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Richemont starts financial year with sales growth
Richemont headquarters Credits: Richemont Jewellery and watch group Richemont increased sales in the first three months of the 2025/26 financial year. The important Asian market is also showing signs...
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About You reports progress in revenue and earnings after acquisition by Zalando
Image: About You A few days after the acquisition by online retailer Zalando SE, Hamburg-based e-commerce group About You Holding SE (About You) presented its results for the first quarter of the...
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Menswear brand &Sons launches wholesale
&Sons autumn/winter 2025 collection Credits: &Sons British contemporary menswear and lifestyle brand &Sons, which merges vintage and heritage style with modern functionality, is expanding...
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Debrand awarded funding to target plastic apparel waste
Bales of apparel in Debrand's Metro Vancouver warehouse Credits: Debrand Debrand, a Metro Vancouver-based leader in textile sustainability and circularity logistics for top apparel and retail brands...
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Ciele Athletics launches in China with Topsports
Ciele Athletics campaign Credits: Ciele Athletics Montreal-based performance running brand Ciele Athletics has launched in China through an exclusive partnership with Topsports, one of China’s leading...
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Polly Pocket teams up with GCDS
Polly Pocket x GCDS collaboration Credits: Mattel Creations Italian fashion line GCDS is tapping into the collectable toy trend with a special collaboration with Mattel’s Polly Pocket to reconsider...
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China criticises politicisation of global trade
Shiji bridge, Haikou, China Credits: Letian Zhang, Unsplash Following the latest tariff threat from Washington, China indirectly criticised the US in the ongoing trade dispute. Vice premier He Lifeng,...
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Who is Meryll Rogge? The new creative director at Marni
Meryll Rogge during the Andam Award ceremony in 2025. Credits: ANDAM BACKGROUND After several years behind the scenes, Meryll Rogge is stepping into the spotlight. The Belgian designer recently won...
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Kurt Geiger launching bespoke handbag service
Kurt Geiger ‘One-Of-A-Kind’ bespoke handbag service Credits: Kurt Geiger London-based accessories and footwear brand Kurt Geiger is expanding into luxury personalisation with the launch of a...
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Former Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri receives honorary doctorate from UCA
Marco Bizzarri has a career spanning over 35 years in the fashion industry Credits: Courtesy of Elisabetta Franchi Usa The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) has awarded an honorary doctorate to...
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Von Dutch is expanding into the food and beverage market
Von Dutch F&B – Soda Credits: Von Dutch F&B Fashion brand Von Dutch, owned by WSG (White Space Group), is continuing to expand its lifestyle universe and global footprint with a licensing deal...
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Wrangler chooses Genesco for design and distribution of footwear line
Wrangler store in the Bur Juman shopping centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Credits: Wrangler. Denim brand Wrangler wants to expand its presence in the footwear market. It has chosen to join the...
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Tepid efforts dominate when it comes to corporate climate action
AI-generated image used for illustration purposes. Credits: FashionUnited None of 55 major global companies achieved a high or even reasonable integrity in regards to their climate strategies. This is...
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Inditex maintains its commitment to the US: first standalone Zara Man and...
Óscar García Maceiras, chief executive officer of Inditex, during his address at the Inditex 2025 annual general meeting, held on July 15, 2025. Credits: Screenshot. Madrid – Amidst a macroeconomic...
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Diesel to guest star at CIFF fashion fair
Diesel Resort women's off season 2026 Credits: ©Launchmetrics/spotlight Diesel will guest star at the upcoming edition of the Danish fashion fair Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF). The...
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Topshop set to return to the catwalk for AW25
Topshop campaign image Credits: Topshop The reinvention of British fashion brand Topshop is continuing this summer with a catwalk show to celebrate the relaunch of Topshop.com and its autumn/winter...
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Saks Global welcomes Brandy Richardson as chief financial officer
Brandy Richardson, CFO, Saks Global Credits: Saks Global Multi-brand luxury retailer Saks Global, has announced the appointment of Brandy Richardson as its new chief financial officer, effective...
