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Environmental objectives of luxury groups: Who is aiming for what?
Chanel boutique in Dubai. Credits: FashionUnited. By 2040, Chanel is expected to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain. With this goal, the company aligns itself with...
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"Let Them Be Naked" documentary lifts veil on chemical risks in clothing
Documentary Let Them Be Naked Credits: Courtesy Earth Conscious Life + Inside Out LLC As pressure mounts on the fashion industry to confront its environmental and health impacts, designer Jeff Garner...
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The RealReal reports GMV, revenue growth and profitability surge
The RealReal shop-in-shop at Saks. Credits: The RealReal x Saks The RealReal, online marketplace for resale luxury goods, reported a 9 percent increase in gross merchandise value (GMV), reaching 490...
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Primark to enter Middle East via Alshaya Group deal
Rendering of Primark's future store in The Avenues, Kuwait. Credits: Primark. Budget retailer Primark has confirmed plans to enter the Middle East via a new partnership with retail franchise operator,...
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Resale platform Luxe Collective to shutter
Luxe Collective's Liverpool One activation. Credits: Liverpool One. British resale platform Luxe Collective has announced plans to close down its business just seven years into its lifespan. The news...
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Strauss develops degree Course for sustainability and innovation in Bangladesh
CEO Steffen Strauss visited students at AUST in 2020 at the start of the collaboration Credits: Strauss German workwear specialist Strauss has created a new educational course for sustainability and...
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De Beers to close lab-grown diamond brand, Lightbox
Lightbox's lab-grown diamonds. Credits: Lightbox / De Beers Group. Diamond company De Beers Group has announced plans to shutter Lightbox, its lab-grown diamond (LGD) jewellery brand. The company...
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Roberto Cavalli secures new licensing partnership for childrenswear
Arav Group will be the new licensing partner for Roberto Cavalli's childrenswear lines Image: Roberto Cavalli Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli has announced a new licensing partner for...
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Benetton halves losses, focuses on digital restart and rationalises...
Benetton's Castrette facility Credits: Courtesy of Benetton Benetton’s losses were more than halved compared to the previous year, amounting to just under 100 million euros, an improvement of 57.5...
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Black dandyism: Street style stars
Credits: Black Street Style Dandies/©Launchmetrics/spotlight As everyone knows, the theme of this year’s Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Exhibition is ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.’ As...
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Marcolin: Revenues up 1.2 percent in first quarter
Marcolin headquarters Credits: Marcolin Revenue for Italian eyewear company Marcolin increased by 1.2 percent in the first quarter, reaching 147.3 million dollars, compared to the first quarter of...
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Premier Brands Group faces legal dispute from Levi’s over ‘counterfeit...
Credits: Levi's Denim brand Levi Strauss & Co. has filed a legal complaint against Premier Brands Group (PBG) in which it claims the New York-based firm had carried out a “large-scale counterfeit...
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Zara celebrates 50th anniversary with Steven Meisel video
Commemorative video for Zara's 50th anniversary, directed by Steven Meisel and starring 50 iconic models from the fashion world. Credits: Zara, Screenshot. May 9, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of...
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Background: The Gore-Tex brand and the tricky business of PFAS functionality
Adidas' Terrex Agravic Gore-Tex shoes. Credits: Adidas / Gore-Tex. Background The crackdown on PFAS in functional clothing has been widespread in recent years, particularly as their harm to both the...
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Aeffe: Losses widen during Q1 as global slowdown impacts retail and wholesale
Moschino store in Mykonos. Credits: Moschino The board of directors of Italian fashion group Aeffe Spa, which owns Alberta Ferretti, Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini, Moschino and Pollini, approved the...
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Allbirds narrows quarterly losses following shift to distributor model
Allbirds store. Credits: Allbirds Footwear brand Allbirds outlined its results for the first quarter of 2025, one reflective of its transition from a direct selling model to a distributor model across...
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China and US lower mutual tariffs
Chinese and USA flags, image for illustration. Credits: Image generated with AI DALL-E3 image generator. China and the US have trade dispute, agreed to reduce their mutual tariffs. How from a joint...
