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Zara McDermott launches clothing brand Rise

Love Island star and influencer Zara McDermott has launched a new women’s ready-to-wear brand in collaboration with Luminoso Brands, the brand licensing and marketing division of Poeticgem group. Called Rise, the casual womenswear brand aims to offer “comfort, inclusivity and style,” and launches with a capsule collection of versatile, easy-wear...

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F&F Clothing teams up with Thomas & Friends to create autistic friendly collection

Mattel has renewed its partnership with the National Autistic Society for a second year to develop a range of autism-friendly clothing using the Thomas & Friends brand with supermarket brand F&F Clothing. Some autistic people are highly sensitive to the feel and colour of certain materials, which means that some clothing can be unpleasant or...

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Poeticgem launches young fashion brand with F&F

Poeticgem, the retail design and sourcing solutions subsidiary of the PDS Group, has launched an exclusive young fashion brand with F&F at Tesco, designed to offer trend-led fashion and everyday wardrobe staples. 'Oh Me Oh My' (OMOM) is a new lifestyle brand that aims to offer contemporary fashion for a “youthful audience,” explains Poeticgem,...

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Tesco FY clothing sales drop, but signs of recovery in Q4

Tesco saw a slight 1.2 percent drop in clothing sales in the year ended February 25, but said it saw a rebound in the fourth quarter as consumer demand returned. The British supermarket, which owns clothing brand F&F, said the drop in fashion sales mainly reflected the impact of trading over “exceptionally strong lockdown-linked demand” in the...

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Tesco faces lawsuit from low-paid factory workers sewing F&F jeans

Tesco is facing a lawsuit over allegations that jeans from its F&F fashion range were made under forced labour conditions. The supermarket giant, which retails jeans for 16 pounds, is being sued by 130 former workers from VK Garment Factury, a Thailand-based apparel manufacturer. Allegations include working 99-hour weeks for less than 4 pounds...

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Tesco clothing brand F&F appoints new CEO

Tesco’s clothing brand, F&F, has appointed Jan Marchant as its new CEO. Marchant has been standing in as interim CEO for the brand after previous CEO Richard Price exited the company seven months ago to rejoin Marks & Spencer as managing director, clothing and home. A Tesco spokesperson said: “We’re delighted that Jan Marchant has been promoted...

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Heidi Klum has joined forces with Lidl, but how well do supermarkets do for fashion?

Supermarkets have long been a part of the clothing retail sector, their convenient market positioning gives them an advantage over other fashion retailers because consumers are visiting their stores for groceries, making it much easier to entice them once they are in the shop. The UK’s biggest supermarket retailers, particularly Sainsbury’s,...

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Tesco pledges to eliminating harmful chemicals in clothing line

Supermarket giant Tesco has pledged to detox its textile production and remove hazardous chemicals from the supply chain of its clothing brand F&F as part of its commitment to knowing where its fabrics are produced and that its garments are legal and safe. Tesco will immediately begin the process of eliminating hazardous substances from its F&F...

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F&F joins CoppaFeel! #BraHijack Campaign

UK Supermarket giant Tesco has joined the CoppaFeel!'s #brahijack campaign with its F&F lingerie range to encourage women across the country to check themselves for signs of breast cancer. “We are really excited to be supporting the CoppaFeel! #brahijack campaign – it’s incredibly important women check themselves regularly for breast cancer...

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Tesco to charge for click-and-collect under 30 pounds

Supermarket giant Tesco is following in the footsteps of John Lewis by introducing a charge to customers for click-and-collect orders costing less than 30 pounds. From February 2, the supermarket will charge customers 2 pounds for every click-and-collect order on non-food products for its Tesco Direct orders, which includes its F&F clothing...

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Tesco halts F&F store openings in Russia

Supermarket giant Tesco has reportedly put a pin in the opening of its debut F&F apparel stores in Russia following political unrest over the Ukrainian crisis and a decline in consumer spending. The British retailer previously revealed plans to open its first F&F stores in Moscow, Russia this June with a local retail partner. Debruss, the...

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Tesco's F&F global brand director to depart

Anita Bolger, global brand and marketing director for Tesco's fashion branch F&F is set to exit the company at the end of the year, after a 14 year tenure at the retailer. She will be succeeded by Chris Other, who returned to the UK after serving as F&F's commercial director in China earlier this year. Jason Tarry, Chief Executive of F&F told...