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China’s retail and industrial indicators for the first 10 months of 2025 signalled steady economic recovery, with consumption and high-tech manufacturing showing notable strength, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
China’s economy showed steady recovery in the first 10 months of 2025, with retail sales up 4.3 per cent to $5.82 trillion and online sales rising 9.6 per cent.
October retail grew 2.9 per cent.
Industrial value-added rose 6.1 per cent in Jan–Oct and 4.9 per cent in October.
Profits reached ¥5.37 trillion.
PMI was 49, while expectations stayed upbeat at 52.8.
Retail sales of consumer goods rose 4.3 per cent year on year (YoY) to ¥41.2169 trillion (~$5.82 trillion). Online retail sales reached ¥12,791.6 billion, up 9.6 per cent, with physical goods contributing ¥10,398.4 billion, accounting for 25.2 per cent of total retail sales.
In October alone, retail sales grew 2.9 per cent YoY to ¥4,629.1 billion. Urban retail sales rose 2.7 per cent, while rural consumption expanded 4.1 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a release.
Industrial activity also gained traction. The total value added of industrial enterprises above the designated size increased 4.9 per cent YoY in October and 0.17 per cent month on month (MoM).
For January–October, industrial value added grew 6.1 per cent YoY. Industrial enterprises earned profits of ¥5,373.2 billion in the first nine months, up 3.2 per cent YoY. October’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index stood at 49 per cent, while the Production and Operation Expectation Index reached 52.8 per cent, indicating continued optimism among manufacturers despite short-term pressures.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)
Published
November 19, 2025
The reports coming-out of Quiz Clothing have been largely about decline for several years but so far in 2025, it seems to have turned a corner and news this week has added to that view.
After September’s report of rising summer sales and last month’s release detailing improved results and store opening plans, now it has said that the launch of its latest partywear collection has also driven sales higher.
The company said like-for-like sales have risen 6% on the back of the launch, which was its biggest party collection to date. The 250-piece offer debuted at the end of October and meant the Scotland-based retailer has seen a strong start to the Golden Quarter.
Quiz added that early trend indicators for the party season point to shoppers buying into longer length midi and maxi dresses with mesh, satin and velvet fabrics helping to drive sales. Key colours are the always-popular black, with shoppers also buying bottle green, navy blue and brown.
The company has also seen stronger demand for its footwear and accessories with stiletto heel evening shoes and clutch-style evening bags in gold leading sales.
In fact, CEO Sheraz Ramzan said that for footwear and accessories “gold has overtaken silver as the metallic of choice, due largely to its ability to pair with the many brown, berry and green tones coming through on dresses”.
The company has also identified Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield and London as the cities leading early demand for partywear with an average £60 basket value.
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The EU’s commitment is part of its continued efforts to advance transparency, accountability and informed policymaking in support of the global energy transition.
The EU, Australia, Norway, Switzerland and the UK have committed to transparency on the export credits they provide in the energy sector.
This is part of EU’s efforts to advance transparency, accountability and informed policymaking backing energy transition.
They have requested the Export Finance for Future to report on all their transactions within the scope of the Arrangement on Export Credits.
“We intend to be transparent on the officially supported export credits we provide to transactions in the energy sector. This sector is vital for all economies and public export credits play an important role worldwide, by creating access to reliable, affordable and sustainable energy,” the EU agreed together with Australia, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
“We have therefore requested the Export Finance for Future (E3F) coalition to report on all our related transactions within the scope of the Arrangement on Export Credits, with a breakdown by type of energy,” they said.
The E3F report lays out all relevant transactions notified to the OECD secretariat between 2015 and 2024 and shows a clear phase down of fossil fuel support, with in parallel a huge scale-up of renewable energy financing. Transactions are broken down by year, recipient country and energy sector. The intention is to report annually from now on, an official release from the EU said.
The EU participates in the OECD-hosted Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits, which seeks to foster a level playing field for this type of government-provided financial instrument. Climate-related provisions within the arrangement have been expanding since 2015, creating financial incentives for climate-friendly export credits and banning the financing of coal-fired power plants.
Launched in 2021, the E3F is a coalition of export credit agencies is committed to aligning their export finance policies with climate objectives by increasing support for sustainable projects, phasing out public finance for unabated fossil fuels, and publishing an annual transparency report on their export-finance transactions.
In 2024, the EU proposed to create a ‘coalition of the willing’ transparency exercise for the voluntary disclosure of energy-related transactions.
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