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JD Sports facing cyber attack, confirms customer data may have leaked

Retail giant JD Sports has confirmed it has been the target of a cyber attack which has resulted in the unauthorised access to a system containing customer data. The group noted that the information accessed related to online orders placed between November 2017 and October 2020, however added that the affected data was limited. The incident has...

Business

Sizing up India - project IndiaSize measures people across the country for a better fit

It is hard to believe that a country with a population of almost 1.4 billion people could be ignored but when it comes to sizing, this is exactly what is happening. For decades, international fashion brands and retailers have been trying to tap the Indian market, some more successfully than others. A common mistake is to simply dump the clothes...

Business|ANALYSIS

Growing pains of ill-sized clothing for both consumers and brands

New York - In the U.S. alone, Statista estimates return deliveries will cost 550 billion dollars by the end of this year, that’s 75.2 percent more than four years prior. Notably, that number doesn’t include restocking expenses nor inventory losses. Size and fit were the top reasons why people return online orders, according to an analysis from...

Retail

Size? re-opens London Carnaby flagship

London's go-to fashion sneaker emporium Size? has re-opened its Carnaby store. The special event was marked by a film entitled Sneaker Cinema, presented at the Rich Mix Cinema in Shoreditch. Host Charlie Dark reminisced about his memories of Carnaby Street, the industry and sneakers in the film whilst being accompanied by a montage of shots of...

Fashion

Karen Millen accused of promoting 'dangerous' body ideals with too-thin mannequin

High street retailer Karen Millen has come under fire for using excessively skinny mannequins in one of its UK stores which are said to promote a 'dangerous' body image. Earlier this week, mental health campaigned Laur Evans, was in one of Karen Millen's 130 UK stores when she spotted a mannequin complete with protruding collar bones and ribs,...

Retail

Size? to open first flagship store in the Netherlands

British sportswear and lifestyle retailer Size? is set to open its first flagship store in the Netherlands by the end of this year. The store, located on the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam and situated in a building which formerly housed a Foot Locker store, offers a retail surface of 300 square meters and will open on December 13, according to...

Fashion

Size battle of the vanities

Vanity sizing, the American-coined term for retailers flattering your true measurements with terms such as size zero, is now just as relevant to UK customers. In fact, if you've been flattered by those 29 inch jeans, you may in reality be two sizes bigger, or even more. According to the Daily Mail, Britain's High Street stores are flattering the...

Fashion

Big-bottomed girls

It's not just a song from the beloved repertoire by pop group Queen, but also a theme that is taking over the fashion world. The skinny debate is still raging and with inexplicably perfect timing US Vogue - to many the fashion bible - has featured the full-figured actress Jennifer Hudson on its March cover. Not only is she the third ever...

Fashion

Size zero debate continues

Size zero models could be replaced in fashion magazines by "real-sized" women under plans for a media code of conduct to curb rising rates of eating disorders among the young. Fashion industry figures have joined magazine and newspaper editors to tackle the trend of rake-thin models being portrayed as the perfect shape. The moves come as part of...

Fashion

One size fits all in McFashion

From Gap to H&M, our high streets are full of the same shops, selling the same cheap chic: it is the clothing version of fast food. According to Michelle Lee, a leading US fashion writer, we are consumers of McFashion and fashion has begun to resemble fast food. Fast, disposable, easy, non-intimidating, entertaining and homogenous. Just as...