Fashion

How to move away from greenwashing?

Sustainability is an absolute necessity for fashion brands nowadays if we expect to have a planet by the end of this century. While many fashion brands are trying to make a true shift toward being more sustainable, some treat sustainability as a marketing tactic. The concept of “greenwashing” or conveying the false impression that a company’s...

10 hours ago

Business

Gucci joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation as a strategic partner

Italian fashion house Gucci has announced a new strategic partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to accelerate its vision of a circular economy and regenerative agriculture for the future. Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a charity committed to creating a circular economy that delivers better outcomes for people and the environment and...

14 hours ago

People

Me+Em appoints Maurice Helfgott as chairman

British luxury fashion brand Me+Em has named Maurice Helfgott, one of the UK’s most experienced e-commerce and retail tech directors, as its chairman to help accelerate its expansion in the US. Helfgott has led many direct-to-consumer, software and e-commerce brands, including MyOptique, End Clothing and most recently, retail software firm...

16 hours ago

Retail

Mango plans six new Toronto stores by end of 2023 amid Canada expansion

Mango plans to expand its presence in Canada with the opening of six new stores in Toronto by the end of next year. That’s part of a broader deal the Spanish fashion retailer has struck with Fox Group to open at least twenty new stores in Canada over the next 10 years as a condition for extending the agreement. Fox Group, which is listed on the...

16 hours ago

Fairs

Green fashion fair Neonyt puts focus on end consumers, but what does that mean for brands?

Sustainable fashion fair Neonyt focused on the end consumer for the first time during its last edition. Many new and a few familiar brands visited Frankfurt's Ostend district when FashionUnited paid a visit. The fair counted more than 1,000 visitors spanning from Germany to France, the UK and Peru. At first glance, Neonyt is almost the same as...

18 hours ago

Business |Interview

“Shopping is about fit, not size”: Bods founder Christine Marzano talks virtual avatars and sexy tech

As returns and fit become increasingly evident issues within fashion, brands are looking into innovative ways to avoid playing a part in these areas. Los Angeles-based start-up Bods is hoping to help drive this change in the industry through digital-first fit solutions. The fashion-forward tech company, which was launched in June 2021 by former...

20 hours ago

Business

Quiz reports jump in FY revenue as social events return

UK fast fashion brand Quiz saw a 97 percent increase in revenue in its most recent financial year as social events returned following the easing of lockdown restrictions. In the 12 months to March 31, group revenue came in at 78.37 million pounds, up from the 39.7 million pounds it reported a year earlier. Quiz was hit hard by the pandemic, both...

5 Jul 2022

Business |Beauty

Bourjois returns to UK market following 2019 exit

French cosmetics brand Bourjois has returned to the UK in an exclusive partnership with Superdrug, after Coty pulled the brand from the UK in December 2019, as part of a strategy to streamline its consumer beauty brands. Bourjois bestsellers including its Little Round Pot Blusher and Healthy Mix Foundation are now available on Superdrug’s...

5 Jul 2022

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Fashion

Loanhood peer-to-peer rental platform to launch this week

Loanhood, a new peer-to-peer platform described by its founders as “like Depop but rental” is set to launch a subscription-free app on July 7. The rental app, launching on Apple and Android, states that “every garment matters,” and it will be a gender-inclusive service allowing people to list items or looks as womenswear, menswear or ungendered...

11 hours ago

Business

Marks & Spencer shareholders revolt over pay package for outgoing CEO

Marks & Spencer has faced a revolt from almost a third of its shareholders over a 2.6 million pound bonus paid out to outgoing CEO Steve Rowe. Twenty-nine percent of the British retail giant’s shareholders opposed the decision amid the company’s ongoing pandemic recovery and against a backdrop of rising inflation and widespread market...

13 hours ago

Fairs

Pure London announces Arizona Muse and Dana Thomas as keynote speakers

Model and activist Arizona Muse and Fashionopolis author Dana Thomas will be the keynote speakers headlining Pure London’s Power of One sustainability content programme this month. Pure London returns to London Olympia next week for the first in-person, standalone show since the beginning of the pandemic. Kicking off the event’s Power of One...

15 hours ago

Retail

Seiko to open New Bond Street boutique this autumn

Japanese watchmaker Seiko is to open a two-storey store on New Bond Street in London this autumn. The flagship, located on 68 New Bond Street, will mark Seiko’s first two-storey boutique in the world and will showcase its Seiko and Grand Seiko collections in the same location but with dedicated showrooms for each. The boutique will also...

17 hours ago