OK, first the apology – this report has some pretty dry figures so don’t expect sexy factoids. Second the excuse – if we really want to see what’s happening in retail, then we need to look at such figures. And as the Christmas season is always a game-changer for the sector, then the figures become…
We’re all obsessed with looking better but just what are the specific questions we’re asking to help us achieve it? Well, Google has revealed its top US queries related to fashion and beauty from last year and it reveals a lot of people perplexed by relatively simple issues and possibly not getting the advice they…
Topshop has bagged one of the world’s biggest models for its SS16 campaign. Yep, Karlie Kloss is its new face in a series of shots by Tyrone Lebon, styled by the retailer’s creative director, Kate Phelan. The campaign will feature in stores, advertising, online and social media worldwide.
Mules are continuing their quiet comeback with some key influencer labels going backless for pre-fall 16. Will this trend hit the big time? Maybe not – at least not yet. But it could be a slow-burner. We saw tastemaker labels getting behind mules at the SS16 shows last September/October and that means there’ll be plenty of…
Chilly temperatures added $200m in extra sales to US apparel retailers in the run-up to the New Year. Yippee. No, wait… quick calculation. In a country of nearly 323m people and some pretty hefty climate extremes, that’s a spend of less than 62 cents per person. Ouch! So what went wrong? A warm autumn +…
Well, we weren’t expecting that. Louis Vuitton creative supremo Nicolas Ghesquière may have said back in October that his SS16 collection was all about a dark virtual reality. But we didn’t take him seriously. Now he’s taken virtual reality a step further by revealing the ad campaign for that collection. And the star of the…
I’ve always liked Delpozo, but the label’s not one that’s figured high on my list of influencers. That’s due a) to its scarily high prices and b) to its demi-couture profile that means its silhouettes err on the side of extreme rather than commercial. But for the pre-fall collection, it doesn’t take too much of…
UK consumers are going to be in a mood to spend next year. Yippee. But wait, they’re not going to be spending much more on the goods I’m interested in – fashion and beauty. Ouch. Who says so? The KPMG/Ipsos retail think tank, that’s who. Despite the fact that we’ll all have more money to…
Bye-bye Natasha Poly, hello Raquel Zimmerman. Yes the Brazilian model has taken over from Poly as the face of Isabel Marant’s ad campaign for SS16. The differences don’t end there either. Although the brand is continuing its tendency to focus on silhouette and not necessarily care about promoting commercial looks, the feel here is quite…
Britain is very good at a lot of things to do with technology. Vacuum cleaners spring to mind courtesy of the entrepreneurs behind Dyson and G-Tech, and of course the internet itself (thanks Sir Tim). But there’s one thing we don’t seem to do so well – multibillion pound game-changing tech companies. Why is that?…
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