JD Sports Fashion had plenty of news Wednesday beyond its trading update with the retail giant also outlining its medium-term strategy and warning of volatile trading. In an interview, its chairman Andrew Higginson also criticised the uncertainty created by President Trump’s trade war and said that prices could rise. But he ruled out moving production…
Alexandre Vauthier has departed the fashion house he founded just seven months after his brand was acquired by Californian e-tailer Revolve. Alexandre Vauthier stepped down from his namesake label 15 years after founding the house in Paris. – DR A friend close to the designer confirmed his departure, which comes 15 years after Vauthier launched…
Fashion platform Lyst has announced that it will be acquired by Japan’s ZOZO, “transforming the future of fashion discovery through AI and technology”. Lyst It said they have a “shared vision to transform [the] online fashion shopping experience for shoppers and brands” and that their “complementary footprints and tech capabilities” will be able to “unlock…
By Reuters Published April 9, 2025 Clothing and accessories retailers across the United States are delaying orders and freezing hiring ahead of tariff hikes that take effect Wednesday on products imported from Vietnam and China. DR These businesses, much like Nike, opens new tab and Lululemon, opens new tab, face an impossible choice: offset the cost of tariffs…
It may be part of the giant Capri Holdings that reports results quarterly but we rarely hear about Michael Kors’ specific UK performance so the filing of its accounts for the year to March 2024 is certainly illuminating. See catwalkMichael Kors – Spring-Summer2024 – Womenswear – Etats-Unis – New York – © Launchmetrics Turnover dropped…
Rixo’s accounts for the year to last June have just been filed and they show an interruption to the buoyant sales performance it had seen in the previous financial year. Rixo For 2023/24, revenue dipped to £18.7 million from £19 million in what the company said was an “uncertain market with subdued consumer spending in…
Translated by Nicola Mira Published April 7, 2025 The appointment of a new boss does not allay doubts about the real position in which Parisian department store BHV finds itself. Société des Grands Magasins (SGM), the company that now operates BHV, after striking a deal in 2023 with its former owner, the Galeries Lafayette group,…
One brand shaking things up in the booming world of essential beauty supplements is Sisterly, which has been staging pop-ups and activations from London to LA. Last month, it debuted in Harrods’s beauty section alongside brands like Armani and Augustinus Bader. Uber model Jade Parfait, a huge fan, starred in Sisterly’s campaign, which was shot…
Edgardo’s got a brand-new bar. Aquazzura, the very happening footwear marque, has a fresh product extension: a cocktail bar in Rome. Edgardo Osorio and Lydia Forte at the newly opened Aquazzura Bar in Rome. – DR Located inside the iconic Hotel de Russie, the bar is a new debut by Aquazzura, marking the brand’s first…
LVMH has named two new CEOs at its leading fashion houses, with Ramon Ros taking over at Fendi and Charlotte Coupé appointed at Kenzo. Both senior executives come from positions in LVMH’s flagship brand, Louis Vuitton. They will report to Sidney Toledano, senior advisor to the LVMH Group chairman and the conglomerate’s controlling shareholder, Bernard…