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British retailer Boden to open debut US store in Georgia

British fashion and lifestyle retailer Boden is set to open its first full-priced US retail store in Atlanta, Georgia. Located at 5165 Avalon Boulevard, Alpharetta, the 2,000 square-foot store is slated to open mid-November and will offer a curated selection of the retailer’s womenswear collection, including outerwear, partywear, knitwear, and...

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Paul Smith extends Fashion Residency programme to US with CFDA

British designer Paul Smith has expanded his brand’s existing Fashion Residency programme to students in the US. In partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), for the initiative’s second edition the Paul Smith Foundation will be selecting one American designer to join the residency at Studio Smithfield in London. The...

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'It's a microphone': Nairobi slum pageant gives platform to voiceless

A stone's throw from Kenya's largest informal settlement, a young woman glides down a spotlit catwalk, her delicate white dress at odds with the fake blood splattered across it and the tape covering her lips reading: "Stop, silence, gender-based violence". The annual "Mr and Ms Kibera" pageant in Nairobi, gleefully attended by hundreds, is about...

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Hugo Lucchino takes the reins of Villa Noailles and confirms the 2025 Hyères festival

The Hyères International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Fashion Accessories, held annually in Hyères, a town on the French Riviera, will take place from October 16 to 18, 2025. Villa Noailles, the art centre where the event takes place each year, has a new director, Hugo Lucchino, who succeeds Jean-Pierre Blanc. Following a unanimous...

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Jacopo Venturini steps down as Valentino CEO

Jacopo Venturini has reportedly resigned with immediate effect as chief executive officer of Valentino. Venturini has taken a break "for personal reasons," WWD exclusively reports. The Italian fashion house has not yet released a statement at the time of writing. A successor to Venturini has not yet been named. However, an announcement may...

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Tapestry exceeds expectations in fourth quarter despite high losses

The US fashion group Tapestry Inc. slipped deep into the red in the fourth quarter of the 2024/25 financial year due to negative one-off effects. Overall, the results, which the company published on Thursday, exceeded market expectations. In the final quarter, which ended on June 28, group revenue amounted to 1.72 billion dollars. This...

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Marimekko x Crocs collaboration drives sales growth in Q2

Growth opportunities for Finnish fashion house Marimekko lie in the Asian market and brand collaborations. This was revealed by chief executive officer Tiina Alahuta-Kasko during a webcast explaining the second quarter financial results. Marimekko's second quarter saw a 2 percent increase in sales and net sales of 44.5 million euros. Behind...

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Global Fashion Group posts positive Q2, maintains guidance

Global Fashion Group (GFG), an online fashion and lifestyle e-commerce company, has reported a profitable second quarter for 2025, driven by strong gross margins and effective cost control. The company's net merchandise value saw a slight decrease of 0.4 percent year-on-year, while revenue declined by 1.2 percent in constant currency. Gross...

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Luxury Redefined: white paper analyses how brands can connect with today's consumers

The luxury industry has been having a hard time keeping up with their consumers - while wooing and educating them in the 2010s, it did not anticipate that they would outgrow their teachers. Hence, media brand Highsnobiety together with the Boston Consulting Group surveyed more than 6,6,710 consumers in eleven key markets - China, South Korea,...

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China's JD.com posts 22.4% quarterly sales growth

JD.com saw a jump in its second-quarter revenue Thursday, as the Chinese retail giant saw increasing user traffic despite fierce competition in the country's e-commerce and food delivery sectors. In recent years, the Beijing-based shopping platform has faced pressure from a persistent domestic consumption slump and increased competition with its...

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Nike sues former collaborator Edison Chen for breach of contract

Sportswear giant Nike has taken legal action against its former collaborator Edison Chen, the founder of the brand Clot. In a lawsuit, filed Monday in Los Angeles’ federal district court, Nike requested to collect 126,615 dollars allegedly owed by Chen’s other company Juice for products it is said to have provided. Little is currently known...

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Frasers Group rescues tech retailer eBuyer from administration

Sports Direct-owner Frasers Group has acquired British tech retailer eBuyer out of administration. Media reports had initially suggested that administrators at FRP Advisory were appointed by eBuyer to oversee the process, resulting in the closure of its e-commerce store. With Frasers stepping in, however, the site is now live again. The...