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Debenhams mulls 125 million pound refinancing under new management
Credits: Courtesy of Debenhams Debenhams Group, formerly Boohoo Group, has said it is considering the refinancing of a 125 million pound revolving credit facility as it continues to embark on a...
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Fashion labels deepen links to Cannes film festival
Naomi Campbell arrives at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Credits: Photo by Valery Hache / AFP Luxury fashion labels are increasingly reaching beyond the red carpets and exclusive...
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Australian organisations team up to develop country’s first National...
Credits: Australian Fashion Council, Facebook The Australian Fashion Council (AFC) and clothing manufacturing company R.M. Williams have established a new partnership to develop what would be...
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Edward Enninful’s EE72 to launch magazine in September
Edward Enninful und Akua Enninful Credits: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott (left), German Larkin (right) EE72, the media and entertainment company co-founded by former British Vogue editor-in-chief...
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Rains opens first Scottish store in Glasgow
Rains Glasgow store Credits: Rains Danish outerwear and lifestyle brand Rains has strengthened its UK retail presence with its first store in Scotland. Located in Glasgow at 203 Ingram Street, within...
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Royal Mint celebrates 150 years of Liberty with commemorative coins
Royal Mint x Liberty commemorative coin Credits: Royal Mint The Royal Mint, which produces UK coins, has launched commemorative coins to celebrate 150 years of the London department store Liberty....
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Burberry unveils fourth collection with Highgrove
In Pictures Highgrove x Burberry collection campaign Credits: Burberry British fashion house Burberry continues its partnership with Highgrove with a new capsule collection celebrating British...
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Waldorf Astoria unveils new uniforms designed by Nicholas Oakwell
In Pictures Waldorf Astoria New York Peacock Alley server uniforms by NO Uniforms Credits: Waldorf Astoria New York Hotel Waldorf Astoria New York has unveiled new uniforms designed by NO Uniform, the...
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Wolford deepens losses again
A Wolford shop. Credits: Wolford Hosiery manufacturer Wolford reported increased losses again in 2024. The bottom line was a loss of 50.7 million euros. In the previous year, Wolford was able to limit...
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18th Bangladesh Denim Expo to Prepare Sector for Post-LDC Period
Industry people at the 18th Bangladesh Denim Expo thinks that the country will continue to be an indispensable global sourcing destination even during the times of tariff and trade wars. Capacity...
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Glenn Martens to debut with couture collection for Maison Margiela
Glenn Martens Credits: Courtesy Otb Group, photographer: Arnaud Lajeunie @ Mini Title More details have emerged regarding Glenn Martens’ highly anticipated debut as creative director of Maison...
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Zara’s 50th birthday becomes day of protest for Inditex employees
Protest by Inditex shop assistants in front of the Zara store on Juan Flórez street in La Coruña on May 9, 2025. Credits: CIG. To mark the 50th anniversary of Zara, employees from various fashion...
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MySize enters circular fashion market with Percentil acquisition
Naiz Fit sizing solutions Credits: MySize MySize, AI-driven sizing solutions and omnichannel e-commerce platform, has announced the acquisition of key assets of Percentil, a marketplace for...
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Cannes: Please don’t go naked on red carpet
Model Bella Hadid is wearing a Saint Laurent dress and Chopard jewellery on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. Credits: Image courtesy of Chopard. The red carpet in Cannes has always been a...
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Wall Street opens with strong gains due to US-China trade truce
New York Stock Exchange building on Wall Street (United States). Credits: NYSE, via Facebook. Washington – The New York Stock Exchange opened this Monday with pronounced gains after the US and China...
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Jacquemus opens summer with pop-up and ‘beach club’ in Ibiza
Pop-up and Jacquemus installation at Casa Jondal, Ibiza (Spain). Credits: Jacquemus. Madrid – The French fashion house Jacquemus kicked off the summer season of 2025 with the opening of a pop-up in...
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Trump maringally lowers US tariff barrier for Temu and co.
Image for visualisation Credits: Jessica Gow / TT NEWS AGENCY / TT News Agency via AFP Even after the temporary easing of the trade dispute, Donald Trump continued to make business difficult in the US...
