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Spanish retail associations mobilise to aid wildfire victims

Madrid - Spain's two main retail employers' associations have offered to help the tens of thousands of people displaced by the wildfires burning across the country, coordinating with public authorities to channel essential supplies. Distribution association Anged, which represents large retailers including El Corte Inglés, Carrefour, C&A, Media...

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Gironde wildfires cripple fashion's supply chain at peak sales season

Blocked in evacuated warehouses, cut off from major road networks or threatened by toxic smoke, textile and clothing stocks in south-west France are facing an unprecedented shock during the peak summer season. For several days, a massive wildfire has been devastating the Gironde department, from the Cap-Ferret peninsula to the outskirts of...

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Coach opens Coach Play store in Paris as it accelerates EMEAI push

Coach has opened a Coach Play store in Paris's Le Marais, its first dedicated home for the experiential concept in the French capital and the latest move in the accessible-luxury brand's expansion across the EMEAI region. Coach store in Paris. Credits: Coach Located on the corner of rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie and rue du Bourg-Tibourg in...

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Guizio opens Los Angeles flagship, its largest store to date

New York-based fashion brand Guizio has opened its first West Coast store, a 3,200-square-foot flagship at 8723 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The store, which opened Friday, marks the brand's largest retail space to date. "We’re so excited to open our Los Angeles flagship and finally have a home for the Guizio community on the West Coast. LA...

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Is Inditex moving into Peek & Cloppenburg's flagship locations?

Spanish apparel group Inditex could soon move into several locations belonging to Düsseldorf-based fashion retailer Peek & Cloppenburg. The parent company of fast-fashion retailer Zara is set to become the tenant of the flagship properties in Düsseldorf, Berlin and Frankfurt am Main. This was reported by trade publication Textilwirtschaft on...

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Ross expands footprint with 47 new stores in the US

Ross Stores opened 47 new stores in June and July, including 35 Ross Dress for Less locations and 12 DD's Discounts, across 15 states and territories in the United States, the California-based retailer announced. The rollout keeps the off-price chain on pace for roughly 110 store openings this year. The new Ross locations extend the chain's...

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Magda Butrym to open first New York flagship ahead of NYFW runway debut

Magda Butrym is opening its first New York boutique, at 170 Mercer Street in SoHo, with a launch planned for early September. The opening coincides with the Polish luxury brand's first official appearance at New York Fashion Week, where it will stage a runway show on September 13. Founded in Warsaw in 2014, Magda Butrym has built its identity...

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Zeeman closes 13 Spanish stores after agreement with unions

Dutch textile discounter Zeeman is closing 13 stores in Spain following an agreement with trade unions on a collective redundancy plan (ERE), reports Spanish news outlet Economía Digital. The reorganisation is smaller than initially announced. While 15 stores were previously slated for closure, the branches in Burriana and Cartagena will now...

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Italian outerwear brand Moorer focuses on US market expansion

Italian brand Moorer is setting its sights on the US. The company is implementing a development plan focused on the North American market and consolidating its presence in major fashion capitals. United States currently accounts for around 4 percent of the brand's total business The brand, founded by Moreno Faccincani and currently 100 percent...

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Can Andy Burnham mend fashion's broken bridge to Europe?

Andy Burnham entered Downing Street on Monday as the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade. On the same morning, the fashion industry received a stark accounting of what those ten years have cost. Exclusive wholesale data released by JOOR revealed how thoroughly the Brexit referendum rewired trade between UK and EU fashion businesses. EU...

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EU fines AliExpress 550 million euros for selling prohibited products

Brussels - The EU fined the Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress, a subsidiary of the giant Alibaba, 550 million euros (628.7 million dollars) today. The fine was for allowing the sale of illegal products to European consumers, including dangerous toys and counterfeit clothing. AliExpress was sanctioned for failing to meet its obligations...

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WhatsApp is becoming retail's favorite sales associate, report finds

New research from cloud communications platform Infobip and consultancy Retail Economics finds that the "broadcast" model of customer engagement is being replaced by a conversational, AI-driven relationship layer — with WhatsApp emerging as the channel to beat. The messaging platform commands open rates of 85 to 95 percent, the report finds,...