Fashion
Munich Fabric Start brings all trade show formats to the MOC

Published
August 26, 2025
All under one roof: Munich Fabric Start is in the gearing up for its next edition from September 2 to 3. 600 international exhibitors will present their latest products for fall/winter 2026/27 at the Munich fabric fair with around 1,200 collections.
For the first time, the core trade fair will be held exclusively at the MOC together with its satellite concepts, denim trade fair Bluezone, innovation hub Keyhouse, and The Source.
The trade fair ensemble will thus consolidate its role as the central platform for the European fashion industry and continue to present itself as a comprehensive one-stop sourcing solution for designers, product managers, and fashion professionals.
This edition’s focus topics are internationality, cooperation, and sustainability. The spectrum of topics ranges from trend-setting colour and material trends for autumn/winter 2026/27 to new and returning international exhibitors from the fields of textiles, ingredients, finishing, and sourcing. It will also feature a highly informative edutainment program with leading industry experts weighing in on current market topics.
“We are looking forward to an event that combines diversity and quality like no other – with an impressive line-up of international manufacturers from all fashion segments,” says trade fair director Florian Klinder.

“Global networking, fresh ideas from cross-industry collaborations, paired with innovative technologies and creative solutions – this is our formula for success for the future. The even closer integration of our trade fair formats creates a stage where exchange, inspiration, and joint progress are not only possible but inevitable. We hope that the entire industry will feel the fresh dynamic and actively shape it,” says Klinder.
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is going on the Textile & Apparel Roadshow to present the diversity of African textile expertise with a joint stand under the motto “Sourcing in Africa”. Ten companies from Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, and Senegal will be represented, as well as three institutions and industry associations, including AMITH, AMDIE from Morocco, and the Chamber of Apparel and Home Textile from Egypt.
The Sigmaringen Fashion College is organising an interactive upcycling project together with Mountek, Gunold, and Reiner Knochel. From design to fabric and thread selection to production on a high-tech embroidery machine, visitors can create their own individual patch live at the event, using fabric remnants and vintage denim.

With “Nexus,” Bluezone wants to set a strong trend and focus on cooperation. Nexus is a space for connection, exchange, and inspiration. According to Munich Fabric Start, the word stands for the moment when people, ideas, technologies, and industries come together, innovation emerges, and new impulses are born.
The collaborative project Homegrown Denim Legends will also be on show, in which Bluezone puts the spotlight on influential denim makers and brands from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Among others, Loeb Strauss (founder of Levi’s, born in Buttenheim), Erwin O. Licher (creator of three German denim brands), and Ruedi Karrer will be in attendance with rare vintage pieces from German and GDR denim brands.
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Canada, Brazil to resume Canada-Mercosur FTA talks in October

The bloc also includes Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, while the process of Bolivia turning a full-time member is under way.
Canada and Brazil, which now holds the rotating presidency of the Mercosur bloc, recently announced that they will resume talks for an FTA that have been stalled since 2021.
Canada’s renewed interest in restarting talks with Mercosur is due to the uncertainty caused by US tariffs.
The bloc also includes Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, while the process of Bolivia turning a full-time member is under way.
“We have directed our senior trade officials to engage in discussions, including a meeting of chief negotiators in early October, in order to resume free trade agreement negotiations,” Brazil and Canada said in a joint statement.
Canada’s renewed interest in restarting talks with Mercosur is due to the uncertainty caused by tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. Talks between Canada and Mercosur have been stalled since 2021.
“At a time when rules-based trading is being threatened, we need to stand with like-minded partners, as Brazil is, to really build on that structure, to make sure that structure exists, to promote more trade,” Canadian trade minister Maninder Sidhu was quoted as saying by global newswires.
“Brazil and Canada have been affected by measures that distort the legitimate flow of goods and investments, adopted without technical justification,” Brazilian foreign minister Mauro Vieira said.
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Fashion
A summer roundup of news from the beauty industry: amidst flagging results and economic turbulence

