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Primark boss defends practices as budget fashion brand eyes expansion

DUBLIN: Ireland-based budget fashion chain Primark has been criticised for its record on workers’ rights and the...

Published 28 Nov, 2024 02:55pm

Life & Style

Zara owner boosts fast fashion flights from India to avoid shipping delays

Apparel retailers have increased use of air freight since Red Sea disruption

Published 20 Nov, 2024 02:48pm

World

Post-revolution Bangladesh protests cost garment industry $400mn

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s vital garment industry lost $400 million due to unrest following the student-led revolution that...

Updated 20 Oct, 2024 11:25pm

Life & Style

Zara to offer its secondhand clothes service in US by October

MADRID: Zara will offer its service for selling, repairing or donating secondhand clothes in the United States by...

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:27pm

Life & Style

Zara owner Inditex posts record profit for first half

MADRID: Zara owner Inditex, the world’s biggest fashion retailer, posted a record net profit for the first half of...

Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:36pm

Life & Style

Zara owner Inditex boosted by pick-up in Spring sales

MADRID: Zara owner Inditex reported a pick-up in recent sales from its Spring/Summer collections, boosting its...

Published 05 Jun, 2024 02:04pm

Business & Finance

Zara-owner Inditex first Spring sales rise 11pc on upmarket fashion bet

MADRID: Zara-owner Inditex said on Wednesday its sales jumped 11% in constant currency for the first-half of the...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 06:30am

Life & Style

Clothing giant Shein in focus as France targets fast fashion

SHANGHAI: With jaw-droppingly low prices and a seemingly endless selection of trendy clothes, Shein has taken the...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 01:55pm

Life & Style

Significant cultural moments that dominated headlines in 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, it is with a somber mood that we look back to reflect on the highs and lows of the past...

Updated 28 Dec, 2023 09:26pm

Life & Style

Zara regrets ‘misunderstanding’, removes controversial posts

Spanish fashion brand has come under heavy criticism for its recent campaign that users said depicted current devastation in Gaza

Published 12 Dec, 2023 07:00pm

Life & Style

Zara pulls advert from website front page after Gaza boycott calls

MADRID/LONDON: Zara pulled an advertising campaign featuring mannequins with missing limbs and statues wrapped in...

Updated 12 Dec, 2023 07:08pm

Life & Style

Spanish fashion brand Zara faces backlash over Instagram posts ‘depicting Gaza devastation’

Advertorial invokes criticism for 'insensitivity' at a time when over 18,000 Palestinians have lost their lives to Israeli aggression

Published 11 Dec, 2023 04:46pm

Life & Style

Six recycling innovations that could change fashion

PARIS: The fashion industry’s enormous waste problem is pushing governments, particularly in Europe, towards...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 12:45pm

World

Global fashion factories in Bangladesh resigned to slimmer margins ahead of wage hike

DHAKA/NEW DELHI: Several clothing factory owners in global fashion manufacturing hub Bangladesh are asking clients...

Updated 08 Nov, 2023 01:36pm

World

Bus torched as Bangladesh set to declare new minimum wage

DHAKA: Police fired tear gas at thousands of workers who set a bus on fire outside Bangladesh’s capital Tuesday,...

Updated 07 Nov, 2023 03:47pm

Life & Style

Bangladesh protests halt production for top fashion brands: union

DHAKA: Levi’s and H&M are among top global clothing brands to suffer production halts in Bangladesh, a garment...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 05:16pm

Business & Finance

Zara owner Inditex posts 40pc profit jump as price rises slow

MADRID: Zara owner Inditex on Wednesday beat expectations with a 40% jump in half-year profit despite the world’s...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Life & Style

H&M to sell second-hand clothes at London store

LONDON: H&M plans to sell second-hand clothes and accessories at its flagship store in London from Oct. 5, as...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 03:11pm

Life & Style

Zara founder Ortega’s real estate fortune hit $20bn in 2022

MADRID: The investment firm of Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega, the founder of fashion giant Inditex, on Thursday...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 03:27pm

Life & Style

Fashion retailers resilient despite consumer fears

LONDON: A strong start to June for Sweden’s H&M and the return to profitability at online fashion retailer ASOS...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 02:48pm

Life & Style

In the background, Inditex heiress sets tone for Zara revamp

MADRID: A year into chairing the world's biggest fashion retailer, Marta Ortega is trying to shake up Zara owner...

Published 31 Mar, 2023 02:23pm

Business & Finance

Zara owner Inditex posts record profit

MADRID: Zara owner Inditex, the world’s biggest fashion retailer, reported record profits for 2022 despite halting...

Published 15 Mar, 2023 03:53pm

Business & Finance

Inditex profit jumps as retailer lifts prices

MADRID: Zara owner Inditex posted a 24% increase in net profit for the first nine months of its fiscal year, as ...

Published 19 Dec, 2022 06:00am

Business & Finance

Zara owner’s profits jump despite Russia closures

MADRID: Zara owner Inditex reported Wednesday a surge in profits for the first half of the year despite rising costs...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 05:45am

Business & Finance

Analysis: Price hikes test Zara owner Inditex's ability to stay in fashion

MADRID: Zara owner Inditex's strong first-half results show its strategy of raising prices since early 2022 paying...

Published 15 Sep, 2022 03:10pm

Life & Style

Fashion retailer H&M joins TJX, others in exiting Russia

STOCKHOLM: the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Monday it had decided to wind down its business in...

Published 18 Jul, 2022 04:27pm

Business & Finance

H&M sees boosted sales but Russian closures start to weigh

STOCKHOLM: Swedish clothing giant H&M said on Thursday its revenue increased in the first quarter but its ...

Published 04 Apr, 2022 05:38am

Business & Finance

Zara owner Inditex says temporarily closing shops in Russia

MADRID: Spanish clothing giant Inditex, which owns Zara, announced Saturday it was temporarily closing hundreds of...

Published 07 Mar, 2022 06:07am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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