Articles by Regina Henkel
Dr. Regina Henkel has been a trade journalist for the fashion and sports industry since 2000 and has been working for FashionUnited since 2015.After studying textile science and business administration, she began her career at the international fashion magazine Sportswear International at Deutscher Fachverlag. She then completed her doctorate and returned to trade journalism. Since 2010, she has been writing freelance for international B2B publications, special interest magazines and cultural studies publications, with a focus on sustainability and digitalization in addition to general business topics.
Copyright: online retailer Nelly appeals Shein ruling
The Swedish Nelly Group, a publicly listed online fashion retailer in the Nordic region, has appealed the recent ruling in its legal dispute with Chinese fashion giant Shein. The case began in 2023 when Nelly discovered that Shein had used more than 30 of the company's product images without permission. Although Shein removed the images after...
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Lenzing launches new fibre Tencel Lyocell-HV100
Austrian fibre specialist Lenzing is launching a new cellulose fibre. The fibre, named Tencel Lyocell-HV100, is a new innovation that features deliberate irregularities and is inspired by the textured aesthetic of natural fibres. Lenzing stated in a press release that this development was driven by market demand. The natural-looking, irregular...
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Lenzing extends Christian Skilich's mandate, appoints Mathias Breuer new CFO
The supervisory board of the Austrian cellulose fibre producer Lenzing AG has extended the mandate of management board member Christian Skilich prematurely by a further three years until May 2029. Skilich, who has been a member of the management board of Lenzing AG since June 2020, as chief pulp and chief technology officer, is responsible for...
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The difficulty of correctly assessing the sustainability of cotton
Cotton has been the world's most popular clothing fibre for years. Surveys confirm this time and again. However, cotton is no longer the most produced clothing fibre. Its market share in the total fibre market is now only around 20 percent. This was not always the case. In the 1960s, its share was about 70 percent, and at the end of the 1980s it...
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Barefoot shoe brand Blusun: '15 years ago there were three competitors, today there are 150'
The barefoot shoe market is booming and represents a strong growth area within the footwear segment. The founders of the German barefoot shoe brand Blusun explain why barefoot shoes are so successful and how the segment has developed in recent years. Barefoot shoes are one of the few dynamically growing segments within the footwear market, which...
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Outdoor in the fashion world: A rollercoaster ride
The outdoors and fashion have been converging for years. This is evident in trends like Gorpcore and fashionable functional pieces. However, what consumers now combine as a matter of course often puts brands and retailers in a strategic bind. Segment boundaries remain quite rigid in retail Gorpcore is only the latest example of a long series of...
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Skechers: Why a sneaker brand without cult status is worth 9.4 billion dollars
If the announced sale of the US sneaker brand Skechers does indeed go through in the third quarter of this year, this deal will go down in history as the largest transaction to date in the sneaker market. Why is Skechers so interesting? Not 'cool', but the third largest sneaker brand in the world First things first: with global annual revenue of...
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Louis Vuitton presents "The Louis" in Shanghai
French luxury house Louis Vuitton has announced the opening of a new location in Shanghai. This location combines retail, Le Café Louis Vuitton and an exhibition on the history of Louis Vuitton. The building is shaped like a ship. It is intended as a contemporary homage to the origins of travel. This reflects Louis Vuitton's history as a maker...
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Oberalp Group’s new head of sales on the outdoor market and women in leadership
The outdoor market was one of the winners during the pandemic because people were drawn outside. However, the current consumer slump is hitting the industry as hard as anyone, and it requires courageous steps, especially from sales. We talked to the newly appointed senior sales manager of the Oberalp Group for the DACH region, Irina Andorfer,...
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Munich Fabric Start: Binary trends define AW23/24 season
Loud or quiet, harmonious or shrill, calm or moving, fast or slow – the fabric trends for autumn/winter 2023/24, which were recently shown at Munich Fabric Start, indicate extremely contrasting tendencies. In the broadest sense, it is about the interplay between the real world, whose fashion needs to become more sustainable, and the digital...
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