- Danielle Wightman-Stone |
Farfetch is launching a Tmall Luxury Pavilion flagship store to enable thousands of luxury brands to reach Chinese consumers as part of its localisation strategy in the region. The integration of Farfetch on Tmall means that Alibaba Group’s 779 million consumers will have access to products from more […]
- Huw Hughes |
Spanish brand Hoss Intropia, which was acquired by fashion group Tendam in 2019, is returning to the market with its spring/summer 2021 collection. The label, which was founded in 1994 and positions itself as ‘affordable luxury’, will have its own web store and will also show its collections at shop-in-shops […]
- Huw Hughes |
Online marketplace Etsy has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. The US company said the committee will see it address Scope 1 and 2 emissions, including office operations and purchased energy, as well as Scope 3 emissions, which includes seller activities like shipping and packaging. […]
- Huw Hughes |
British retailers Asos, Boohoo, Gymshark, The Hut Group (THG), Ocado Group and AO World have launched a new trade body to support and promote the country’s fast-growing digital-commerce sector. The newly-founded UK Digital Business Association (UKDBA) said it “will champion the sector” as it adapts […]
- Huw Hughes |
Non-essential retailers in England will reopen in April as part of the country’s “cautious” plan to exit lockdown, prime minister Boris Johnson announced Monday afternoon. Speaking to MPs at the House of Commons, Johnson set out a four-step plan to ease lockdown restrictions in the coming months. In […]
- Huw Hughes |
Northern Ireland’s lockdown has been extended again in an effort to drive down Covid cases, this time until 1 April. It’s more bad news for non-essential retailers who have been closed since the end of trading on Christmas Eve as part of what was then planned to be a six-week lockdown, but was last […]
- Danielle Wightman-Stone |
Nordic fashion and lifestyle brand Arket is to open its first flagship store in Seoul, Korea on February 26. Located inside The Hyundai Seoul, a new department store in the centre of Yeouido, the new store will mark Arket’s first physical destination in Asia. Arket managing director, Pernilla Wohlfahrt, […]
- Tess Stenzel |
Nike’s earliest basketball shoe, the Blazer Mid, has been transformed. The shoe features a deconstructed, DYI approach featuring a thinner, more prolonged, half-stitched swoosh taking inspiration from the logo’s 1971 version. The shoe captures Readymade founder Yuta Hosokawa’s core design values and […]
- FashionUnited |
Fashion weeks are crucial for retail fashion buyers to connect with brands, seek out trends, feel garments, and assess inventory for the coming season. For this FW21 season, due to travel restrictions and lockdowns taking place worldwide, buyers have had to adjust to mostly digital shows and remote […]
- Simone Preuss |
Even though their e-commerce site has ensured the survival of many fashion retailers during the global pandemic, it is no secret that the flood of shipped packages has had a negative impact on the environment - seven times more packaging is required for e-commerce compared to brick-and-mortar retail. […]