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Fashion house Karl Lagerfeld is collaborating with premium Indian brand Cover Story to enter the Indian market. A limited-edition collection is being sold in selected Future Group stores in cities such as Ahmedabad, Pune and Hyderabad. “The collection is very…
Global luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton has launched an e-commerce offer specifically for Singapore and Malaysia. Exclusive products will feature on the brand’s new online service, as well as its ready-to-wear items for men and women, bags, leather goods,…
Luxury goods group LVMH has shrugged off the impact of the recent Hong Kong protests and global economic uncertainty, recording a 19 percent increase in sales of leather goods and fashion during the third quarter. The Paris-headquartered group singled out its…
Uniqlo Philippines will open its 60th store next week, at Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod. The Japanese fast-fashion brand has been undertaking a rapid rollout of stores in the country with the latest store – to open on October 18 – the ninth in the…
A Philippine ad agency has created a streetwear brand to test its digital marketing strategies – and now it has gone global. What? Caps, developed by Eggshell Worldwide, led by Mark Wesley Pahate now ships to 220 countries worldwide, in partnership with…
Over a year after divesting the Millers, Crossroads, Katies, Autograph and Rivers businesses to Noni B, and putting more focus on its flagship plus-size brand, City Chic Collective has announced it will acquire US specialty retailer Avenue’s e-commerce…
UK fashion house Ted Baker has slumped into the red in the first half of the year, its position not helped by a 15.2-per-cent fall in sales in Asia. Global revenue was down by a more modest 0.7 percent (or by 2.5 percent in constant currency) to £303.8…
H&M’s pre-tax profit rose 25 percent in the latest quarter to US$506 million as the Swedish-headquartered global fast-fashion retailer trimmed its inventory and customers embraced its summer range. “The new season has got off to a promising start,” said CEO…
Nadja Swarovski is celebrating Karl Lagerfeld’s memory and legacy by joining a global community of creative talents to reimagine his most iconic design: the white shirt, to be showcased during Spring/Summer20 Paris Fashion Week. Curated by Carine Roitfeld, a…
A mixture of international and local fashion and beauty retailers will be opening new stores in Commercial Bay when it opens next year. American clothing brands Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, and Dutch fashion retailer Scotch & Soda, will open their first…
US-based luxury retail company Tapestry has entered into a strategic alliance with Alibaba’s Tmall platform to boost the sale of its Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman products online in China. The partnership, announced last week, will see Tapestry…
Same-store sales fell by 10.1 percent in the first quarter for UK-headquartered fashion retailer New Look. For the 13 weeks to June 29, the company says it was affected by bad weather which led to lower footfall in stores, compounded by consumer uncertainty…
This year’s top young Hong Kong fashion designers have been revealed, capping off the Centrestage festival. Three winners of the 2019 Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest (YDC) were chosen from a final pool of 16. Champion Wilson Yip received a monetary…
Sports shoe & apparel brand Vans is launching its interactive “Vans shoe customisation competition”, designed to inspire artists around the world. The Global Custom Culture competition aims to provide the means for self-expression through digital and canvas…
Australian designer brand Zimmermann has opened its 12th store in the US and its third in New York City with the launch of a new boutique on the Madison Avenue. The prestigious shopping street is home to the likes of Carolina Herrera, Christian Louboutin,…
Hangzhou-based Chinese design firm So Studio has created a retail space for sporting goods brand Peu a Peu featuring a system of pulleys, steel racks, and large metallic spheres. The store’s 70sqm interior, which was recently celebrated in a Designboom…
