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Wicked unveils fashion and beauty collabs ahead of film release

The highly anticipated film adaptation of Tony Award-winning Broadway musical ‘Wicked’ is arriving in cinemas on November 22 and like with other movies in recent years, such as ‘Barbie the Movie’ and ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’, the film release is being celebrated with movie-inspired clothing, beauty and homeware collaborations. Brands like H&M,...

Fashion

Béis launches resale platform with Trove

Béis, the luggage brand founded by actress Shay Mitchell, is teaming up with resale tech company Trove to offer a new resale platform to offer pre-loved Béis products. ‘Second Béis’ will let consumers buy gently used best-selling Béis products, including weekenders, rollers, backpacks, and commuter totes/duffles. Adeela Hussain Johnson, chief...

Retail

Béis opens first physical UK store location in Selfridges

Travel brand Béis has opened its first brick-and-mortar retail location in the UK in the form of a pop-up inside London-based luxury retailer Selfridges. Shoppers will be able to visit the Oxford Street store from August to December, during which time they can view and purchase both current and upcoming offerings of the brand. The idea behind...

Fashion

Government questions fashion giants in forced labour enquiry

The UK’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has written to leading companies in sectors including fashion, retail and information technology, seeking answers in relation to its inquiry into forced labour of Uyghur in the Xinjiang region of China. Those companies are Adidas, Amazon, Boohoo Group, Gap, H&M Group, Ikea, Marks...

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Karen Millen, Shoe Zone named for failure to pay minimum wage

Karen Millen and Shoe Zone feature among the list of around 180 employers named and shamed by the department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for underpaying more than 9,000 minimum wage workers by 1.1 million pounds (1.5 million dollars). Along with recovering backpay for 9,200 workers, the government also fined the employers...