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Amazon launches bargain portal Haul in Germany

German shoppers can now hunt for bargains on Amazon’s new portal, Haul. The new section offers items at particularly low prices, according to the company. "We know that it is important for customers in Germany to find great products at very low prices," Amazon Germany chief executive officer, Rocco Bräuniger, told the German Press Agency. Haul...

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Most fashionable celebrities of 2022

Who is the most fashionable of them all? Staying stylish among the media’s ever-present gaze is not easy but some female celebrities managed to keep interest in their fashion choices up all year round. And competition is fierce as the top slots are only a mere 100 searches apart. How were the top fashion icons crowned? A study conducted by...

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Fashion |Beauty

Pinterest predicts consumer trends for 2023

Social media platform Pinterest is predicting that romcom core, airy styles, fringing and galactic fits will shape fashion trends in 2023, while for beauty, consumers will be opting for bright hair, micro makeovers, and crown care. Described as a “window into the future,” the ‘Pinterest Predicts 2023’ trend report analyses global search data...

Fashion: from catwalk to closet

What is fashion exactly? What influences are there on fashion? What role do Fashion Weeks play? How do trends arise and how do trends find their way into our wardrobe? FashionUnited explains. Contents • Definition of fashion and trends • Trends and acceptance • What influences fashion • What role do Fashion Weeks play? • How fashion trends find...

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What fashion items are great investment pieces?

With the growth in the resale market, customers are seriously rethinking the investment piece. Those with a penchant for designer items are no longer in the business of just acquiring stuff. They want to know it will hold value, so they can resell it and eventually put it toward something else. Alternatively, they will view it as an active...

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The relationship between fashion and mental health awareness

This month, Madhappy rolled out several initiatives for Mental Health Awareness Month, including capsule collections, along with their latest Out of Home campaign billboards in Los Angeles and New York. In late April, the company launched positive-message billboards across New York and Los Angeles with statements including “Peace of Mind”, “...

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Off-White creates a digital experience for SS21 collection

Virgil Abloh, creative director of Off-White, has debuted his spring-summer 2021 collection via an immersive digital experience called Imaginary TV. The multi-media digital event was custom-created for the day, with the collection titled “Adam is Eve.” The see-now, buy-now collection teased the launch of a new must-have accessory called The...

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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...

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Retail|ANALYSIS

Black Friday 2019 – First sales stats revealed

New York - According to stats compiled by LicenseGlobal, as of early morning of Thanksgiving Day – the day prior to Black Friday – consumers in the U.S. had already spent 2.1 billion dollars via online retail, raising the year-on-year digital growth for the period to 20.2 percent. By early afternoon the same day, the U.S. online spent doubled to...

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Optimising in-store digital experience helps fashion retailers increase revenue 25 percent

In a world where shopping experiences are influenced by digital in 75 percent of cases, digital already directly drives more than a third of all retail sales, and it further influences a much higher percentage, concludes a recent report by BRP & Windstream Enterprise. ‘Retail’s Digital Crossroads: The Race to Meet Shopper Expectations’ study...

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Viktor&Rolf exhibition showcases the success of the 'polder model'

Amsterdam - "The only thing we ever disagree about is the temperature in the car," joked Rolf Snoeren when asked how his collaboration with Viktor Horsting has been going for the past 25 years. "We always say that we are a good example of the polder model; we keep on talking until there is a consensus," added Horsting during the press preview of...

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wedding expected to give UK retail a boost

“We have real earnings growth coupled with a royal wedding and two bank holidays around the corner. Maybe with the right weather, the combination of these factors could be just the boost retailers have been hoping for,” says the head of retail and wholesale at BDO, Sophie Michael, in a recent report. BDO, an accountancy and business advisory...