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Matchesfashion names John Mooney its creative director
Luxury retailer Matchesfashion has continued to boost its top team, and has named a new executive creative director, finding him – like current Matches CEO Nick Beighton – among the ranks of ASOS execs.
Fashion
Unilever Ventures invests in haircare brand Straand
Dutch group Unilever, through its start-up investment programme Unilever Ventures, has injected $2 million into newly-launched Australian haircare brand Straand.
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Klarna unveils Paris Hilton as its global face
Klarna has unveiled Paris Hilton as its new global face with an upcoming campaign featuring the “Y2K icon” that’s been created in collaboration with Hilton’s next-gen media company, 11:11 Media.
Fashion
UK online sales weak in January, footwear is best performer in fashion
Online retail has endured a couple of difficult years post-pandemic and January’s figures that have just come out show no signs of a change in the trend.
Fashion
Fashion clearance sales boost January UK retail, but consumers stay cautious
January sales reports on Tuesday were far from buoyant, although the fashion sector continued to see growth, presumably boosted by easy comparisons, high inflation and clearance sales.
Fashion
Amazon to shed unused UK warehouse space - report
There was a time when warehousing in the UK was in short supply as the e-commerce boom shifted up several gears. No longer, it seems.
Fashion
Studio Retail CEO exits, insider becomes MD
Studio Retail’s CEO has exited the business almost a year after it was snapped up by Frasers Group in a rescue deal.
Fashion
Freemans reports buoyant Christmas, Julien Macdonald collab is "standout" success
Freemans said on Friday that it had “a cracker of a Christmas” with sales in the eight weeks to the end of the year up as much as 23%. Its customer numbers also topped a million, which was up 65% from two years ago.
Fashion
UK retail footfall recovery continues as office workers boost high streets on weekdays
Footfall to UK retail destinations was up 12.5% in January, according to the latest BRC-Sensormatic IQ data. But while it rose, it was 2.6 percentage points down on December.
Fashion
Big change at John Lewis sees customer director stepping down
There are big changes happening in John Lewis Partnership’s customer service capability, with the UK retail giant announcing new investment in its brands, data and technology “to give even more value to customers”.
Fashion
H&M to close four regional UK stores
Global fashion giant H&M is planning to shutter four of its regional UK stores, citing a “rapid change” in customer behaviour. Stores in Hartlepool, Maidenhead, Newport on the Isle of Wight and Burton are set to close.
Fashion
Very expands Everyday own brand with 900 more products
How successful has The Very Group’s Everyday range been? Enough to expand the collection with more than 900 new fashion and home products “following strong customer demand since it launched in summer 2022”.
Fashion
Matalan chair is out as leadership shake-up begins
A new broom is expected to sweep in at Matalan following the acquisition of the fashion and lifestyle retailer last month, with interim chairman Tim Isaacs the first casualty.
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Landlord Shaftesbury links with Good On You for West End sustainability drive
Central London commercial property landlord Shaftesbury is to partner with Good On You, fashion’s source for brand sustainability ratings.
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UK's competition body investigates Richemont-Farfetch deal for YNAP
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking into Farfetch’s purchase of a stake in Yoox Net-A-Porter, owned by Swiss luxury goods group Richemont, claiming it might reduce competition in the UK market.
Fashion
THG partners And Digital to scale and accelerate Ingenuity offer
THG Ingenuity has inked a strategic alliance with And Digital, the software engineering firm, “to accelerate digital transformation, help brands bridge the digital skills gap and unlock the potential of commerce tech”.
Fashion