Pakistan Fashion Price Index: Prices Fell 4.07% in August

1 September 2026

The August reading of the Pakistan Fashion Price Index (PFPI):

Index (March 2026 = 100)	87.16
Month on month	-4.11%
Matched products	67,245

That is the sharpest monthly fall since May, and leaves the index 12.8% below its March base.

The full series:

• March 2026, 100.00 (base)
• April, 99.27 (-0.71%)
• May, 96.43 (-2.81%)
• June, 87.94 (-8.80%)
• July, 90.89 (+3.36%)
• August, 87.16 (-4.11%)

By category:

• Unstitched, 82.09 (-7.03%), the steepest
• Fragrances, 93.28 (-7.26%)
• Bags & accessories, 86.23 (-5.36%)
• Footwear, 84.58 (-4.95%)
• Ready-to-wear, 86.91 (-3.01%)
• Jewellery, 94.84 (-0.69%), the most resilient

The index is built only from products present in both of two consecutive months, so new arrivals and delisted stock are excluded, a changing assortment cannot masquerade as a changing price.

A necessary caveat: Sana Safinaz (-12.86%) and Bonanza Satrangi (-9.94%) fell in August almost entirely because of our own correction, not the market. On 23 August we found both brands' prices were reaching us in a foreign market's currency; fixing that dropped their figures by very close to the same factor. Between them they are 14,393 of the 67,245 matched products, 21% of the sample. Neither brand is quoted in any August brand-level claim.

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Data: TrendCompare 22-brand hourly tracker. The PFPI matches products present in two consecutive months and chains the median price ratio from March 2026 = 100. Stock figures count only products confirmed on the brand's own site within 7 days. Index · methodology.

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Figures updated, 2 September 2026: this story's index numbers were taken from a preliminary (dry) computation. The real run, and the subsequent removal of 2,347 faulty Sapphire rows, moved them slightly, August is 87.16 rather than 87.27, and -4.11% rather than -4.07%. The conclusions are unchanged: August is still the sharpest fall since May, still led by unstitched. These figures now match the index page.