Visa and Global Fashion Agenda Back Emerging Designers with Circular Fashion Programme

2 March 2026: Global Fashion Agenda (https://globalfashionagenda.org/) (GFA) and Visa have launched Visa Young Creators: Recycle the Runway (https://globalfashionagenda.org/visa-young-creators-recycle-the-runway/), a programme celebrating and empowering emerging designers to reimagine fashion through innovative circular design. An expert jury joins the programme to review and shortlist applications alongside the official Recycle the Runway Ambassador, Author and Podcaster, Gemma Styles.
Powered by Visa and GFA, the initiative aims to support the transition to a circular fashion system by

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Lindex opens its second store at Helsinki Airport

Lindex opens its second store at Helsinki Airport on 27 February, this time in the departures area. The new store is located near the Schengen gates in a newly constructed commercial area. With this expansion in Finland, Lindex has the opportunity to reach entirely new customer groups and introduce them to the brand’s Swedish design, which combines timeless functionality with a contemporary and joyful expression.
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“We are very excited to open our second store at Helsinki Airport. With this new location, we can introduce Lindex’s inspiring and affordable assortment to entirely new

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New Insights Paper Unpacks Pay Equity in Türkiye’s Fashion Manufacturing Sector

Paris, 12 February 2026: Global Fashion Agenda (https://globalfashionagenda.org/) (GFA) has published a new insights paper, Unpacking Pay Equity in Fashion: Türkiye (https://globalfashionagenda.org/resource/unpacking-pay-equity-in-fashion-turkiye/), examining the drivers of gender pay disparities in one of Europe’s most important fashion sourcing hubs. Launched during a closed-door industry roundtable at the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector in Paris, the insights paper explores how structural factors, including occupational segregation, care responsibilities, and

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H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Full-year report 2025

Fourth quarter (1 September 2025 — 30 November 2025)

· Sales in local currencies increased by 2 percent in the fourth quarter, with 4 percent fewer stores at the end of the quarter compared with the same point in time last year. Converted into SEK, net sales amounted to SEK 59,221 m (62,193). Net sales in SEK were negatively affected by a currency translation effect of around 7 percentage points due to the strengthened Swedish krona.
· Gross profit amounted to SEK 33,084 m (33,942), which corresponds to a gross margin of 55.9 percent (54.6).
· Selling and administrative expenses

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