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The Children’s Place to collaborate with Sanrio

The Children’s Place, Inc., the largest pure-play children’s speciality retailer in North America, has signed a multi-season collaboration with global lifestyle brand Sanrio, best known for Hello Kitty, as it looks to offer collections that resonate with both parents “and the next generation of fans”. The multi-season partnership will launch the...

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Casio to celebrate Baby-G anniversary with Hello Kitty

Watch brand Casio is collaborating with Hello Kitty, a character from the Japanese entertainment company Sanrio, on a new Baby-G shock-resistant watch. The collaboration watch marks both the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty and the 30th anniversary of the Baby-G and is based on the BGD-565, which inherits the design of the first Baby-G model. The...

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European Commission fines Guess almost 40 million euros in new crusade against online distribution restrictions

Brussels - On 17 December 2018, the European Commission fined the clothing company Guess 39.8 million euros for infringing EU antitrust rules by imposing restrictions on retailers’ ability to compete online. Concerns included ‘geo-blocking’ (i.e., restrictions on the EU territories into which retailers were allowed to sell Guess products),...