Fashion supply chain trade show Pure Origin has become the UK’s largest sourcing event. The show, which runs parallel to Pure London on 17-19 July at Olympia London, will feature 20 new ‘Country Pavilions’.
Magliano, JordanLuca and Federico Cina, three emerging Italian labels worth keeping an eye on, have confirmed their potential at Milan Fashion Week Men, with interesting collections and highly creative ideas.
Paul & Shark is forecasting a 2022 revenue of €130 million, a 3-4% growth over 2019. At Pitti Uomo 102, it launched Re-Sail, a project for upcycling used sails, and is focusing its retail efforts on sub-Saharan Africa.
The struggling Sailmakers shopping centre in Ipswich has been bought by UK developer ALB Group for an undisclosed sum. And the new owner said it plans to develop the 133,000 sq ft mall and to take a “fresh approach”.
It’s been so long on the market, Boots may be in danger of missing its sell-by date. With inflation and interest rates rising on both sides of the Atlantic, a deal to buy the retailer could be at risk of collapsing.
Leave it to Giorgio Armani to have the most handsome heartthrob front row of this season in Milan – including successive Bridgerton stars - as he staged a brilliant display of summery elegance on Monday morning.
Two weekly footfall reports on Monday showed that visitor traffic to retail destinations continues to climb, but that the goal of reaching and even exceeding the same level as 2019 remains elusive.
Burberry has shared more details of the extension of its partnership with Mythical Games that was revealed a week ago. The second year of its link-up sees it launching new NFTs in the Blankos Block Party title.
When a charity-focused launch hits the right note, it can really see its sales soaring and on Monday, In The Style announced that its link-up with Dame Deborah James has raised over £1 million in less than a month.
Hugo Boss is continuing its casualisation and youth-focused drive for its Boss label and has unveiled its latest limited-edition capsule collection, a collaboration with “next-generation creator” Khaby Lame.
Primark had big news on Monday and no, it wasn’t that trading is going well (which it is). It was that the company is working on a UK launch of a trial Click & Collect service for the end of this calendar year.
Good to see a few properly cut suits in Milan, opening and more or less closing the Prada show, in a tour de force of tailoring leavened by some conceptual gingham on Sunday, as Etro and J.W. Anderson also staged shows.
Total sales by China's e-commerce giant JD.com rose 10.3% over the 18 days to Sunday during the first major shopping festival since a recent Covid-19 outbreak, the company said.
Lifestyle brand Saysh announced on Friday it has inked $8 million in its latest Series A funding round, led by Gap Inc.-owned Athleta and specialist consumer fund Iris.
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries is considering buying out Revlon Inc in the United States, days after the cosmetics giant filed for bankruptcy, business channel ET Now reported on Friday, citing sources.
