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Free clothing and sustainable awareness: the disruptive model of a Dutch brand

Dubbed This is Free Fashion, this young Dutch brand offers free fashion through pop-up stores organised in various cities in the Netherlands. An approach by a firm that breaks with the conventional. "We want to show that what for some is textile waste, for others can be a garment in good condition," reads the website of This is Free Fashion....

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Dutch fashion retail sees 6 percent increase in turnover for October

Fashion retailers operating in the Netherlands reported a turnover increase of 6 percent in October, according to a report by the country's local data platform, INretail Fashionpanel. During the month, the number of transactions was 5 percent higher and the number of items sold was 3 percent higher. For the first 10 months of 2024, cumulative...

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Q3 Highlights: financial performance of the fashion industry

A broad analysis of publications from the past three months shows that the fashion industry is resilient,driven by international growth, corporate mergers, and expansions. Major players reported revenue growth while many companies continue to navigate challenges such as fluctuating consumer spending, covid debts, and economic uncertainty in...

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Gymshark to open four new stores, including first-ever pop-up

Sportswear brand Gymshark is continuing on its path of retail expansion, revealing that it is planning to open a total of four new stores over the next 12 months, including two UK permanent retail locations, its first-ever pop-up and its first store in mainland Europe. The pop-up will be the first to be introduced, with Gymshark set to open the...

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Patagonia opens first store in the Netherlands

Outdoor technical apparel and accessories brand Patagonia has opened its first store in the Netherlands in Amsterdam to serve as both a retail store and a space for local activist and sports communities. Located at historic Singel 465-467, the store offers the brand’s technical products for outdoor sports, including climbing, snow sports, and...

A Guide to the Dutch Fashion Market

BACKGROUND - For anyone looking to start or expand a fashion business in the Netherlands, here is a guide to the Dutch fashion market. Details on the market itself and everything that goes with it such as the shopping behaviour and desires of Dutch consumers, shopping streets, online shopping and, of course, sustainability. Publication date:...

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Bestseller signs contract for Netherlands distribution centre

Denmark clothing company Bestseller has announced it has signed a contract to build a logistics centre in Lelystad, the Netherlands. The company will be investing DKK two billion (230.6 million pounds) to build the centre, for which plans were first revealed back in October 2021. Created to aid in the expansion of the group’s supply chain and to...

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M&S to shut over 80 stores and purge clothing business

London - Although analysts already predicted Marks & Spencer would be shuttering a number of its stores to help cut costs, the industry was still taken aback when the British department store announced it would be exiting 10 loss-making international markets. This means that M&S will be closing 53 stores in China, France, Belgium, Estonia,...