Spanish retail sales rose 1.5% in April from a year earlier on a seasonally and calendar-adjusted basis, after falling 4.1% in March, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Friday.
For the first time, the Fashion for Good Museum in Amsterdam is looking at the evolution of fashion shows, and particularly at the innovations that will enable them to become more sustainable.
It is one of the special aspects of the Cannes Film Festival that it serves as much as a fashion parade as it does as a showcase for film.
After a two-year absence, Miami Fashion Week is back with Italian label Missoni as special guest. The event will focus on sustainability, staging runway shows in museums and historic residences.
It only launched last week, but the Dame Deborah James x In The Style collection in aid of The Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK has already raised £500,000.
The Italian label is increasingly set on expanding internationally: between 2021 and 2022, it will have opened 22 new stores in strategic locations worldwide, as CEO Matteo Sinigaglia tells FashionNetwork.com.
The apparel and homeware retailer has opened a new store of approximately 5,000 m2 in Trecate, northern Italy, taking over premises formerly occupied by furniture megastore Mercatone Uno.
Italian luxury label Valentino is upgrading and internationalising its website and e-shop, adopting cutting-edge technologies and augmented reality to boost customer interaction.
Clearpay, the BNPL specialist, has made its in-store payment functionality available to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across UK high streets.
In a bid to return it its pre-pandemic-attraction highs, London’s West End is “back with a bang” this summer. The district is launching a a four-month campaign of 50 “uniquely thrilling experiences” for visitors.
A new ‘Growth Index’ for the UK shows that fashion and retail businesses rank prominently among the top 100 British companies in terms of growth rates.
The regular Concours on Savile Row event organised by London landlord the Pollen Estate has released details of its June schedule, celebrating collaborations between Savile Row tailoring houses and the automotive world.
Asda’s sales went into reverse in Q1 as the privately held supermarkets giant that owns the George clothing label suffered against tough comparisons with the year ago period and also from inflation hitting hard.
Q1 figures for Farfetch were more muted than some of its recent results and the company warned about the near-term impact of the macroeconomic backdrop that’s currently hurting fashion businesses at all price levels.
The next landmark fashion exhibition to be seen at the V&A in London will focus on Gabrielle Chanel. Opening next year, it will be the first time a major UK museum has dedicated an exhibit to the trailblazing designer.
