With the war continuing, Russian troops bombed a theatre in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol yesterday (17 March), Svetlana Melnichenko, president of the Saint Petersburg-based Chambers of Textile and Fashion, noted that Russians were not in the mood to buy new clothes: “It’s spring. It’s time for a usual wardrobe update. But it’s now really quiet at the stores of our small local brands,” she said.
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