The U.K.’s Department for International Trade in Italy in partnership with Yoox is launching a digital pop-up gallery of British sustainable fashion brands. The U.K. Fashion for a Sustainable Future Pop-Up Gallery is a one-time project that will run from September 30 to December 31 on Yooxygen, the Yoox platform dedicated to sustainable...
24 Sep 2021
Global fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger is set to triple its London Designer Outlet (LDO) store size in a move that follows the success of its one year old pop-up store. Back in August 2020, the brand’s store opened amidst an array of new brands welcomed to the outlet location over the course of 18 months during the pandemic. LDO stated that the...
Business of Fashion has reported that Russia’s mass market fashion leader Wildberries has expanded to three Baltic states, including Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. This expands Wildberries to 14 countries outside of Russia. Wildberries has been on a major expansion plan that has seen its business expand to Ukraine and Germany. The company is...
23 Sep 2021
US fashion brand Abercrombie & Fitch has opened a new store on London’s Regent Street. The store features the brand’s updated prototype format, “which provides an intimate, omni-enabled brand experience for local Abercrombie adults and Abercrombie kids customers”. Abercrombie & Fitch global brand president Kristin Scott said the new store is an...
20 Sep 2021
UK brands selling online expect a five-year surge in direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales after the pandemic caused many to invest in their own sales channels, according to new research. A survey by multichannel commerce platform ChannelAdvisor and research firm CensusWide of 304 chief marketing officers from UK brands selling online found the...
Harvey Nichols is soon to unveil its collaboration with fashion design students from the University of Salford, in a partnership that will see the graduates’ work on sale at the retailer’s Manchester-based store. Made in Salford is a specially curated collection, made up of one-off garments designed and crafted by graduate students from the...
17 Sep 2021
The UK’s retail industry lost 89,000 jobs in the second quarter compared to the same period a year ago, new data shows. Despite strong retail sales in recent months, the number of retail jobs fell to 3.015 million during the quarter, according to the latest ONS figures. But it was a brighter picture for the overall job market, with the number of...
14 Sep 2021
H&M Home, the design-driven global interior brand of the H&M Group, has opened its first standalone store in France in the heart of Paris. The new concept store is located on 14, boulevard de Capucines at the corner of rue Scribe in a stunning true Haussmannian-style building that offers high ceilings for a ground floor lounge and an expansive...
After launching a childrenswear department at the beginning of the summer, luxury department store Harvey Nichols is now offering a resale drop-off point for pre-loved kids’ clothing. The British retailer has linked up with second-hand childrenswear marketplace Kids o’Clock for the new service, which will see Harvey Nichols customers receive...
13 Sep 2021
While UK footfall dropped 4.2 percent last week compared to the week before, there were signs the shift of workers going back to the office has commenced, new data reveals. The drop in footfall across all retail destinations meant the gap from the 2019 footfall level widened to -17.3 percent from -15.8 percent the week before. The week’s biggest...
A visit to a traditional department store often goes something like this: entering the building into a vast beauty hall, an emporium of brands selling makeup and fragrances behind counters, spritzing customers with their latest perfumes, pushy sales advisors at the ready. The adjacent aisles feature displays of handbags, accessories and gifts,...
12 Sep 2021
A week ahead of the upcoming London Fashion Week, Canary Wharf has announced four days of discounts across its abundance of luxury and high-end stores, as an introduction to its upcoming autumn fashion campaign. Around 44 retailers are taking part in the weekend event, including Levi’s, The Kooples, Coach and Polo Ralph Lauren, with each brand...
10 Sep 2021
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