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Zalando’s ChatGPT-powered fashion assistant launches in the UK

German-based European fashion e-tailer Zalando has opened the beta version of its virtual fashion assistant utilising OpenAI technology to UK customers. The ChatGPT-powered fashion assistant, which Zalando unveiled in April, allows UK customers to navigate the e-tailer’s large offering using their own words and expressions. The conversational...

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Zalando: Q3 profitability improves but revenue and GMV drop

Zalando reported adjusted third-quarter EBIT of 23.2 million euros, an increase of 72 percent compared with last year. Zalando’s GMV declined 2.4 percent to 3.2 billion euros and revenue fell 3.2 percent to 2.3 billion euros in the quarter amid a challenging macroeconomic environment of low consumer sentiment and declining online sales. The...

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Zalando creates new position for creative management

Morten Grubak will be taking on the newly created position of vice president of creative direction at Zalando, Zalando reports in a press release, stepping into the role on 1 October to then be responsible for the creative direction of the Zalando brand. Grubak has been tasked with developing uniform and consistent creative solutions across the...

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Zalando leads in cross-border commerce, second-hand marketplaces grow

Cross-Border Commerce Europe, the platform for promoting cross-border e-commerce in Europe, presents a ranking of the leading online retailers and marketplaces for fashion and beauty in Europe in its new study "Top 250 Fashion & Beauty Retail Europe". The leading cross-border fashion retailers are Amazon, Zalando, eBay, AliExpress and Etsy....

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Zalando introduces new content platform, Stories

European e-commerce platform Zalando has introduced a new portal where customers can access curated content in a visual and video format. Dubbed ‘Stories’, the hub revolves around providing customers with a place where they can discover fashion and culture trends, as well as allowing them to utilise various interaction points on the retailer’s...

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Zalando brings sustainability and D&I under one umbrella with new VP

Online retail giant Zalando has announced the appointment of Pascal Brun as its new vice president of sustainability and diversity & inclusion (D&I). The news comes as Zalando looks to bring together its sustainability and D&I teams under one strategic umbrella in a bid to take a more holistic approach towards achieving company goals. In the...

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Zalando's operating result almost doubled in the second quarter

Positive news at Zalando: in the second quarter of the current financial year, operating profit (adjusted EBIT) increased by 87 percent. Zalando attributed this increase to, among other things, larger orders and lower fulfilment costs, according to its quarterly report. The increase in adjusted EBIT brought operating profit to 144.8 million...

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Zalando introduces body measurement feature

European online fashion and lifestyle e-tailer Zalando has launched a new body measurement tool to assist customers in finding the right size based on their unique measurements by just taking two pictures of themselves. The new feature will be available first to customers in the DACH region, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, for women to use...

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About You, YNAP and Zalando expand educational climate initiative

Now in their second year of collaboration, Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) and Zalando, together with German fashion retailer About You, are set to expand on their ongoing ‘Fashion Leap for Climate’ initiative with a refresh of their educational platform. The three online retailers will be growing their co-created platform by inviting 250 brand...

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Highsnobiety to cut 10 percent of jobs in cost-cutting measures

The Berlin streetwear platform Highsnobiety is to cut 24 jobs, making up around 10 percent of the entire workforce, and impacting the areas of editorial and commerce, as well as data and marketing. In addition, the in-house creative agency HS + is also to be affected by the downsizing. According to Business of Fashion, employees were informed...

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Zalando is taking action against classification as a 'very large online platform'

Zalando has filed a lawsuit against the European Commission at the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) contesting the classification by the Commission as a "very large online platform", the Berlin retailer announced on Tuesday. The classification, which is part of the Digital Services Act (DSA), obliges Zalando to manage systemic risks,...

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Paolina Russo wins the first Zalando Visionary Award

London-based fashion label Paolina Russo, founded in 2021 by Paolina Russo and Lucile Guilmard, has been named the winner of the first Zalando Visionary Award in partnership with Copenhagen Fashion Week. The award, which was announced in April, was created to recognise “the makers of the future” and to enable designers to showcase their...