Given the tough time being faced by the luxury sector at present, predictions around Burberry’s results for the year to March 31 ranged from bad to downright awful. So now that the figures are out, what did we actually get? Well, not bad in the circumstances with plenty of focus on the future. And that…
Another report about UK shopper footfall came out yesterday but I didn’t report on it because it was yet more of the same – store traffic down, not many people interested in spring clothes etc etc. But yet another set of figures is out today and I’m reporting this one because it really highlights just…
Success in fashion isn’t necessarily dependent on talent and some of the most talented designers fail, especially when they’re UK-based. But now Jonathan Saunders is off to better financed climes with the news that he’s the new creative director at Diane von Furstenberg.
Modern retail is all about omnichannel but finding the sweet spot where the website helps drive traffic into stores and where the stores help drive shoppers online (all while increasing, rather than cannibalising, sales) is hard. Now Guess is planning a tech assault designed to get those clickers through its physical store doors, in the…
Who cares about the movies on show when you can ogle celebs on the red carpet? Well, some of us do actually but it has to be said that the Cannes Film Festival has always been as much of a celeb photo opportunity as a celebration of either high art or popular culture.
Wearables may not be the future of fashion as a whole but they’re the future of the watch sector, right? Hmmm. Like any bold new future, it’s one that’s getting off to a fitful start and that means companies can struggle to make money from it until it’s become completely mainstream.
I could probably be guaranteed to dislike the new Calvin Klein campaign simply because the press release that goes with it contains the words “zeitgeist”, “juxtapose”, “avant garde” and “millennials”. All that’s missing is “iconic”.
They say that before you can solve a problem, you have to admit you have one. So it is for Gap Inc. Like an unreformed addict, it’s been working on its turnaround for years but it has never really come out and admitted that the problem is fundamental. Until now. Yesterday, on reporting yet another…
If you didn’t trust all the data that’s come out so far suggesting April was well, a crappy month for UK fashion retail… think again. It was really was as bad as everyone thinks. The latest proof today comes from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG’s monthly sales monitor. In a month when overall sales were…
The latest gorgeous, pouting face of a beauty brand is… David Beckham. Yep, striking a blow for older models, the 41-year-old is teaming up with L’Oréal’s Biotherm brand. But this is no attempt to target older consumers. In fact, millennials are the consumers in Biotherm’s sights.
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