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Marguerite LeRolland Industry Manager, Apparel and Footwear
london
French, English
I value fashion and sustainability, overseeing apparel and footwear research across 40+ markets and creating content that answers our clients’ needs across the corporate, government and academic spaces, to establish both immediate and long term strategies.
About Marguerite
As Industry Manager based in Euromonitor's London office, Marguerite oversees all research on apparel and footwear. She is responsible for strategic analysis covering corporate strategies, market and consumer trends, competitive intelligence, retail performance and opportunity analysis across the global fashion industry, with a particular interest in Western Europe.
Marguerite has specialised in the apparel and footwear industry and adjacent areas of designer wear and personal accessories since 2011. Her comments and analysis are regularly quoted in the press, including Business of Fashion, Le Monde, Bloomberg, Vogue Business, The Guardian, Telegraph and WWD. Prior to Euromonitor International, Marguerite worked for five years in Strategic Intelligence and Research firm Evalueserve, in India (2006-2007) and Chile (2008-2010).
Recently Published Work
Top Trends in Global Apparel and Footwear in 2024 and Beyond
Marguerite LeRolland
In 2024, global sales of apparel and footwear are set to experience moderate growth of approximately 2% in constant terms, and expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels by late 2025/early 2026. The impact of inflation remains persistent and will translate into cautious discretionary spending levels.
Gen AI: Game Changer in Sustainable Fashion?
Marguerite LeRolland
As COP28 recently concluded in Dubai, with promising commitments from fashion players, it is undeniable that there has been an acceleration in the pace towards positive change across the industry since the pandemic, with a growing number of market players improving their efforts in terms of diversity and inclusion, while taking measures to address their negative environmental footprint.
What Inflation Pressures Mean for Fashion Supply Chains Today
Marguerite LeRolland
As the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have placed intense stress on global supply chains, purely efficiency-based models have shown their limits in the fashion industry. Since then, luxury and fashion players have pivoted their business models to build their resilience for tomorrow, and beat the impact of inflation, while they also need to anticipate regulatory shifts in terms of sustainability to plan for the future.