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Fabletics launches scrubs collection in UK ahead of wider Europe debut

Fabletics launches scrubs collection in UK ahead of wider Europe debut

​Activewear brand Fabletics has launched a new collection into the UK market with the debut of its Scrubs offer. It follows a “successful” launch in the US with the line “made with and for the medical community”.
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Applications open for evolved Woolmark Prize

Applications open for evolved Woolmark Prize

Applications have just opened for one of the key emerging-talent-focused prizes, the International Woolmark Prize, with Woolmark saying the contest is “evolving to future-proof fashion”.
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Radical Superdry survival plan is unveiled, aims to avoid administration

Radical Superdry survival plan is unveiled, aims to avoid administration

​It may not come as a surprise after news was leaked on Monday, but on Tuesday morning Superdry unveiled its new proposals for a restructuring, plus plans for an equity raise and to delist from the stock exchange.
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Spain's Tendam wants to launch IPO before February 2025, CEO says

Spain's Tendam wants to launch IPO before February 2025, CEO says

Spanish fashion retailer Tendam plans to launch an initial public offering by the end of its financial year next February, its CEO Jaume Miquel told Reuters on Monday.
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Valentino new London flagship debuts on Sloane Street

Valentino new London flagship debuts on Sloane Street

​Valentino has opened the doors of a major new flagship on upscale Sloane Street in London, which it said continues the label’s “evolution towards a more intimate, design-led retail dimension”.
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9dcc pops up in NYC, unveils Nines program

9dcc pops up in NYC, unveils Nines program

Crypto-centric luxury fashion label 9dcc launched last week a pop-up experience in SoHo, New York City, coinciding with NFT NYC, introducing the Nines program.
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FIT to honor Kenneth Cole, Norma Kamali and Rebecca Hessel Cohen

FIT to honor Kenneth Cole, Norma Kamali and Rebecca Hessel Cohen

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) unveiled on Friday the honorees for its upcoming Annual Awards Gala, set to take place at The Glasshouse in New York City on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. 
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Amazon opens Italian Innovation Lab to public, reveals robotics, packaging advances

Amazon opens Italian Innovation Lab to public, reveals robotics, packaging advances

​Amazon has announced a €700 million+ investment in robotics and AI-powered technologies across Europe, using its Innovation Lab to develop and test new tech, and it will soon open the lab to the public.
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Embattled Esprit announces 'potential investor' to boost Europe business

Embattled Esprit announces 'potential investor' to boost Europe business

Esprit Holdings has released some good news and has said “the company has been in discussions with interested third parties and recently received an oral indication from a potential investor” for a possible link-up.
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Casablanca appoints its first marketing director, Txampi Diz

Casablanca appoints its first marketing director, Txampi Diz

Luxury house Casablanca has swiftly filled the new role of marketing director by appointing Txampi Diz, who recently held the same position at Balmain. 
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Fast Retailing: record first half, Uniqlo's international dynamism

Fast Retailing: record first half, Uniqlo's international dynamism

The Japanese group reported "record" half-year results on Thursday, boosted in particular by its Uniqlo brand in North America, Europe and South-East Asia, and slightly raised its full-year profit forecast.
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Brazil: An NGO accuses H&M and Zara of using BCI-certified cotton linked to deforestation

Brazil: An NGO accuses H&M and Zara of using BCI-certified cotton linked to deforestation

The British NGO Earthsight has unveiled a series of documents pointing to illegal deforestation by Brazilian producers of the "Better Cotton" used in the Zara and H&M collections.
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Lanvin partners with Austrian artist Erwin Wurm for a project in China

Lanvin partners with Austrian artist Erwin Wurm for a project in China

Erwin Wurm is the second creative invited by the label as part of its Lanvin Lab project after rapper Future. He has created one of his famous bag-sculptures for the house, which will be exhibited throughout China.
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Now Ted Baker's US partner is said to be eyeing UK and Europe ops

Now Ted Baker's US partner is said to be eyeing UK and Europe ops

​Shortly after news that Next and Frasers Group may be interested in Ted Baker’s UK and Europe retail assets, it has emerged that the brand’s US partner could also be looking at them.
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Mango Man continues Boglioli link-up with second collection

Mango Man continues Boglioli link-up with second collection

Just a week after Spain’s Mango unveiled its Victoria Beckham collab, it has launched its second menswear link-up with Boglioli “to create a complete and versatile wardrobe”.
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Royal College of Art is world’s top university for art and design.... again

Royal College of Art is world’s top university for art and design.... again

​Here we go again. London’s Royal College of Art has once again clinched the title of the world’s leading university for art and design. In fact, it’s the RCA’s 10th consecutive year of winning the accolade.
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