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TechStyle, the global fashion retailer known for various membership-based digital brands, has appointed Laura Joukovski as president of Global Fashion Brands. Laura steps into the role after serving as chief media officer of TechStyle. Laura will be leading three brands under the TechStyle portfolio which includes JustFab, ShoeDazzle and FabKids.Pic: TechStyle Fashion GroupIn addition to leading these three brands, Joukovski will continue overseeing all global media and customer acquisitionacros
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Extinction Rebellion, an environmental activist group, has called for a ban of London Fashion Week in a bid to bring awareness to the excess and damage of over consumption.Last month, Extinction Rebellion, together with Maria Chenoweth, CEO of Traid, and Safia Minney MBE, Founder of People Tree, delivered a letter to the BFC, calling on them to cancel London Fashion Week.In their letter of response, Caroline Rush, BFC CEO agrees that “We are facing a climate change emergency and all need to act”
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New York –British online fashion retailer Boohoo plc. announced earlier this week it had made an offer to buy “the online business of renowned British brands Karen Millen and Coast, together with all associated intellectual property rights.”Boohoo has bought the online business and all associated intellectual property rights of both businesses, taking them out of administration. The former said it paid 18.2 million pounds in cash for the brands, in line with the details of a bid announced earlie
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In the second quarter, currency-neutral revenues at Adidas Ag grew 4 percent, while revenues at brand Adidas were up 4 percent, driven by a high-single-digit increase in Sport Inspired. In euro terms, the company’s revenues grew 5 percent to 5.509 billion euros (6.18 billion dollars). Adidas said, net income from continuing operations grew 10 percent to 462 million euros (517.8 million dollars), and basic EPS from continuing operations reached 2.33 euros including the IFRS impact, an increase of
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The Cato Corporation reported sales of 57.5 million dollars for the four weeks ended August 3, 2019, up 1 percent, while same-store sales for the period increased 4 percent compared to the four weeks ended August 4, 2018."Sales were above our expectations," commented John Cato, the company’s Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer in a statement, adding, "We are encouraged by our current trend, however we remain cautious about the second half of the year. In addition, giv
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CGTrader and apparel manufacturing firm, IKAR, are set to transform traditional fashion visualisation using 2D images and paper catalogues into immersive 3D and AR customer experiences for its intimate apparel and activewear lines. CGTrader and Magic Leap, a spatial computing platform, will explore interactive spatial 3D applications for garments consumers.CGTrader will provide photorealistic 3D models to IKAR via the new all-inclusive, scalable CGTrader ARsenal augmented reality solution. IKAR
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It is a familiar, played out romantic scenario: woman gets out of bed, puts on boyfriend's / husband's / partner's white shirt, instantly looks cool and sexy. Men's blazers, too, are of the covetable borrowable type, as are sweatshirts, tees or anything masculine that can be perfectly oversized for a woman's silhouette without drowning it. The term 'boyfriend fit' was coined from this scenario, presumably led by a slick marketing firm who had a jean or other such prod
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Amazon has unveiled that it is next influencer-designed collection will be with New York-based creator Fashion Guitar, Charlotte Groeneveld, as part of its made-on-demand ‘The Drop’ service.Groeneveld’s 14-piece collection will be live for 30 hours only from 5pm on August 6 and features prairie dresses, puff sleeve tops, statement bright pink wide-leg statement trousers, and jumpers inspired by the influencer’s style.Commenting on her collection with Amazon, Groeneveld said in a statement: “The
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Alibaba Group’s B2C e-commerce platform Tmall is carrying forward its collaboration with New York Fashion Week: The Shows. Aiming to promote fashion talent in China, Tmall will bring both established brands and emerging designers to the annual event under the banner “Tmall China Cool.” There will be Chinese brands and designers with their collections.“In joint partnership with NYFW: The Shows, Tmall will continue to champion talented brands and young designers in one of the most important fashio
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After seeing the great success in the brands and women apparel categories like stoles, kurtis, and leggings, Liva, a new-age fabric from Aditya Birla Group, will now enter into the saree category. Liva will announce its entry into the saree segment at the Kolkata Fashion Expo—India’s largest saree event, to be held on August 6, 2019 in the city.Sponsored and presented by Liva, the event will have a fashion show presented by using fabrics from Liva and a lounge where the collections by the’s part