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The British area, where Oxford Street is located, plans to become an “international hub” with shops open for twenty-four hours.

The American fashion retailer will incorporate this technology to next year’s fall capsule collection to accelerate design processes.

More than 200,000 global brands participated in Singles Day. Huawei and Apple new smartphone releases have been the big movers among shopping items.

The Italian luxury group has signed a deal with the German sportswear company for the launch of a new collection.

Alibaba has been celebrating Single’s Day for the past ten years with great discounts. Last year, the company reached a historical record for worldwide sales.

The legal battle lasted twenty years and ended with the victory of the American company, which did not have to pay anything to its partners in the Spanish market.

The German sportswear company has announced that it will unify its logo and wordmark to achieve maximum image performance.

Shares of the French luxury holding ended yesterday above 400 euros. The value of the company has exceeded 200 billion euros, boosted in recent weeks by the Tiffany bid.

Guram Gvsalia, cofounder of the company together with his brother Demna, is also considering scholarships as well as school visits.

The former Deputy Chief of Technology of the NASA defends that the world is in a moment of impasse. “We have made some progress, now we are taking a short break and then we will move forward again,” says Jim Adams.

The CEO of the company founded by the late Germany designer reflects on the future of premium fashion brands, internationalization and engaging millennials.

The French luxury holding has confirmed the rumors of its bid for Tiffany, in a deal valued at 14.5 billion dollars.

The Swedish group has opened one of its smallest stores in the world in Berlin, in a pilot test that could set a new trend in the sector.

Companies like Auchan Retail, Bally, Calzedonia, Celio, Darmartex Group, Decathlon, Eralda, Etam Group, Farfetch, Mango, Gant or Geox have joined the project.

White is the director of lifestyle and interiors at trend forecasting company Wgsn. The expert defends that the most innovative companies are those that collaborate.

Kering’s François-Henri Pinault is third on the list. Pablo Isla, who lead the ranking last year, is no longer on the ranking after he switched his role to chairman.

In the frame of the ITMF 2019 conference in Oporto, Portugal, the company talked about the plans of the group to tackle sustainability.

Creating their personal brand and speaking to new generations in their own language are the keys to the success of new star designers such as Simon Porte and Virgil Abloh.

Fashion global retailers, Inditex, H&M, and Uniqlo, have almost tripled their spending on their stores’ rents in the last ten years, up to 6.2 billion euros last year.

Sales of ecommerce in the Asian country are expected to exceed 1.5 billion dollars, which represents a quarter of the retail sales in the market.

The director of operations of the Japanese company has spoken about his new opening and how they face the challenges to become the world's first fashion retailer by revenue.

The shopping complex began its building 23 years ago and will have almost 280,000 square meters. Less than half of it will be devoted to retail.

Global Organic Textile Standard, Organic Content Standard, Better Cotton Iniciative, Cradle to Cradle, Leed or Breean are some of the most important tags in the sector.

Experts state that this is the moment to enter this platform, even if it’s still not very developed as a marketing tool, because it has a higher ROI than its competitors.

Pisco is one of the promoters of a new European association of fashion designers and she wants to claim the role of independent designers in front of consumers and institutions in the continent.

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