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Starting from August 1, 2026, a ban on the sale of goods of the fourth wave of the expansion of labeling of light industry — without "Honest Mark" codes - comes into effect. There is one month left until this date. The remains of unmarked goods produced or imported before the entry into force of the requirement must be marked and put into circulation before December 1, 2026. For importers of clothing and textiles, this is the last chance to restore order without fines.

Starting from July 1, 2026, the Honest Sign system disables the old way of checking the marking at the checkout — the X-API-KEY token. Without updating the software, the sales register will not be able to operate correctly in permissive mode when selling labeled goods. The consequences are the blocking of sales of dairy products, tobacco, perfumes, shoes, clothing, medicines, tires, caviar, beer and low—alcohol beverages. You need to update the software today.

Virtual clothing fitting has become available to all users in Russia on Wildberries: the "Try on a thing" button appeared right in the cards, and in the search there is a product filter with a new function. The tool works on neural networks and computer vision and already covers a wide range of fashion categories. Let's look at why this will affect refunds, change the requirements for product cards, and become a new competitive weapon of the marketplace.

The Ivanovo region has become Russia's leader in the share of sellers with high turnover on Wildberries: 53% of the region's entrepreneurs reached the level of 1 million rubles per month, and the share of sellers with turnover over 100 million reached 4%. Against this background, the region retains a strong focus on domestic production — 84% of turnover is provided by Russian goods, primarily clothing and textiles. Experts attribute the dynamics to support programs and the active use of analytic

Russia has proposed to increase customs duties on imported clothing. This decision may change the pricing policy and product range in the market.

We understand why we need certification of clothing and footwear in accordance with TR CU 017/2011, how the procedure works and how to avoid risks when entering the EAEU market.

DPD summed up the results of August 2025 and told which categories of goods became leaders in terms of shipments. Growth was recorded in the segments of clothing, appliances, jewelry and marketplaces.

Clothing and cosmetics have become market leaders in the marketplaces by the fall. Lamoda and Business Lines note an increase in sales of school supplies and a change in fashion preferences of customers.

Lamoda and Business Lines Research: In August 2025, clothing, cosmetics, and school supplies became the market leaders. The demand for school images increased by 122%.