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Nordstrom holiday sales drop 22%, despite online surge
Department-store chain Nordstrom said on Wednesday net sales for the nine-week holiday period ended Jan. 2 dipped 22%, as the retailer saw less traffic due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in the United States.
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Brunello Cucinelli: The Jean-Jacques Rousseau on being a humanist entrepreneur and the need for a social contract with creation
Brunello Cucinelli, who opened the famed Florentine trade fair Pitti on Tuesday, is fashion's resident philanthropic designer entrepreneur. One of fashion's busiest men discusses his idea for a new social contract.
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London Fashion Week to be digital, no live audiences allowed
England may be in lockdown at the moment, but London Fashion Week will go ahead next month, although there will be no live audiences allowed and the week (actually five days) will be fully digital.
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Strong whiff of wartime scandal clings to Coco Chanel
When Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel died in her suite at the Ritz in Paris 50 years ago, the world mourned the greatest fashion designer of the century - without mentioning her wartime work as a spy for the SS.
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Debenhams Oxford Street flagship axed, five more stores to close
As talks between administrators and third-parties go on concerning some kind of future for the Debenhams business, the company has announced several key stores closures and hundreds of redundancies.
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Chinese luxe retailer Secoo mulls CEO approach to go private
Chinese luxury e-tailer Secoo Holding Limited is considering going private and delisting its shares after receiving an approach from founder, chairman and CEO Richard Rixue Li to do so.
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Net-A-Porter launches social-first digital beauty festival
Luxury e-tailer Net-A-Porter has this week launched a social-first, digital Beauty Festival called ‘The Beauty of You’ with plans for it to be an annual event.
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Moda Operandi names Jim Gold as interim CEO
Gold has previously served as president of Bergdorf Goodman and as president and chief merchandising officer of Neiman Marcus Group.
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Spain’s fashion sector closes 2020 with a 39.8% drop in sales
Following a “genuine disaster”, the Spanish Textile Trade Association is not optimistic about its January sales as shoppers remain reluctant to buy clothes, fearing that they will not have the chance to wear them.
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Balmain appoints Matthieu Petri as group CCO
The Parisian label owned by Mayhoola, the Qatari royal family’s investment fund, has poached its new commercial director from high-end jewellery brand Chaumet.
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Brunello Cucinelli opens Pitti, in Solomeo, not Florence
Brunello Cucinelli on Tuesday opened Pitti Connect, the latest version of the famed Italian menswear trade fair, but in Solomeo in Umbria, not in Florence in Tuscany.
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Chanel heading south to Provence for next Cruise show
Chanel is heading south to Provence for its next Cruise show, when the fashion house will unveil its 2022 resort collection in the Carrières de Lumières in Les Baux-de-Provence, France, on May 4.
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2020 UK retail sales hit 25-year low, even after a stronger Christmas
We all know retail was a disaster last year. But just how bad was it, given that e-commerce performed well? The worst in 25 years, according to The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KMPG.
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Moncler launches sustainable Born To Protect collection
Moncler has launched a new range of jackets made entirely from sustainable materials as part of the luxury outerwear company’s Born To Protect plan, a sustainability commitment that it announced back in October.
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Ever-more-casual Boss brand names Chris Hemsworth global ambassador
Hugo Boss has announced Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, best known for his role as Thor, as the first Hollywood star to be appointed as global brand ambassador for its Boss brand.
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Yeezy tops search list for consumers seeking counterfeits
Yeezy, Gucci and Louis Vuitton top the list of in demand brands by those seeking counterfeits online, a new report has shown. It also said 54% of consumers would buy fakes.
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