INSIGHTS

Notes from the market

The work is knowing which clients, buyers or partners matter, how they make decisions, and who follows up between meetings.

Home & Lifestyle

OCTOBER 20, 2026

What a $2,800 lamp from Zara Home tells European home brands

A hotel lobby with a glass wall, grey sofas and a white piano on a blue rug

OCTOBER 20, 2026

US home spending holds up while luxury resets

Close-up of wooden dresser drawers with dark round knobs

OCTOBER 7, 2026

A dresser is a compliance decision

Illustration of a quiet New York showroom with folded linens, a rug and an empty chair by a window

SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

Showroom or sales agent? What a New York showroom actually buys a European home brand, and what it doesn't.

Fashion & Textiles

A gold and diamond ring standing in a single shaft of light against a dark background

OCTOBER 19, 2026

The re-set does not stop at the border

Dusk over Lisbon rooftops toward the 25 de Abril bridge and the Tagus river

OCTOBER 17, 2026

Own the relationship or rent it

Louis Vuitton storefront in warm interior light

OCTOBER 13, 2026

LVMH's uneven quarter leaves a US signal

Editorial illustration of folded cotton fabric, thread and blank records

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026

The file behind the fabric: a two-market traceability checklist for textile brands

Trade Policy & Customs

Close-up of a computer motherboard, used as illustrative photography

OCTOBER 13, 2026

An export-control change starts before the shipment

Teal and warm coral fabric rolls and draped textiles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

The code behind the collection

Close-up of threads running through an industrial weaving loom

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026

When Made in USA is the tariff hedge

Illustration of folded fabric bolts and a cotton branch with an origin document tag, in espresso and ochre tones

SEPTEMBER 24, 2026

Proof of origin is now part of the sale: what US forced-labor enforcement means for European textile and home brands

Illustration of customs documents and a parcel against a map of Europe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2026

Europe Rewrote Its Customs Rulebook. You Have Twelve Months.

Setting up in the US

Warm light and black-framed partitions in an empty office interior

OCTOBER 8, 2026

Before the lease: does your company need a US office?

Warehouse aisle lined with stacked cartons and shelves

OCTOBER 6, 2026

The first order has to finance the second

Two attendees talking at a formal business networking reception

SEPTEMBER 26, 2026

The membership is not the strategy: making a chamber of commerce earn its dues

Illustration of Atlantic trade routes linking ports in Europe and North America