New collaborative space allows fashion enthusiasts to channel creativity, collaborate and innovate new designsThe Jakarta Fashion Hub (JFH), a collaborative space that combines fashion and creativity for fashion enthusiasts, officially opened on Tuesday (18/8/2020). The JFH is a creative space for fashion enthusiasts and unlocks the potential of the domestic fashion, textile, and creative industries.The Jakarta Fashion Hub is an initiative by integrated viscose-rayon fiber manufacturerwith the v

The combination of fashion and sportswear is the current trend in the sportswear market. The sportswear market is categorized into sports apparel and sports footwear. The global sportswear market has huge potential with rapid innovation and increasing health awareness among the people. The reasons for the growth of the market include the increase in per capita expenditure for sportswear, the popularity of outdoor recreation, the increase in the number of yoga participants and fitness club member

Luxury fashion brands rely on top spenders to buy highly expensive goods at any time. Which has been down since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. To find a solution of this, a recent webinar arranged by the Retail Marketing Society (RMS), Jane Gundell, President and Founder of Research and Marketing Consultancy Gundell and Company, and Faye Landes, President of Landes Advisors, shared a way out on how luxury brands can inspire their regular consumers to resume shopping again.Figure:Shift in co

Sustainability is pervading every realm of fashion so it is not a surprise that new designers want to channel their creativity into creating more environment-friendly designs.Image Courtesy: fashionunited.comLucy Graham and Georgia Andrew Wilkinson, two young British designers, have taken it upon themselves to create ‘sustainable and safe clothing that contributes positively to the fashion industry’ with the launch of their brand Sentenced.The debut collection of Sentenced. will consist of loung

PrAna, creator of the Clothing for Positive Change and a leader in sustainable, outdoor fashion, has unveiled the Responsible Packaging Movement (RPM), a programme to inspire and create change towards eliminating plastic from consumer packaging. Since 2010, prAna has taken a grassroots approach to reduce plastic and excess waste in its packaging.Pic: PranaNow, the brand has taken the next step, pledging to eliminate plastic from its consumer packaging by 2021, the use of ancient and endangered f

There could be more job losses on the High Street! That may happen if what Frasers Group has warned comes true.Image Courtesy: icsc.comThe UK’s largest sports good retailer, which owns House of Frasers and Sports Direct, among others, has warned landlords that it would shut down more stores, especially of House of Frasers, if rent negotiations fail.The retailer has been working on changing rents from traditional fixed free agreements to sales-based agreements.Frasers Group added that 2020 has be

UK-based high street fashion brand River Island will cut 350 more jobs in store management and senior sales roles across its shops as part of a retail team restructure. This follows its announcement last month that it would make 250 head office staff redundant as a cost-cutting measure after the coronavirus pandemic triggered a fall in sales and footfall.Pic: ShutterstockThe decision would allow it to simplify its store management structures and better deliver its multichannel strategy, the comp

New Look Retail Holdings Ltd Group in the United Kingdom has agreed with its financial creditors to the key terms of a comprehensive recapitalisation transaction that will extend New Look’s facilities, deliver a new money investment of £40 million and significantly de-leverage the balance sheet. It will have funding to provide a sustainable platform for post-COVID trading.Pic: New Look GroupThe transaction will enable the group to invest in and deliver its strategic business plan, according to a

Ever since the fashion and apparel world was hit by the deadly pandemic 6 months ago, the entire retail sector has been plagued by uncertainty and unpredictability arising out of store closures, debts and constant lockdowns.Image Courtesy: diepresse.comWith cases surging in different countries at different times, every country is today on the verge of going into lockdown any time. There isn’t anything more unpredictable and scary than being in such a situation. Retailers are reassessing where to

WeDesign has launched the Future Fashion Now design competition, in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN. It is a global, sustainable design competition that enables entrants to rethink how the fashion industry works. The Foundation works to inspire a generation to re-think, re-design, and build a positive future circular economy.Pic: Future Fashion Now / Ellen MacArthur FoundationInspired by Make Fashion Circular and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the competitio