Global market review of lingerie

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2016 edition of this long-standing report provides - as ever - the complete retail market statistics and forecasts for the global lingerie market. This edition also focuses on the US and Chinese markets, analyses lingerie's supply chain and provides market shares for key brands and retailers.

Report extracts:

The report estimates the world lingerie retail market value for 2016 at US$29.57bn. Europe accounts for US$11.67bn of the total, and North America for US$7.93bn. Together they have a combined share of 66.3% of the world total. The percentage share held by Asia is 20.4%, and the combined share of South America and the rest of the World is 13.3%.

Brands (retail or manufacturer) resonate with consumers because they trust them. They trust them for fit and hence they are loyal to them. Therefore, hanging on to brands that the consumer believes in is vital. Hanes have done it very well in both North America and Europe with different brand names. Triumph have done it well in both Europe and Asia with the same names.

The world bra market for 2016 is worth US$16.42bn. Bras account for 55.5% of the world lingerie market. Europe and North America together have a combined percentage share of 68.7%. This exceeds the percentage share of lingerie as a whole, and indicates that bras are less important as a woman's purchase in the other continental regions. In unit terms, bra sales are 1596m units per year.

The future of distribution lies in organised retail. The dis-organised markets in the developing world are being eroded. That means for a brand being stocked in well-known retailers and for a retailer having either own brands or manufacturer brands that are trusted. The decisions on what to stock, either going forwards up the supply chain, of backwards down it, is one of the most important decisions to be made in this business.

The world briefs market is quantified in US$ billions value for 2016 at US$9.90bn. This represents 33.5% of the total lingerie market. In unit terms, briefs sales are 5260m units per year.

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Global Market Review of Lingerie 2016 - Forecasts to 2022

DUBLIN, Dec 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Market Review of Lingerie - Forecasts to 2022" report to their offering.

The 2016 edition of this long-standing report provides - as ever - the complete retail market statistics and forecasts for the global lingerie market. This edition also focuses on the US and Chinese markets, analyses lingerie's supply chain and provides market shares for key brands and retailers.

Report extracts:

- Europe accounts for US$11.67bn of the total, and North America for US$7.93bn. Together they have a combined share of 66.3% of the world total. The percentage share held by Asia is 20.4%, and the combined share of South America and the rest of the World is 13.3%

- Brands (retail or manufacturer) resonate with consumers because they trust them. They trust them for fit and hence they are loyal to them. Therefore, hanging on to brands that the consumer believes in is vital. Hanes have done it very well in both North America and Europe with different brand names. Triumph have done it well in both Europe and Asia with the same names

- The world bra market for 2016 is worth US$16.42bn. Bras account for 55.5% of the world lingerie market. Europe and North America together have a combined percentage share of 68.7%. This exceeds the percentage share of lingerie as a whole, and indicates that bras are less important as a woman's purchase in the other continental regions. In unit terms, bra sales are 1596m units per year

- The future of distribution lies in organised retail. The dis-organised markets in the developing world are being eroded. That means for a brand being stocked in well-known retailers and for a retailer having either own brands or manufacturer brands that are trusted. The decisions on what to stock, either going forwards up the supply chain, of backwards down it, is one of the most important decisions to be made in this business

- The world briefs market is quantified in US$ billions value for 2016 at US$9.90bn. This represents 33.5% of the total lingerie market. In unit terms, briefs sales are 5260m units per year

Key Topics Covered:

Executive summary

Chapter 1: The world lingerie market, 2016

Chapter 2: The world lingerie market, US$bn and units, 2022

Chapter 3: Time lines and growth percentages between key dates

Chapter 4: Selected markets in focus

Chapter 5: Retail market analysis of lingerie

Chapter 6: Product analysis of lingerie

Chapter 7: Consumer analysis of lingerie

Chapter 8: Lingerie supply chain analysis

Chapter 9: Brands and own label retailers

Chapter 10: Key world lingerie industry players

Chapter 11: The future of the global lingerie industry

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[PICS] Irina Shayk Pregnant: Flaunts Cute Baby Bump In Lingerie-Inspired Dress

Irina Shayk is pregnant with Bradley Cooper’s baby and she is one stunning mom-to-be! Showing off her newfound pregnancy curves immediately after she wowed on the Victoria’s Secret runway, the Russian model posed in front of cameras in a silk lacy slip dress that allowed her tiny baby bump to poke through. Check out the star’s sexy maternity look here!