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Andie acquires Richer Poorer to accelerate growth
Image: Demi Moore x Andie by Drew Escriva US swimwear brand Andie has acquired Richer Poorer, a company specialising in comfortable clothing such as nautical-inspired t-shirts and jumpers, according...
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New concept for Terranova brand: First Riviera 2.0 store in Milan
The Arese store Credits: Gruppo Teddy Terranova, a young and contemporary clothing brand that is part of the Teddy Group, created the new Riviera 2.0 concept store. After recently debuting at the “Il...
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Assouline steps into lifestyle with homeware and fragrance collection
The Library Collection by Assouline Credits: Assouline Assouline, the luxury publisher behind coffee table books on most of the major fashion houses, is stepping into lifestyle with a new collection...
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Report: Saks Global working with advisors on liquidity and financing strategies
Neiman Marcus in New York Credits: Neiman Marcus US luxury department store chain Saks Global enlisted financial and legal consultants to secure its liquidity. As industry magazine Women's Wear Daily...
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Borletti Group acquires minority stake in True Religion
True Religion ‘Own Your True’ campaign starring Anitta Credits: True Religion Investment firm Borletti Group, founded by Maurizio Borletti and Paolo De Spirt, is strengthening its position in the...
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Frasers Group launches retail media network Elevate
Frasers Group Credits: Frasers Group British retail group Frasers Group Plc has launched a new retail media network. Dubbed Elevate, the network is based on the group’s first-party data. It is...
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New Balance comes to Munich and rolls out store conccept further in Germany
In Pictures New Balance flagship in Munich Credits: TDM.Space/ New Balance New Balance is rolling out its new store concept further in Germany and presenting it at a new and an existing location. The...
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On boosts sales by 43 percent, while net profit suffers
On-Flagship in Zürich Credits: On Swiss sportswear and footwear brand On had a strong start to 2025. Revenue continued to rise during the first quarter of 2025, driven by the strength of its...
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LVMH teams up with SKEMA to strengthen luxury retail education
SKEMA students on the Dubai business school campus Credits: SKEMA French luxury conglomerate LVMH is partnering with SKEMA (School of Knowledge Economy and Management) to create a new luxury retail...
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Belstaff appoints Kerry Byrne as new Chief Executive Officer
Credits: Image: Belstaff x Blackhorse Lane Belstaff has a new chief executive officer. The British clothing provider appointed Kerry Byrne to the role of chief executive officer, Belstaff announced...
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Martin Martin opens debut store in Paris
In Pictures Martin Martin Paris store Credits: Martin Martin Fashion brand Martin Martin, founded by Capucine Martin in 2019, has opened its first boutique in Paris. Located at 95 rue de Seine in the...
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AAFA, FDRA and NRF welcome US-China tariff pause, call for long-term deal
Image generated by AI platform DALL·E. Credits: Alicia Reyes Sarmiento // FashionUnited US apparel and footwear trade associations have welcomed the US and China’s 90-day pause on heightened tariffs....
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Lojas Renner reports 59 percent increase in net profit in Q1 and shares rise
Lojas Renner facade at Shopping Villa Lobos Credits: Spartacus Breches Last Friday, May 9, Lojas Renner (LREN3) shares closed on the B3 stock exchange up by 4.92 percentage points, at 16.20 Brazilian...
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WRAP’s Textiles 2030 becomes UK Textiles Pact
Textiles 2023 is now UK Textiles Pact. Credits: WRAP Textiles 2030, the UK’s voluntary initiative supporting businesses and organisations within the fashion and textiles industry, will from now on be...
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Conner Ives among BFC Foundation talent support scheme recipients
Conner Ives, autumn/winter 2025, Ready to Wear Credits: ©Launchmetrics/spotlight The British Fashion Council (BFC) Foundation, the registered charity for the BFC, has named the recipients of its...
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Sales decline at Under Armour: Home market of North America weighs on results
Under Armour in the Netherlands Credits: Under Armour Under Armour concluded fiscal year 2025 with a significant drop in sales. Nevertheless, the US sportswear manufacturer believes that it is well on...
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