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How to move away from greenwashing?

Sustainability is an absolute necessity for fashion brands nowadays if we expect to have a planet by the end of this century. While many fashion brands are trying to make a true shift toward being more sustainable, some treat sustainability as a marketing tactic. The concept of “greenwashing” or conveying the false impression that a company’s...

8 hours ago

Fashion

Loanhood peer-to-peer rental platform to launch this week

Loanhood, a new peer-to-peer platform described by its founders as “like Depop but rental” is set to launch a subscription-free app on July 7. The rental app, launching on Apple and Android, states that “every garment matters,” and it will be a gender-inclusive service allowing people to list items or looks as womenswear, menswear or ungendered...

10 hours ago

Business

Marks & Spencer shareholders revolt over pay package for outgoing CEO

Marks & Spencer has faced a revolt from almost a third of its shareholders over a 2.6 million pound bonus paid out to outgoing CEO Steve Rowe. Twenty-nine percent of the British retail giant’s shareholders opposed the decision amid the company’s ongoing pandemic recovery and against a backdrop of rising inflation and widespread market...

12 hours ago

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Gucci joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation as a strategic partner

Italian fashion house Gucci has announced a new strategic partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to accelerate its vision of a circular economy and regenerative agriculture for the future. Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a charity committed to creating a circular economy that delivers better outcomes for people and the environment and...

13 hours ago

Fairs

Pure London announces Arizona Muse and Dana Thomas as keynote speakers

Model and activist Arizona Muse and Fashionopolis author Dana Thomas will be the keynote speakers headlining Pure London’s Power of One sustainability content programme this month. Pure London returns to London Olympia next week for the first in-person, standalone show since the beginning of the pandemic. Kicking off the event’s Power of One...

13 hours ago

PeopleFeatured

Me+Em appoints Maurice Helfgott as chairman

British luxury fashion brand Me+Em has named Maurice Helfgott, one of the UK’s most experienced e-commerce and retail tech directors, as its chairman to help accelerate its expansion in the US. Helfgott has led many direct-to-consumer, software and e-commerce brands, including MyOptique, End Clothing and most recently, retail software firm...

15 hours ago

RetailFeatured

Mango plans six new Toronto stores by end of 2023 amid Canada expansion

Mango plans to expand its presence in Canada with the opening of six new stores in Toronto by the end of next year. That’s part of a broader deal the Spanish fashion retailer has struck with Fox Group to open at least twenty new stores in Canada over the next 10 years as a condition for extending the agreement. Fox Group, which is listed on the...

15 hours ago

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Virginie Viard presents Chanel's Haute Couture collection surrounded by her collective

Experimental and collective. Designed by Virginie Viard, Chanel's haute couture collection unveiled on Tuesday was presented in a show in which the "collective" around her participated: Xavier Veilhan, Sébastien Tellier, Charlotte Casiraghi, Pharrell Williams and Vivienne Rohner. Copyright CHANEL As Friends of the fashion house, this group of...

16 hours ago

Retail

Europe is seeing a boost in tax free shopping

Europe is seeing a boost in tax free shopping with a 726 percent jump in May compared to 2021. As European borders re-opened and travel without quarantine is possible, tax free shopping is rising, despite being 37 percent below 2019 levels. The figures were released in an intelligence report by Planet, a payment solutions company that offers...

16 hours ago

Fashion

Cubitts and Spoke create shorts built to clean spectacles

British eyewear maker Cubitts has teamed up with custom-fit menswear brand Spoke on an exclusive collection of shorts, purpose-built to clean spectacles. Launching on July 6, the new ‘Friday’ shorts crafted in lightweight Italian stretch cotton have been fitted with a microfibre pocket lining for lens cleaning, which features a distinct wave...

16 hours ago

People

Kering-owned jeweller Pomellato appoints Boris Barboni as Chief Marketing and Product Officer

Luxury jeweller Pomellato Group has appointed Boris Barboni as Chief Marketing and Product Officer. The Milan-founded company will see Baroni in charge of strategy across both Pomellato and DoDo brands. Hailing from Bulgari, Mr Baroni held roles including Global Marketing Director and Managing Director of specific regions. Pomellato is one of...

16 hours ago

FairsFeatured

Green fashion fair Neonyt puts focus on end consumers, but what does that mean for brands?

Sustainable fashion fair Neonyt focused on the end consumer for the first time during its last edition. Many new and a few familiar brands visited Frankfurt's Ostend district when FashionUnited paid a visit. The fair counted more than 1,000 visitors spanning from Germany to France, the UK and Peru. At first glance, Neonyt is almost the same as...

16 hours ago