Articles by Regina Henkel
Dr. Regina Henkel has been a trade journalist for the fashion and sports industry since 2000 and has been working for FashionUnited since 2015.After studying textile science and business administration, she began her career at the international fashion magazine Sportswear International at Deutscher Fachverlag. She then completed her doctorate and returned to trade journalism. Since 2010, she has been writing freelance for international B2B publications, special interest magazines and cultural studies publications, with a focus on sustainability and digitalization in addition to general business topics.
Outdoor in the fashion world: A rollercoaster ride
The outdoors and fashion have been converging for years. This is evident in trends like Gorpcore and fashionable functional pieces. However, what consumers now combine as a matter of course often puts brands and retailers in a strategic bind. Segment boundaries remain quite rigid in retail Gorpcore is only the latest example of a long series of...
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Skechers: Why a sneaker brand without cult status is worth 9.4 billion dollars
If the announced sale of the US sneaker brand Skechers does indeed go through in the third quarter of this year, this deal will go down in history as the largest transaction to date in the sneaker market. Why is Skechers so interesting? Not 'cool', but the third largest sneaker brand in the world First things first: with global annual revenue of...
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Louis Vuitton presents "The Louis" in Shanghai
French luxury house Louis Vuitton has announced the opening of a new location in Shanghai. This location combines retail, Le Café Louis Vuitton and an exhibition on the history of Louis Vuitton. The building is shaped like a ship. It is intended as a contemporary homage to the origins of travel. This reflects Louis Vuitton's history as a maker...
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Carhartt WIP expands presence in Munich with second store opening
American workwear label Carhartt WIP opened a new store in Munich’s Glockenbachviertel district. This marks the brand’s second store in the german city, with the first located in the Schwabing district. The new 120 square metre store in Reichenbachstraße was designed by Milan-based architectural firm Andrea Caputto, in collaboration with Salomée...
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LaMunt’s chief executive officer, Ruth Oberrauch: ‘Retailers are looking for versatility’
The order season in the outdoor industry has begun. How are retailers orienting themselves? What products are they looking for? The Austrian-based womenswear label LaMunt focuses on a balance of function, lifestyle and sustainability. The outdoor label LaMunt was founded in 2020 to offer functional and stylish mountaineering and outdoor clothing...
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Björn Borg: apparel and shoes drive turnover in first quarter
The Swedish fashion company Björn Borg AB had a good start to 2025, with a turnover increase of 9 percent. Net sales as of March 31, totalled approximately 25.6 million euros (280 million Swedish krona). Operating profit amounted to 3.1 million euros (34.2 million Swedish krona), which corresponds to an increase of 2.1 percent. “Our growth this...
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Salvatore Ferragamo: Weak DTC business results in negative quarterly results
Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. reported a slight drop in revenue in the first quarter of the current financial year. This result was primarily due to the negative consumer climate in the Asia-Pacific region and the weak performance of the direct-to-consumer (DTC) business. As of March 31, group revenue amounted to 221 million...
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Global Luxury Retail Report 2025: More openings, rents rise again
The latest Savills Global Luxury Retail 2025 Report shows that global luxury retail continued to withstand economic challenges, with core markets experiencing strong rental growth in 2024. Prime rents increased or remained stable in over 75 percent of the 21 regions surveyed. After the number of new openings slowed in 2023, this trend reversed...
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Klättermusen chief executive officer: ‘We are not a brand for everyone’
Swedish premium mountaineering brand Klättermusen is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and has big plans for the coming years. It is currently launching an international retail offensive and has founded its own travel division. Klättermusen – which translates to ‘climbing mouse’ – has always seen itself as an independent outdoor brand...
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Re&Up general manager: ‘The next two to three years will be the most exciting for the European textile industry’
Re&Up is among the pioneers of textile-to-textile recycling and one of the few companies that implemented textile recycling technologies on an industrial scale years ago. This is all the more astonishing given that Re&Up has even managed to separate cotton-polyester blended fabrics into their components and convert the raw materials into new...
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