The spring season may not have started that well but Mother’s Day on May 8 in the US should bring some relief if a new survey is to be believed. The annual Brand Keys Mother’s Day Survey shows that around 80% of respondents plan to but clothing as gifts. Around 59% will buy jewellery and…
Associated British Foods has been expanding its Primark star brand in recent months (its latest launch it Italy). So how is it doing? Times may be tough for many, and Primark isn’t immune, it seems, although it’s still hugely profitable.
The departure of Net-A-Porter founder Natalie Massenet from the newly-merged Yoox Net-a-Porter doesn’t seem to be holding the luxury e-tailer back. The latest evidence of this is that Dubai’s Alabbar Enterprises has paid €100m for a 4% stake. That’s an almost-6% premium on the price the shares closed at yesterday and values the firm at…
Fashion Revolution, the not-for-profit group aiming to boost transparency in the fashion industry, and Ethical Consumer, have released new research highlighting the lack of transparency in the global fashion supply chain. And guess what? It doesn’t make encouraging reading. But some surprising brands score well and some equally surprising ones are bottom of the list.…
2016 isn’t shaping up to be a stellar year for retailers. It didn’t start well with stock markets mayhem making a lot of people nervous. But a partial recovery since then held out some hope… until retailers and luxury companies started giving us their financial results, that is. M&S clothing sales stayed anaemic, Next gave…
Rihanna has a new baby. No, not literally. She’s launching her own make-up brand. OK, that may not come as a shock. In fact, the biggest surprise is that she hasn’t done it before given her existing perfumes portfolio and the beauty agency, Fr8me, she opened with Benoit Demouy last year. What’s perhaps just a…
A few years ago, Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley vowed to finish off rival JD Sports. Not only did he fail in that aim but JD has gone from strength to strength (while Sports Direct has issued profit warnings) and JD’s latest results show that the athleisure trend is helping it to prosper. Once upon…
First, let me declare myself. The answer to the question in the headline is: a bit of both. I love high street designer collaborations. They’re a great way of buying into a designer look at a fraction of the regular price and the quality levels are usually high. Some work better than others of course (the critical…
Is the future of fashion Demna Gvasalia? Is it the smartwatch? Or is it… plus size? Given the general trend towards larger waistlines globally, that’s a growth area that easier to guarantee than a tech product category we’re not quite convinced we need and a disrupter designer who likes to deconstruct and reconstruct classics. Which is…
So Prada delivered hugely disappointing results on Friday and promised some ideas about how it would turn itself around at a conference call on Monday. That call has happened. Are we any the wiser?
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