What a goddess! Irina Shayk, 30, and Bradley Cooper, 41, are expecting a baby together, which was announced shortly after the Russian model slayed at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show in Paris on Nov. 30! It was Irina’s debut show for the lingerie empire and we love how she ALSO debuted her gorgeous tiny bump on the runway â€" talk about an epic surprise!

Irina Shayk is pregnant with Bradley Cooper’s baby thats why she was so covered up at the show pic.twitter.com/D21zNdy26p

â€" khaleesi (@couturetits) November 30, 2016

But even after the VS show ended, Irina continued to blow fans away with her post-runway look, and we seriously couldn’t get enough! The brunette beauty, who’s been romantically linked to Bradley since May 2015, stepped out in fierce thigh-high black boots and a bust-enhancing slinky striped slip dress. Her frock of choice, which was much more conservative compared to some of her fellow models’, featured horizontal black and white stripes, thick straps, and lace detailing.

Irina Shayk & Bradley Cooper: See Adorable Pics Of The Hot Hollywood Couple 

And while the cat was already out of the bag after the model’s stint on the runway, Irina may have been trying to conceal her early pregnancy with her flowy dress. Either way though, her bump was definitely visible and she definitely was glowing! During the show, Irina tried to remain concealed as much as possible as she sported a trench coat over one lingerie look and a fringe robe other another.

Apparently the Victoria’s Secret angel is “so excited” about becoming a mom, according to E! News, and we are so excited FOR her and Bradley! After all, the two are reportedly head-over-heels in love and get along very well together. We can’t wait to see more of Irina’s fabulous maternity looks in the near future!

Tell us, HollywoodLifers â€" are you excited for Irina and Bradley? Do you love her maternity style already?

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'Cosmo' calls Victoria's Secret lingerie

Social Justice Warriors received blowback for calling the Victoria’s Secret Show racist. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Social Justice Warriors received blowback after claiming that everything is racist. This time, the Victoria Secret Fashion Show has invoked cultural appropriation.

On Wednesday, Helin Jung wrote in Cosmopolitan Magazine that Victoria’s Secret lingerie featured in the fashion show was racist. After a series of criticism from the internet, the article was pulled from the women’s magazine.

The theme of the fashion show was intended to celebrate cultures from around the world, but that’s now how Jung took it.

“(The Victoria’s Secret show was a) brazen attempt to re-label what is clearly cultural appropriation,” said the Cosmopolitan writer.

Cosmopolitan pulled their SJW article (Screenshot)

Jung continued by slamming the company for over glamorizing native cultures and benefitting from their unique cultures, despite the fact that most people who work for Victoria’s Secret are white.

“The fact is that even as the world gets more connected, a sexist, patriarchal, mostly white corporation continues to take what it wants for its own gain,” she continued. “Thongs that don’t have cultural references.”

It’s unclear if Victoria’s Secret, which advertises in Cosmopolitan, complained about the article or threatened to pull funds or access to their future fashion shows.

Either way, it’s about time that a social justice warrior’s search for racism for was shut down.

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[PICS] Irina Shayk Pregnant: Flaunts Cute Baby Bump In Lingerie-Inspired Dress

Irina Shayk is pregnant with Bradley Cooper’s baby and she is one stunning mom-to-be! Showing off her newfound pregnancy curves immediately after she wowed on the Victoria’s Secret runway, the Russian model posed in front of cameras in a silk lacy slip dress that allowed her tiny baby bump to poke through. Check out the star’s sexy maternity look here!

What a goddess! Irina Shayk, 30, and Bradley Cooper, 41, are expecting a baby together, which was announced shortly after the Russian model slayed at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show in Paris on Nov. 30! It was Irina’s debut show for the lingerie empire and we love how she ALSO debuted her gorgeous tiny bump on the runway â€" talk about an epic surprise!

