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Revolt of the “yellow vests” causes 1 billion retail loss in France

The “gilets jaunes” (yellow vests) are taking a heavy toll on French retail. Retailers have lost approximately 1 billion euros (1.13 billion US dollars) since the protests began around a month ago, according to a statement by the French Retail Federation. “We must expect a new slowdown of economic growth at year-end due to the yellow vest...

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Fashion in the news: the power of yellow vests

Every Friday, FashionUnited selects the most interesting reads about the fashion industry published across US and international news outlets. Here’s what you may have missed: The importance of fashion for political protests Protesters wearing yellow vests have taken France by storm since November. Initially motivated by a sharp increase in...

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Paris retailers evacuate stores, protests jeopardizing holiday sales

Fashion retailers such as Galeries Lafayette, Printemps, Zara and Mango had to evacuate customers and shut their doors last Saturday (December 1) as the third weekend of protests in Paris became violent. About 5,000 gilets jaunes (“yellow vests”) marched down the famous avenue on Saturday, manifesting their discontent about a new fuel policy and...