View ArticleIndia's quick fashion delivery sector attracts significant investment
The quick-fashion delivery sector in India is witnessing significant investment, with Mumbai-based startup Knot recently securing 3 million dollars in a funding round led by Kae Capital, as reported by...
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Lotto launches in India with Agilitas Sports partnership
Leggenda by Lotto Credits: Lotto India blog Lotto, the Italian sportswear brand, has officially entered the Indian market with an ambitious five-year plan to achieve a revenue of Rs. 1,000 crore...
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Puig experiences slowdown in the Americas and in fragrances and fashion
Marc Puig, executive chairman of Puig, during the company's 2025 general shareholders' meeting, held on 28 May 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. Credits: Puig. Madrid – Puig, the leading Spanish multinational...
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Bellotti's Hamburg soundscapes: A preview of his Jil Sander debut
Jil Sander "Wanderlust" Credits: Jil Sander Simone Bellotti brings Jil Sander back to Hamburg. But what does the new creative director's debut sound like and what does it reveal about his future...
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Amiri opens beach club experience in Selfridges
Amiri Beach Club pop-up at The Corner Shop, Selfridges Credits: Amiri In Pictures Los Angeles-based luxury label Amiri has transformed The Corner Shop at Selfridges into a beach club pop-up, complete...
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Hobbs owner TFG appoints new chief product officer
TFG London's chief product officer, Sally Ambrose. Credits: TFG London. TFG London has appointed a new chief product officer. To fill the role, the London-based fashion conglomerate looked to its own...
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Swatch Group's profits plummet in first half
Credits: Courtesy of Swatch Zurich - Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group published its half-year results on Thursday. The results were heavily affected by weak consumer spending in China, causing its net...
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Coats Group acquires OrthoLite for 770 million dollars
OrthoLite sole creation. Credits: Coats Group. British manufacturing firm Coats Group has entered an agreement to acquire OrthoLite Holdings LLC for 770 million dollars. The deal intends to create “a...
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Doubling fashion: John Lewis to launch own menswear brand, adds third-party...
John Lewis Horsham store Credits: JLP John Lewis is looking to double its fashion business as part of a wider elevation strategy currently underway at the department store chain. To build on this, the...
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H&M to return to London Fashion Week with coed show
H&M's SS25 show. Credits: H&M. H&M is set to rejoin the London Fashion Week schedule. Following on from its ‘Brat’ themed collaborative event last year, with Charli XCX as the headline...
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Inditex relaunches Lefties in France
Lefties' promotional campaign with the chain's new corporate image presented in May 2025. Credits: Lefties. Madrid – While the precise financial contribution of Lefties to Inditex's overall business...
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New Reju and Circle-8 partnership to tackle large-scale textile-to-textile...
Textile-to-textile recycling. AI-generated image for illustration purposes. Credits: FashionUnited Textile-to-textile regeneration company Reju and Lonond-based Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems have...
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Mango reports strong H1, aims to make US one of top three markets by 2026
Mango's headquarters in Palau-solità i Plegamans, Barcelona (Spain). Credits: Mango. Madrid – Spanish fashion multinational Mango has just reported its sales figures for the first half of its current...
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Ukrainian fashion week announces SS26 brand line up
Ukrainian Fashion Week returns to Kyiv from September 4 to 8, 2025, for its SS26 season. Over five days, 57 Ukrainian fashion brands will present their new collections through runway shows,...
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Matthieu Blazy chooses New York for his first Métiers d’art show at Chanel
Matthieu Blazy. Credits: ©Launchmetrics/spotlight Chanel has announced the location of its next Métiers d’Art 2025/26 show. Matthieu Blazy, the brand’s new creative director, has chosen New York City...
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Shoppers Stop Q1 sales increase 6 percent, net loss narrows
Shoppers Stop store Credits: Shoppers Stop Shoppers Stop Ltd., a prominent Indian department store chain specialising in fashion and beauty brands, has announced its financial results for the quarter...
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Lidewij Edelkoort: Fashion becomes conventional
Illustrative images of conventional clothing: Patou SS26 Ready to Wear (3x), Tods AW24 ready to wear and Toteme AW25 Ready to wear. Credits: ©Launchmetrics/spotlight “Convention is becoming very...
