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New CEO for Danish womenswear label Baum und Pferdgarten

Danish womenswear label Baum und Pferdgarten has a new chief executive. Morten Linnet is taking on the role of chief executive officer (CEO) at the Copenhagen-based fashion house this month, the manager announced on the professional network LinkedIn on Tuesday. He succeeds Teis Werring Bruun, who stepped down from the position in January after...

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Barbie x Yoon Ahn: The business behind a billion-dollar icon

The new Barbie, a result of the collaboration between Mattel Creations and Yoon Ahn, creator of the brand Ambush, will be available from 4 September, 2026. Beyond being a collector's item, this edition illustrates Mattel's strategy to refresh Barbie's image and broaden the audience for its power brand. Yoon Ahn was a finalist for the 2017 LVMH...

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A detailed look at Lefties' UK market entry

Madrid – The opening of the first UK store for Lefties, Inditex's family fashion chain, has undoubtedly been among the top retail news stories of the last few days of August. The chain began its entry into this new market at the end of July. It aims to expand to three operational stores by the end of this year. Following up on information...

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Zara France's 1.9 billion euro turnover signals an increasingly polarised fashion market

Inditex's French subsidiary generated a turnover of 1.91 billion euros for the financial year ending late January 2026 (+0.9 percent). This is a seemingly modest increase. However, it contrasts sharply with the overall decline in the French apparel sector. Zara France is not accelerating, but it is not declining either. For the financial year...

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Aeffe net debt steady at 112.6 million euros as rescue deal takes shape

Italian fashion group Aeffe, owner of Moschino and Alberta Ferretti, ended July with net debt of 112.61 million euros, barely moved from 112.37 million euros a month earlier, as it works to negotiate its way out of a financial crisis. Of that total, 96.37 million euros is short-term borrowing against 29.06 million euros of medium- to long-term...

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Woolrich closes Bologna office; 78 redundancies announced

Woolrich is closing its Bologna office in Northern Italy, resulting in 78 redundancies. According to the local newspaper 'Il Resto del Carlino', the final day of operations for the historic company's Bologna headquarters was yesterday August 31. The company was acquired last December by the Turin-based group BasicNet, which has decided to...

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Designer Jonathan Riss sues Prada for five million dollars over "abandoned" project

A project named "Prada Strada", a collaboration between Prada and Belgian designer Jonathan Riss, has ended in a legal dispute. The project was intended to customise a fleet of Rolls-Royce cars for a global event tour. The project, however, failed to launch and Riss has now brought Prada and three of its top executives into a contractual dispute...

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Kering strengthens jewelry division with key leadership appointments

Kering has not waited long to put a face to its new jewellery organisation. A few months after creating Kering Jewelry, the group has appointed Charlotte Fournet as managing director of Pomellato and Krizia Cucurachi as managing director of DoDo. The two executives will take up their positions on September 15 and will report directly to...

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From Pomellato to Kering Italy: Sabina Belli takes the helm of the group's Italian network

From September 15, 2026, Sabina Belli will assume the role of president of Kering Italy, while also continuing to lead the Kering Accademia per le Eccellenze. After more than ten years leading Pomellato, this appointment moves an executive with deep roots in the jewellery sector to the core of the group's industrial and institutional ecosystem....

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Shein IPO: why has the ultra-fast fashion leader accepted a 75 percent discount?

The traditional gong of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange sounded this Tuesday morning for a company that would have undoubtedly preferred a different tune. Shein debuted with a valuation of approximately 26.5 billion dollars, before its stock fell by almost 10 percent within the first few hours of trading. In 2022, private investors had valued the...

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Decathlon wants to acquire 50 percent of Sport 2000 France

Paris - Decathlon wants to acquire 50 percent of Sport 2000 France, the two rival companies announced on Monday. This merger could shake up the sporting goods market, which was already disrupted by Intersport's acquisition of dozens of Go Sport stores in 2023. As the French market leader, Decathlon has signed a letter of intent with Céraclès...

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Kris van Assche relaunches his eponymous fashion label after more than ten years

Kris Van Assche is relaunching his eponymous fashion brand with a new approach for both men and women, reports WWD. The Belgian designer is focusing the new edition of the label on a compact selection of garments, made from deadstock fabrics and sold directly to consumers. Van Assche closed his then ten-year-old label in 2015, when he was also...