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Sales of clothing and footwear down by almost 30% in Mexico

Dec 11, 2020 / Mexico
Data is from Servytur's Center for Economic and Trade Studies (CEECS) and highlights a massive hit of the pandemic in the clothing and footwear sales in Mexico. El Heraldo reports

Chloé appoints Gabriela Hearst Artistic Director

Dec 9, 2020 / France
The Richemont-owned French luxury fashion house announced the appointment of Gabriela Hearst to the position of Artistic Director after making official the departure of Natacha Ramsay-Levi last week

Gucci, Burberry, Prada, Dior and Moncler win the Altagamma Digital Awards 2020

Dec 7, 2020 / Italy
The fourth edition of Altagamma Digital Awards revealed the winners. The distinction is given to Personal Luxury brands that standout for their digital leadership. The 2020 edition was organised in partnership with the National Chamber of Italian Fashion

Pitti gathers its events and moves them to February

Dec 4, 2020 / Italy
Uomo, Bimbo and Filati to take place at the same dates in Florence. The Pitti events are now on the agenda to take place between the 21st and the 23rd February 2021

Bonmarché collapses into administration

Dec 3, 2020 / United Kingdom
The retailer based in West Yorkshire has collapsed into administration for the second time in a year. 1 500 jobs are at risk

Arcadia Group files for bankruptcy

Dec 2, 2020 / United Kingdom
More than 13 000 jobs are at risk in what is so far the biggest UK collapse in the COVID-19 era. The owner of Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Evans and Burton appointed administrators from Deloitte on Monday

Debenhams on the verge of closing

Dec 2, 2020 / United Kingdom
The UK-based store chain is reportedly set to close after the latest efforts to rescue it have failed. Rough trading conditions during the pandemic were the final hit for both Debenhams and Arcadia

Arcadia declines emergency loan offer from Frasers Group

Nov 30, 2020 / United Kingdom
The owner of several high street retailers, Arcadia, have declined a 50 million British pounds (55.8 million euros) emergency loan offer from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, the retail group formally known as Sports Direct

Gallery with merged formats in 2021

Nov 20, 2020 / Germany
The Germany-held trade fairs have announced the dates for 2021 and confirmed the merged formats, which were successfully tried in 2020, will continue

What drives sales of footwear?

Premium ContentNov 16, 2020 / Business Conditions Survey
Purchasing power, price, fashion, sustainability and climate are all driving footwear sales. However, how important are each of these in the moment the consumer chooses a new pair of shoes?

Burberry with growth in leather goods category

Nov 16, 2020 / United Kingdom
The UK-based luxury brand has announced a decline of 31% in revenue for the first semester of the current fiscal year. Despite that, Burberry is pleased with the year-on-year growth registered in the leather goods category

H&M Group names Leyla Ertur as new Head of Sustainability

Nov 13, 2020 / Sweden
From the 1st of January 2021 onwards, Leyla will take over from Anna Gedda who has led the company’s sustainability initiatives since 2014 and who will take on a new role as Head of Steering and Strategic Planning at H&M Group

Next Riva live talk is focusing on the 2022 fashion market

Nov 5, 2020 / Italy
“The 2022 fashion market, shifts & strategies”: a reflection on the fashion market for the last of the #playfashion live talks

Tapestry with 14% decline in sales

Nov 2, 2020 / United States
Despite the falling sales performance registered in the first quarter of the new fiscal year, Tapestry says it is pleased with the achieved results, which are above the company's expectations

Are you using any of these B2B Marketplaces for Fashion?

Premium ContentOct 27, 2020 / World Footwear Reports
With the world moving into the digital sphere at a fast rhythm more and more businesses are being made online. This is well known for Business to Consumer, but is also the case for Business to Business connections, as different parts of the supply chain get connected via B2B marketplaces
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