation for future growth. The new set-up will enable us to address gender-specific preferences even better and to deliver collections with a true customer centric approach in both areas in the future,” said Oliver Timm, Chief Sales Officer and Deputy CEO of HUGO BOSS. “In this context, I am pleased to welcome Kerstin Dorst in the newly created role for womenswear. Her extensive international experience and profound expertise will play a key role in taking our womenswear business to the next level in the years to come.”
The BOSS Menswear business will continue to be led by Christian Schwinn, who will additionally take on responsibility for HUGO Menswear as Senior Vice President Business Unit Menswear.
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