Copenhagen Fashion Week kicked off on Monday and in its usual trailblazing way, the focus was squarely on sustainability as well as style. Deadstock fabrics and natural fibres had a starring role but the limits of sustainability didn’t seem to limit the imagination of the designers. OpéraSport – Photo: James Cochrane OpéraSport, established in Denmark’s…
Fashion e-tail giant Zalando’s recent expert panel discussion offered up some interesting insights as to how brands can not only survive but thrive in the current challenging environment. Zalando The key takeaway was that it’s all about “understanding and delivering on what customers truly value”. It was a joint Zalando-Zeos discussion (Zeos is the firm’s…
Topshop has been gradually releasing information linked to its full-scale comeback this year and the latest news this week is that two major European names will stock the now-online-only label in their physical stores. The Cara Delevingne image of Topshop’s Instagram page Reports said both France’s Printemps and Denmark’s Magasin du Nord (which used to…
7:30 a.m. Fill up on Cuban cuisine Hemingway once called Key West the “St.-Tropez of the poor,” but these days, the hunt for inexpensive meals there can feel like Jimmy Buffett’s hunt for a long-lost shaker of salt. The good news is that the city’s Cuban restaurants offer delicious food at reasonable prices. Sandy’s Café,…
Only 11% of the fashion sector’s market value is on track to meet 2030 decarbonisation goals but new research shows exactly where carbon cuts and commercial value align, and how AI could be the unexpected accelerator for both. It also highlights the importance — and challenges — of secondhand and how crucial it is to influence…
As the UK summer heats up, a big price freeze is intensifying in the annual back-to-school (BtS) season price battle. John Lewis John Lewis and Clarks have become the latest major retailers to join M&S and Asda in the BtS race for the playground pound as parents continue to be hit by cost-of-living constraints. Department…
Recent reports have suggested that online sales have been the saving grace of weak UK retail sales overall in the past few months. But Adobe Digital Insights data on Tuesday seems to contradict that. Photo: Pexels Its online spending report for June also shows e-spending reached £49.7 billion in the first half of the year…
We hear a lot about the impact of Mother’s day but less about Father’s Day, perhaps understandable given that the latter is a smaller spend event. But two releases this week show that it remains key for early summer gifting. Photo: Pexels And UK and global e-commerce order volumes increased in the lead-up to Father’s…
British heritage knitwear brand John Smedley and the Great British Wool Revival (GBWR) are teaming up “to champion British wool”. John Smedley The partnership will see a number of marketing, educational, community and industry initiatives involving John Smedley and will be visible in its campaigns, as well as it making yarns and patterns available for…
Delivery giant DHL has released its latest E-Commerce Trends Report and said that “AI and social media are reshaping online shopping”. DHL It said that delivery remains the top “conversion killer” with 81% of shoppers abandoning their carts when preferred delivery options are missing. But there are other issues too with a third of shoppers…