Irina Shayk is pregnant with Bradley Cooper’s baby thats why she was so covered up at the show pic.twitter.com/D21zNdy26p

â€" khaleesi (@couturetits) November 30, 2016

But even after the VS show ended, Irina continued to blow fans away with her post-runway look, and we seriously couldn’t get enough! The brunette beauty, who’s been romantically linked to Bradley since May 2015, stepped out in fierce thigh-high black boots and a bust-enhancing slinky striped slip dress. Her frock of choice, which was much more conservative compared to some of her fellow models’, featured horizontal black and white stripes, thick straps, and lace detailing.

Irina Shayk & Bradley Cooper: See Adorable Pics Of The Hot Hollywood Couple 

And while the cat was already out of the bag after the model’s stint on the runway, Irina may have been trying to conceal her early pregnancy with her flowy dress. Either way though, her bump was definitely visible and she definitely was glowing! During the show, Irina tried to remain concealed as much as possible as she sported a trench coat over one lingerie look and a fringe robe other another.

Apparently the Victoria’s Secret angel is “so excited” about becoming a mom, according to E! News, and we are so excited FOR her and Bradley! After all, the two are reportedly head-over-heels in love and get along very well together. We can’t wait to see more of Irina’s fabulous maternity looks in the near future!

Tell us, HollywoodLifers â€" are you excited for Irina and Bradley? Do you love her maternity style already?

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Staff At A Melbourne Lingerie Store Are Protesting Against Sexist Work Conditions

The company's handbook directs female employees to "pout" at male customers.

A group of young workers have staged a protest today targeting the Australian lingerie chain Honey Birdette, which has been accused by current and former staff of encouraging sexual harassment.

The protest was held outside Honey Birdette’s Melbourne Central store and follows a petition started by a former employee that claimed staff were “sexually harassed and intimidated by customers â€" and when these women spoke up, management told them to suck it up.” The petition, which also accuses the company of enforcing a sexist dress code, has been signed by 5,000 people.

Staff have also expressed concern at the the company’s staff handbook which directs women to “pout” at male customers.

Photo credit: Young Workers Centre

Today’s protest included testimonials from Honey Birdette staff, documenting their negative experiences in the workplace. “We were told we were there as ‘sex kittens’,” one testimonial read. “They make you go up to women and couples and sell them sex toys and say vulgar things to them even if [the customers] say no,” read another.

One former staff member said that the company forced staff to wear high heels and stockings, which they had to purchase from the store.

Photo credit: Young Workers Centre

Material distributed at the protest said that workers at Honey Birdette were “bullied and intimidated by management for not having perfectly applied lipstick or wanting to wear flat shoes instead of high heels â€" even for safety reasons.” They also “face sexual harassment and intimidation from customers, and are pressured by management to work countless hours of unpaid overtime to make sales.”

Employees also raised concerns around the company’s official staff handbook called “The Little Black Book”. The handbook, seen by Junkee, describes how staff are expected to dress and interact with customers.

The handbook describes retail staff as “showgirls”. Dress guidelines include requirements that staff wear red lipstick and high heels to “complete the showgirl experience”. Nails must either be red, black or nude and staff are reminded that “ladies talk with our hands”.

An excerpt from the company’s “Little Black Book”

According to the handbook, being a “Honey” (staff member) is more than a job, it’s a “lifestyle”. Staff are also encouraged to use phrases like “Kinky cats”, “Sadistic sweethearts”, “Spank me if I’m wrong” and “Come hither”.

A specific section on male customers directs staff to greet them with a “killer pout”.

The issue of sexual harassment in retail workplaces isn’t unique to one specific company. An investigate feature published by Fairfax last week highlighted how common it is across the industry.

The article pointed out that there have been no public campaigns targeting this kind of behaviour despite the fact the law was changed five years ago to explicitly prohibit customers sexually harassing employees.

