Consumer Confidence on Marianne Caroline

US Apparel Prices Outpace Overall Inflation Again

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:07:59 +0000

US consumer prices continued to rise at a steady pace in August 2026, with headline inflation holding at 3.4% year-on-year, unchanged from July. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that energy prices surged 16.3% compared to a year earlier, while core inflation, which excludes the volatile food and energy sectors, rose 2.4%. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the consumer price index increased 0.4% from July.

Dutch Fashion Retail: Inflation Eases as Online Sales Grow

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:05:38 +0000

Dutch Inflation and Fashion Prices in August

Dutch headline inflation on the national consumer price index (CPI) rose to 3.3 percent year-on-year in August 2026, up slightly from 3.2 percent in July, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The increase was driven mainly by prices for goods and services Dutch consumers buy abroad, which were 7.4 percent higher than a year earlier. Within the national CPI basket, clothing and footwear prices rose 1.1 percent year-on-year, up from 0.2 percent in July but still well below the overall inflation rate.

UK Clothing Inflation Stays Low as Retail Sales Rise

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:04:47 +0000

UK clothing inflation remains subdued as headline rate creeps up

UK consumer price inflation ticked higher in August 2026, but clothing and footwear continued to act as a brake on the overall rate. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the headline consumer price index (CPI) rose to 3.1 per cent year-on-year, up from 2.9 per cent in July. That leaves inflation 1.1 percentage points above the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target.