After New York and London, Japanese clothing retail giant Uniqlo brings its battle with European rivals H&M and Zara to the French capital, Paris, as it opens its first store in a busy shopping district around the world-famous Garnier Opera house.
In Falls Church, Virginia, more and more parents are hiring image consultants to give their daughters a make-over that will help them gain in self-confidence and fit in at school.
French consumer prices fell by 0.5 percent in June, according to official data released Thursday. This marks a deflationary step for the second month running, but shows a monthly rise of 0.1 percent for the past year.
Fashion is an unpredictable industry which takes time to blossom. How will the fashion business look in the future? Who will invest in it? FRANCE 24 finds out.
Advertisers get closer everyday to consumers. They watch and even film you as you do your everyday shopping, in order to build up information on your consumer behaviour. Intrusion or marketing? The debate is open.
The US Senate has adopted a new law aimed at protecting the public against predatory credit card schemes. The bill seeks to shield consumers from misleading small print in card contracts, to set credit limits and to fairly allocate payments.
Today, people want low-cost fashion and fast delivery. Consumers have become a key players. With such changes, mass markets have to be reactive. FRANCE 24 finds out how.
There is plenty more fish in the sea the old saying goes, but there are in fact less and less of them, with some species facing extinction. This week 'Environment' looks at the fate of the bluefin tuna and the problems in Lake Victoria.
US consumer prices fell 0.1 percent in March from the previous month and declined 0.4 percent from a year ago, the first annual drop in 54 years.The decrease was due to a downturn in energy prices, particularly gasoline prices.
According to Chinese state media, the government in Beijing is drawing up a new economic stimulus plan, this time based on consumption rather than investment, amid signs that economic data for the first quarter is better than expected.