Today’s protest was supported by the Young Workers Centre. Keelia Fitzpatrick, the centre’s coordinator, said “Honey Birdette claims to be about ’empowering women’ â€" but the only people Honey Birdette are empowering are customers who want to sexually harass women.

“We’ve had many women contact us to speak out about these awful workplace practices, but what’s really alarming is how many of these women are speaking to us anonymously. There’s a real culture of fear among the workers at Honey Birdette. It’s time for Honey Birdette to practice what they preach and empower staff to stand up for safety.”

Junkee has contacted Honey Birdette for comment.

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Heidi Klum Poses for the Cover of Ocean Drive Magazine

It’s the end of November, which means while the rest of us slowly begin to recover from the post-Thanksgiving Day bloat, the Victoria’s Secret girls are busy taking Paris by storm. And while OG Angel Heidi Klum won’t be amongst the lingerie-clad ladies bringing the longstanding runway show abroad this year, the model has never lost her love of strutting around in next to nothing. In fact, in her latest cover interview for >Ocean Drive magazine, Klum discusses her preference for nudity, what she looks for in a good set of lingerie, and confesses that even though she poses in the buff professionally that doesn’t mean she hasn’t had her fair share of insecurities.

In her interview with writer Carla Torres, the lingerie designer talks about her clothing-optional upbringing saying, “I grew up going to nude beaches with my parents, so I’m a nudist. I have no problems with nudity at all. I’m very free. When I go to the beach, it’s in a very remote place where there are not a lot of people, and I like to go topless.” But although she’d prefer to go au naturel, Klum’s days spent modeling for VS still taught her a thing or two about what makes a great pair of underwear. But when it comes to what’s sexy in the underpinnings department, she insists, “Everyone should do what they want to do, [even if it’s] thigh-high stockings and a garter belt that shows a little bit when you sit at the dinner table.” She continued, “I don’t think that’s vulgar. I feel comfortable and don’t care if someone sees my nipples necessarily â€" it’s okay to see the nipple! But not everyone feels comfortable with that.”

>RELATED PHOTOS: TMI … Too Much Instagram!

And given her penchant for going topless, it should come as no surprise that for Klum the best lingerie is all about celebrating whatever you’ve got. “I love a natural shape,” she says, “I don’t love big push-up bras and boobs right under your neck! That was yesterday. I thought we need to do something different for the super sexy girls who have lots of push-up bras but also love no lining inside, where it’s all lace. My whole slogan, what I tell my design team, is always ‘more boobs, less bra.'”

Though Klum obviously has a ton of confidence, posing in front of all those cameras in just her underwear, that doesn’t mean she hasn’t still experienced some self-doubt. She tells the magazine, “When you’re a normal girl from a small town and no one really takes note of you, and then all of a sudden you’re walking down a catwalk in your lingerie and on the cover of Sports Illustrated and all these people are turning their heads when you go into a restaurant and pointing their finger at you saying, ‘She’s not as pretty in person as she is in photos,’ you get a little insecure. You always get judged, so you have to learn how to handle that.”

The model has also been told, “That I’m too curvy. Too feminine. I got that a lot. That I should be skinnier. And that I’m not edgy enough and a little too happy half of the time. Everyone was always telling me maybe I should skip a meal or I should go on these [diet] pills.” But Heidi doesn’t let the haters get her down, adding, “I just always stuck to my guns and thought either they want me the way I am or this is not the right job for me.” Good advice for both professional lingerie wearers and novices alike.

What do you think of Heidi’s cover shoot and interview? Sound off below!

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Heidi Klum’s Lingerie Motto: ‘More Boobs, Less Bra’

It’s the end of November, which means while the rest of us slowly begin to recover from the post-Thanksgiving Day bloat, the Victoria’s Secret girls are busy taking Paris by storm. And while OG Angel Heidi Klum won’t be amongst the lingerie-clad ladies bringing the longstanding runway show abroad this year, the model has never lost her love of strutting around in next to nothing. In fact, in her latest cover interview for >Ocean Drive magazine, Klum discusses her preference for nudity, what she looks for in a good set of lingerie, and confesses that even though she poses in the buff professionally that doesn’t mean she hasn’t had her fair share of insecurities.

