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Vans announces key new 'pinnacle category' called OTW

Vans announces key new 'pinnacle category' called OTW

​Vans has big news this week, revealing its new pinnacle category, OTW by Vans. This is “where elevated product and brand experiences come together with art, design, style, skate culture and entertainment”.
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REI Co-op opens second Re/Supply store in the U.S.

REI Co-op opens second Re/Supply store in the U.S.

U.S. outdoor retailer REI Co-op will open a second Re/Supply store dedicated to used gear and apparel in Clackamas, Oregon in late August 2023.
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Louis Virginian: Pharrell debuts at Vuitton with Minecraft mode

Louis Virginian: Pharrell debuts at Vuitton with Minecraft mode

Pharrell Williams took over the center of Paris Tuesday evening for his debut runway show for Louis Vuitton, staged open air on Pont Neuf painted gold damier for one night.
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More big share buys for Frasers Group - this time it's Boohoo and Currys

More big share buys for Frasers Group - this time it's Boohoo and Currys

​Will Frasers Group ever stop buying business or snapping up stakes in other companies? At the moment it seems unlikely and its latest buys this week are stakes in Boohoo Group and electricals retailer Currys.
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Sports lifestyle brand '47 opens London pop-up for MLB's UK return

Sports lifestyle brand '47 opens London pop-up for MLB's UK return

​Friday will see the opening in a pop-up in London’s Soho for ’47, the privately-owned premium sports lifestyle brand. It will debut on the corner of Air Street, showcasing its apparel and headwear offer.
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Next surprise trading update reveals warm weather sales boom

Next surprise trading update reveals warm weather sales boom

​Unscheduled trading updates are usually cause for alarm. But Monday saw one from Next and given that this is one of the most successful retailers in the UK, it's unsurprising that it contained good news, not bad.
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Puma appoints Shirley Li as general manager China

Puma appoints Shirley Li as general manager China

The appointment is part of the company's strategy to strengthen its business in this important market. In her new role, Shirley Li replaces Philippe Bocquillon, who will become area manager of Greater China.
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Prada: Hipster organisation man

Prada: Hipster organisation man

Just when everyone in Italy has been sending out classic tailoring on their menswear runway, leave it to Prada to go in the opposite direction, and with punch.
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Castore launches major Summer of Sport campaign linked to cricket, F1 and tennis

Castore launches major Summer of Sport campaign linked to cricket, F1 and tennis

Castore doesn’t do anything by halves. The fast-growing premium UK-based sportswear brand has launched ‘Summer of Sport’, a six-figure nationwide brand marketing campaign linked to three major sporting events.
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Frasers Group's fashion CEO Pateras exits after successful integration of acquired brands

Frasers Group's fashion CEO Pateras exits after successful integration of acquired brands

Greg Pateras, the fashion CEO at Frasers Group has left the company after just under a year. He’d been in charge of acquired Manchester-based brands Misguided and I Saw It First.
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Paris Fashion Week looks to future with Pharrell Williams debut

Paris Fashion Week looks to future with Pharrell Williams debut

The debut of star Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton is the hottest ticket at Paris Fashion Week as it kicks off on Tuesday, seen as a significant moment in the evolution of the multi-billion-dollar industry.
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Emporio Armani: Looking east, preparing for Paris Olympics

Emporio Armani: Looking east, preparing for Paris Olympics

Giorgio Armani looked east this season, ranging around Asia for influences, models and music in a beautiful Emporio Armani collection staged in his fashion theatre on Saturday evening.
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Dolce & Gabbana: Black is back, and how

Dolce & Gabbana: Black is back, and how

Few designers in history can cut a snappier suit than Dolce & Gabbana, who staged an impressive lesson in stylish dressing and a brilliant display on directional tailoring on a sunny Saturday in Milan. 
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Valentino opens Milan menswear season in university cloisters

Valentino opens Milan menswear season in university cloisters

The Roman house of Valentino opened the menswear runway season in Milan on a sunny Friday with a gently gentlemanly fashion statement in the city’s most famous university. 
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Reserved and Sinsay owner says sales and profits rose in Q1

Reserved and Sinsay owner says sales and profits rose in Q1

LPP — the Poland-based owner of the Reserved and Sinsay brands, among others — has reported strong Q1 results with its revenues topping PLN3.6 billion, an increase of almost 20% year on year.
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Fendi celebrates haute gamme workwear in new eco-friendly factory

Fendi celebrates haute gamme workwear in new eco-friendly factory

Silvia Fendi took her latest menswear collection to a novel destination on Thursday, the brand’s new eco-friendly factory located on a Tuscan hillside north of Florence, feting the finale with hundreds of proud workers. 
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