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Arvind Fashions stock rises on Amisha Jain CEO appointment
Amisha Jain, MD & CEO, Arvind Fashions Credits: Arvind Fashions Shares of Arvind Fashions Ltd. experienced a more than 3 percent increase on Thursday following the announcement of Amisha Jain's...
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Burberry's Q1 comparable sales dip but brand desirability increases
Burberry outerwear pop-up concept at Flannels Leeds Credits: Flannels Leeds Burberry Group PLC today released its first-quarter trading update for the 13 weeks ended June 28, 2025, indicating an...
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OSL Group introduces Camicissima Milano to Indian market
Camicissima Milano store launch in New Delhi Credits: OSL Luxury via Facebook OSL Group, through its dedicated luxury vertical OSL Luxury Collection Private Limited, has announced the latest addition...
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Saks Global feels the pinch: reports Q1 top- and bottom-line declines
Saks Fifth Avenue in New York Credits: Saks Akin to others in its sector, Saks Global is starting to see the impact of the currently challenging luxury environment reflected in its financials. For the...
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Sweden eases clothing recycling due to overload in treatment centres
Image illustrating textile recycling. Credits: Photo Credits: C&A collection made from fibres produced with Recover recycled cotton. Courtesy photograph. Stockholm – From October, Sweden will no...
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Phoebe Philo said to be eyeing London for first store
Phoebe Philo T-shirts Credits: Phoebe Philo online store Nearly two years on from the hotly-anticipated launch of her namesake brand, Phoebe Philo is now reportedly looking to enter the realm of...
View ArticleNykaa and Estée Lauder collaborate on Beauty&You India 2025
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC) today announced the launch of the fourth edition of Beauty&You India, an initiative designed to discover and propel the next generation of India-focused beauty...
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Textile Exchange to launch approved criteria of new Materials Matter Standard...
Materials Matter Standard. Credits: Textile Exchange Global non-profit Textile Exchange introduced its new Materials Matter Standard at its annual conference last year, a voluntary sustainability...
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From New Look to Select Fashion: Inside the retail collapse threatening the...
Various storefronts; New Look, River Island, Claire's, Select Fashion, Quiz and Beales. Credits: All images courtesy of the respective retailers / FashionUnited archive. The UK retail landscape...
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Gianni Versace retrospective opens in London
In Pictures Gianni Versace Retrospective at Arches London Bridge Credits: Arches London Bridge by Justin Sutcliffe The colourful world and creative legacy of the legendary fashion designer Gianni...
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Grand Palais to host exhibition dedicated to the work of Virgil Abloh
Credits: LVMH Virgil Abloh: The Codes, the first major European exhibition dedicated to the work of Virgil Abloh (1980 - 2021), will be presented at the Grand Palais from September 30 (his birthday)...
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El Corte Inglés completes 500 million euro debt issuance
Exterior of one of the El Corte Inglés shopping centres. Credits: El Corte Inglés. Madrid – El Corte Inglés, the Spanish department store group, has successfully completed a debt issuance totalling...
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May textiles and apparel imports from India to USA up 54%
US imports Credits: Otexa The Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) released the May 2025 trade data this week, providing a detailed look at US textile and apparel imports. While overall imports show...
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Off-White’s IB Kamara receives honorary doctorate from CSM
Images of IB Kamara receiving an honorary doctorate from Central Saint Martins, UAL’s M School on Thursday 17 July at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank. Credits: UAL / In-Press Photography Ltd. IB...
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Cultural shifts shaping spring summer 26 footwear
Isabel Marant SS25 Credits: Via Future Snoops As we look toward Spring Summer 2026, four distinct footwear directions emerge that will respond to evolving consumer needs and cultural shifts. These...
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Women’s footwear SS26 trend predictions
Credits: Chloé SS25/©Launchmetrics/spotlight Footwear manufacturing is predominately done in China these days and as of this writing, the costs of tariffs importing into the USA are unknown. However,...
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