M-commerce responsible for most UK online sales
By Mobile phones and tablets are now responsible for more online sales in Britain than traditional desktop or laptop computers, the IMRG Capgemini Quarterly Benchmarking report showed. In the key holiday and clearance season running from November to January, m-commerce accounted for a history-making 51 percent of e-sales. That was a significant increase on 45 percent […]
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Decoded Fashion London Summit: Highlights & quotes
London – The Decoded Fashion London Summit 2016 brought together a range of industry heavyweights and visionaries who together are shaping and changing the future of fashion. Topics ranging from the return of the in-store experience, to the relationship between fashion and hook-up apps, to insta-savvy tech start-ups, this year’s summit brought two days of […]
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Trash-2-Cash set to recycle the EU’s textile waste
A new initiative aimed at recycling the European Union unwanted textile waste, known as Trash-2-Cash, is set to bring together designers, researchers, materials, suppliers and textile producers to facilitate the recycling of old clothing. Instigated by the Aalto University and the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Trash-2-Cash aims to solve the EU textile crisis […]
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Alexander Wang adopting see-now-buy-now approach for Resort collection
New York – Alexander Wang is the latest designer to be hit by the see-now-buy-now trend. For his resort 2017 line, he will show his collection to press and retailers like he usually does in June, but will keep the images and reviews under embargo until the collection ships in November. While a lot of […]
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Latin America: Land of Big Opportunities
With the 2016 Summer Olympics Games just around the corner the Latin American market is under the looking glass, creating new opportunities for fashion businesses both domestic and from abroad. FashionUnited takes a closer look at fashion companies to watch in Latin America. Changing dynamics of the Latin American fashion retail After the economic slowdown […]
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Nike listed in Fortune’s top 10 ‘Change The World’ 2016 ranking
Sportings good giant Nike, together with apparel manufacturer Crystal Group, have made it onto Fortune’s magazine ‘Change The World’ 2016 ranking. They are the only two apparel-related brands to make it into the top fifty listing because of their sustainability efforts, with Nike securing a spot in the top 10. Fortune’s annual ranking seeks to […]
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Graduate to Watch: Steffan Pearson, University of South Wales
Graduate Fashion Week may represent 40 of the UK’s leading fashion universities, it doesn’t, however, feature a catwalk show for each, and with the case of the University of South Wales they use their exhibition stand to showcase their promising graduates. One such graduate who stood out to FashionUnited was menswear designer Steffan Pearson with […]
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Paris Couture Week teams up with Instagram & Snapchat
London – The Fédération Française de la Couture, du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode, has its sights on sharing its fashion with the masses as the French governing fashion body has teamed up with social media powerhouses Instagram and Snapchat for Paris haute couture fashion week. A photo posted by Paris Fashion […]
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Paris Men’s Fashion Week: the bold and the never banal
Paris Men’s Fashion Week continued with shows from Givenchy, Comme des Garcons Homme Plus, and Maison Margiela. While these are three brands who are worlds apart in aesthetic, they did have one thing in common: they were very bold with their men’s wear designs. Gone are the days when men’s wear is just restricted to […]
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Dior to name Maria Grazia Chiuri as Creative Head
London – Now that Raf Simons has successfully closed his chapter at Dior following his debut show at the luxury French fashion house appears to be ready to name his successor as creative director. Dior is said to have set its sights on Maria Grazia Chiuri, one of the creative directors at Valentino as its […]
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