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Edgy meets Savile Row as Daniel W Fletcher unveils Huntsman collab
Daniel W Fletcher showed AW23 in London Friday with the grandeur of RA Burlington House a fitting backdrop for his signature attention to unmissable detail with the understated perfection of Savile Row tailoring.
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Jihwi Ahn wins top prize at the Cordwainers award
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers has announced its 2023 Footwear Awards with fashion student Jihwi Ahn winning the top trophy and prize of £3,000.
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Frasers Group continues building ASOS stake, now owns nearly 10%
Frasers Group has again increased its stake in ASOS, which has been at the centre of takeover speculation. It has seen acquisition-hungry Frasers upping its stake to almost 9.9% from 7.4% as the week started.
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Shein shows in Paris to legitimise its fashion credentials, causing tension too
On June 8, Chinese ultra-fast-fashion giant Shein staged a show in Paris’s rue Cambon for the designers of its Shein X incubator. The brand’s detractors showed up outside the venue, denouncing Shein’s business model.
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VF Corp to launch operations at distribution centre in California
VF Corporation, a leading portfolio of active-lifestyle brands, has launched operations at its new distribution centre in Ontario, California, employing approximately 550 people during peak periods.
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Japan’s Hiroshi Fujiwara unveils Moncler x FRGMT collection
Japanese fashion designer Hiroshi Fujiwara has launched the Moncler x FRGMT collection to celebrate the long-standing relationship between the two brands.
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Study: The brand strategy behind Uniqlo's basics
Analyst Retviews by Lectra examined the Japanese retailer's offer, which varies from market to market, and compared its approach with that of other fashion retailers.
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Scandi brand Bite launches on Matches with pre-fall
BITE Studios, the Swedish luxury womenswear brand, has launched with e-tailer Matches for the first time.
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Frasers Group inks JV deal for Sports Direct expansion to Indonesia
Frasers Group Asia Sdn Bhd (or FGA, which is a subsidiary of the UK company) has revealed a new joint venture agreement with PT. MAP Active Indonesia.
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EY UK consumer index shows cost-of-living is key, eco issues take back seat
The latest EY UK Future Consumer Index shows that British consumers “are feeling the rising cost-of-living more than their European counterparts”.
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Shoe Zone upbeat on profits as trading improves
In the briefest of brief trading updates (all of 77 words), budget footwear retailer Shoe Zone issued some good news about the business environment and profits on Friday.
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Mothercare CEO exits with immediate effect
There’s been good news coming out of Mothercare as it resets itself via a completely changed business model. But it’s still facing challenges and it looks like progress isn’t fast enough with news that its CEO is out.
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Copenhagen Fashion Week announces brand line up for expanded SS24 event
Copenhagen Fashion Week has revealed the line-up for the SS24 edition as it gears up for expansion via an extra show day, with it starting on a Monday afternoon this time.
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BFC Chair issues rallying cry with new strategy manifesto
As a small-scale June edition of London Fashion Week gets under way, the BFC's Chair David Pemsel has issued a strategy update and rallying cry that sets out what the body wants to do but adds it needs help to do that.
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TikTok seeks up to $20 billion in e-commerce business this year
TikTok hopes to more than quadruple the size of its worldwide e-commerce operations to as much as $20 billion in merchandise sales this year, relying on growth in Southeast Asia, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
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Designer Brands Q1 sales down on double-digit decline in comps
Designer Brands announced on Thursday revenues for the first quarter fell 10.7% to $742.1 million, on the back of a double-digit decline in comparable sales.
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