Published
August 27, 2025
As summer draws to a close, it’s time to take stock for global beauty players. The 2025 summer season has been marked by mixed financial publications, against a backdrop of slowing consumer spending, markets that have become unpredictable and, above all, the forthcoming rise in customs duties in the United States.
While some companies fared better than others, all had to contend with a more complex economic reality. Here’s a look at the main players in the sector: France’s L’Oréal and the Americans, Coty and Estée Lauder.
Coty in transition, between falling sales and possible asset disposals
The American group Coty saw its sales fall by 4% in its fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, for net sales of $5.89 billion (€5.07 billion). Demand remains weak, particularly in North America, and retailers are clearing their inventories rather than placing new orders. The group has indicated that it is going through a “transition year” and is counting on a return to growth in the second half of fiscal 2026.
Faced with this tense economic situation, Coty has launched a new phase of transformation called All-in to Win, which involves restructuring around 700 jobs. At the same time, market speculation has been circulating since June about a possible sale of assets, notably in luxury and consumer cosmetics. France’s Interparfums may be in the running.
Estée Lauder deepens losses and accelerates restructuring
For the other American giant, Estée Lauder, the results published at the end of August were particularly alarming. The group recorded a net loss of $546 million in the fourth quarter of its 2025 fiscal year, a figure almost double that of last year. This underperformance is largely due to the implementation of a restructuring plan announced in February, the total cost of which is estimated at between $1.2 and $1.6 billion. In all, between 5,800 and 7,000 jobs will be eliminated worldwide.
The general decline in sales, down 8% for the full year to $14.3 billion (€12.3 billion), affected all segments except perfume, which remained stable. The group was particularly hard hit by the collapse of travel retail sales, which fell by 28%.
Despite this, Estée Lauder remains hopeful of a rebound as early as 2026, betting on a gradual recovery, selective price increases, and double-digit growth in e-commerce. However, management anticipates a negative impact of around $100 million from U.S. tariffs in the current financial year.
L’Oréal forges ahead, buoyed by North America
In this tense climate, L’Oréal is doing rather well. At the end of July, the French group published sales up 1.6% to 22.47 billion euros for the first half of 2025, with net income up 1% excluding exceptional items. The United States is positioned as the main contributor to this growth, despite the introduction of new customs duties of up to 15% on cosmetics imported from Europe.
For the moment, management is downplaying the impact of these tariffs, describing the situation as “manageable”. L’Oréal already manufactures half of its products sold in North America in its four local plants, has built up strategic stocks, notably for its luxury and fragrance ranges, and is planning moderate price adjustments.
The group is also continuing to invest and strengthen its position, with the acquisition announced in June of the Color Wow brand, specialized in hair care products. CEO Nicolas Hieronimus says he is “ambitious” for the second half-year, while acknowledging an uncertain economic climate for both businesses and consumers.
While performances are mixed, global beauty players all share one observation: the market has become more volatile, purchasing behavior more unpredictable, and economic pressures increasingly difficult to circumvent.
Inventory adjustments, restructuring, industrial relocation, price increases, or asset disposals… the strategies differ, but all aim to maintain balance in an environment that has become highly unstable.
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Threatened with taxes, the EU rejects accusations of targeting US tech

Published
August 27, 2025
The European Commission on Tuesday rejected US President Donald Trump‘s criticism that EU rules on digital services unfairly target U.S. technology companies. The EU also rejects the idea that these regulations are tantamount to censorship.
Trump wrote on Monday that he would impose additional tariffs on all countries with digital taxes, laws or regulations, claiming they were “all designed to harm or discriminate against American technology”.
During August, the U.S. and EU agreed a joint statement on a deal to limit most U.S. tariffs on EU goods exports to 15%, with no mention of digital services.
The Trump administration has consistently criticized the European Digital Markets Act (DMA), which aims to limit the power of tech giants, and the Digital Services Act (DSA), which obliges major online platforms to fight illegal and harmful content.
The European Commission, which proposed both laws, declared on August 26 that it was the sovereign right of the EU and its member states to regulate economic activities. The Commission strongly refuted Trump’s claim that the EU was targeting US companies, insisting that the DMA and DSA applied to all platforms and companies operating in the Union.
A European spokesperson added that the last three DSA enforcement decisions concerned AliExpress, Temu and TikTok, all of which are owned by Chinese interests. The Commission has also opened DSA investigations into X (formerly Twitter) and Meta.
Accusations that European data laws censor social networks, as asserted by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are “totally false and unfounded,” said the EU spokesperson.
The DSA is not asking platforms to remove content, but to apply their own terms and conditions, which define what should not appear on their platforms.
“And while we’re on the subject, more than 99% of content moderation decisions taken online in the EU are proactively taken by platforms, based on their own terms and conditions,” said the spokesperson.
As FashionNetwork.com noted, this latest U.S.-EU tussle comes at a time when the European Union wants to step up its fight against anti-competitive practices by some major digital platforms, but also intends to lay down a legal framework for the exploitation of artificial intelligence.
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