In August 2014, Switzerland's largest trading partner, Germany, reduced about 10% to 2 billion 600 million Swiss francs.

In August 2014, Switzerland's trade development with other European countries was different. Although the growth of pharmaceutical products exported to Ireland was 4 times, the total exports to Europe decreased by 3%.

According to the latest information released by the General Administration of Customs of Swiss Confederation (EZV), in August 2014, Switzerland's exports to the United States increased by 17% to 1 billion 800 million Swiss francs, and exports to Asia also grew by 2.8%, especially for mainland China's exports, which increased by 20.9%, and the increase in exports to North America and Asia could not fully compensate for the decline in exports to Europe.

In August 2014, Swiss exports were stagnant compared with the same period (2013) in the same period. The growth of the list was only 0.5%, which amounted to 14 billion 900 million Swiss francs. The General Administration of Customs of Swiss Confederation indicated that the number of working days in August 2014 decreased by one day compared with that of last year. If there is no such effect, the export list will grow by 5.5% and the real growth will reach 1.4%.

After seasonally adjusted, Swiss exports grew slightly by 0.6% in August 2014, the fourth growth in 5 months, but the growth trend was stagnant and the real growth was also slightly down by 0.7%.

August 2014

Jewellery exports grew by 78%, textiles,

Exports of footwear, food, luxury goods and chemical and pharmaceutical products increased, but exports of machinery and electronics decreased.

Switzerland, August 2014

Exports decreased slightly by 0.2% over the same period last year, to 1 billion 500 million Swiss francs, of which exports to Hongkong (accounting for 18.4% of watches and clocks) decreased by 8.4% to 274 million 500 thousand francs.

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According to statistics, online sales account for 17% of total retail sales in the UK footwear industry.

Also in the UK, new data show that clothing and footwear have become the most popular product of online shopping in the UK because of the increasing popularity of online shopping.

According to Mintel, an international research firm, the fashion business operator helped the British Shopaholic touch the right buttons. This year, the total sales value of British shoes and clothing is expected to reach US $16 billion 240 million, up 14.5% over the same period last year.

At present, the proportion of online shoe and clothing sales in the retail market is 13% higher than that in 2011, and this rate has slowed down since 2012, reaching 19%.

It is predicted that by 2019, sales of online shoes and clothing will reach 19 billion.

Clothing and shoes have already reached the shopping list of online shopping consumers. Of the 10 online shoppers, 1 will choose to buy shoes and clothing online.

Online shopping shoes and clothing consumers mainly concentrated in the age of 25 to 34 years old, accounting for 80%.

Women are the main force of online shopping for shoes and clothing in Britain.

Mintel also pointed out that about 30% of online shopping consumers said that buying shoes and clothing online is very convenient and no longer needs to go to physical stores.

The number of online shoppers is 28% higher than that of physical stores, up 2% from 2013.

Of course, at present, some consumers (12%) only use the Internet as a "browser".

"Online shopping fashion market will continue to grow, because consumers are already accustomed to online shopping."

Tamara Sender, a senior fashion analyst at Mintel, said: "the convenient use of smart phones and tablets helps push consumption, and consumers can place orders whenever and wherever they want."