In her interview with writer Carla Torres, the Heidi Klum Intimates designer talks about her clothing-optional upbringing saying, “I grew up going to nude beaches with my parents, so I’m a nudist. I have no problems with nudity at all. I’m very free. When I go to the beach, it’s in a very remote place where there are not a lot of people, and I like to go topless.” But although she’d prefer to go au naturel, Klum’s days spent modeling for VS still taught her a thing or two about what makes a great pair of underwear. But when it comes to what’s sexy in the underpinnings department, she insists, “Everyone should do what they want to do, thigh-high stockings and a garter belt that shows a little bit when you sit at the dinner table.” She continued, “I don’t think that’s vulgar. I feel comfortable and don’t care if someone sees my nipples necessarily â€" it’s okay to see the nipple! But not everyone feels comfortable with that.”

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And given her penchant for going topless, it should come as no surprise that for Klum the best lingerie is all about celebrating whatever you’ve got. “I love a natural shape,” she says, “I don’t love big push-up bras and boobs right under your neck! That was yesterday. I thought we need to do something different for the super sexy girls who have lots of push-up bras but also love no lining inside, where it’s all lace. My whole slogan, what I tell my design team, is always ‘more boobs, less bra.'”

Though Klum obviously has a ton of confidence, posing in front of all those cameras in just her underwear, that doesn’t mean she hasn’t still experienced some self-doubt. She tells the magazine, “When you’re a normal girl from a small town and no one really takes note of you, and then all of a sudden you’re walking down a catwalk in your lingerie and on the cover of Sports Illustrated and all these people are turning their heads when you go into a restaurant and pointing their finger at you saying, ‘She’s not as pretty in person as she is in photos,’ you get a little insecure. You always get judged, so you have to learn how to handle that.”

The model has also been told, “That I’m too curvy. Too feminine. I got that a lot. That I should be skinnier. And that I’m not edgy enough and a little too happy half of the time. Everyone was always telling me maybe I should skip a meal or I should go on these pills.” But Heidi doesn’t let the haters get her down, adding, “I just always stuck to my guns and thought either they want me the way I am or this is not the right job for me.” Good advice for both professional lingerie wearers and novices alike.

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| Heidi | Klum’s | Lingerie | Motto: | ‘More | Boobs, | Less | Bra’ | It’s | November | which means | while | rest | slowly | begin | recover | from | post | Thanksgiving | bloat< | Victoria’s | Secret< | girls are | busy taking | Paris | storm< | Angel Heidi | Klum< | won’t | amongst | the lingerie | clad | ladies | bringing | longstanding | runway | show | abroad | this | year | model | has never lost | love | strutting | around | next | nothing | fact | latest | cover | interview | >RELATED | PHOTOS: TMI | Much | Instagram!< | strong>< | p> And | given | penchant | going | topless | should | come | surprise that | Klum | best | lingerie | about | celebrating | whatever | you’ve | “I | natural | shape | says | don’t | push | bras | boobs | right | under | your | neck! | That | yesterday | thought | need | something | different | super | sexy | girls | have | lots | also | lining | inside | where | it’s | lace | whole | slogan | what | tell | design | team | always | ‘more | less | ”< | p> Though Klum | obviously has | confidence | posing in | front | those | cameras | just | underwear | that | doesn’t | mean | hasn’t | still | experienced | some self | doubt | tells | magazine |  “When | you’re | normal | girl | small | town | really | takes | note | then | sudden | walking | down | catwalk | of Sports | Illustrated< | em> and | these | people | turning | their | heads | when | into | restaurant | pointing | finger | saying | ‘She’s | pretty | person | photos | little | insecure | judged | learn | handle | p> The | been | told | “That | I’m | curvy | feminine | skinnier | edgy | enough | happy | half | time | Everyone | telling | maybe | skip | meal | pills | haters | adding | stuck | guns | either | they | want | Good | advice for both | professional | wearers | novices | alike | p> What | think | Heidi’s | shoot | Sound | below!< | p> |

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