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Lucien Pagès sells his PR company to The Independents
Lucien Pagès Communication, Paris’ most happening PR company, has sold his firm to The Independents, in the latest deal by the burgeoning comms and production group
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Liverpool One ends 2024 with a signings flourish, expects even better 2025
Liverpool One already has had a successful 2024, but that’s not enough for operator Grosvenor as the shopping/entertainment hub continues to be a retail magnet.
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Heading for a bumper year: renewals, arrivals, and strong footfall bring Gloucester Quays joy
Success stories across the shopping centre sector continue. Peel Retail & Leisure is the latest, announcing 11 renewals as part of 20 leasing deals at its Gloucester Quays this year and a significant rise on footfall.
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Zalando to take over About You to create B2C and B2B mega-giant
Zalando said Wednesday it's aiming “to become your most relevant fashion e-commerce company” and one way to do that is by taking over Otto Group's e-tail peer About You. The massive news sent About You shares soaring
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Stella McCartney relaunches modernised 'Miracle Dress'
There’s a strong trend for labels to reissue bestsellers and Stella McCartney is on board, relaunching its Miracle Dress, known for its contouring panels that “simultaneously flatter and accentuate feminine silhouettes”
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Pantone Color of the Year: Mocha Mousse launches to mixed reviews
Despite its conjuring of a cozy, soft brown, not everyone embraced the hue.
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France at its best, Notre Dame reopens
Saturday’s reopening of Notre Dame was a meeting of religion and ritual, heads of states and cardinals of the church, modest artisans, proud firemen and billionaires, architectural beauty, and a dosage of fashion.
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Denim Première Vision stages highly positive Milan edition
The Denim Première Vision show saw a more than satisfactory session in Milan, featuring a high-quality selection of exhibitors, strong visitor numbers, and plenty of novelties.
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China's Xinjiang Cotton Association calls on international brands to restore cotton use
China's Xinjiang Cotton Association said on Friday that international brands should give "full respect and trust" to Xinjiang cotton, following an executive's comment last week that Uniqlo doesn't source from the region.
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Halcyon Equity Partners takes stake in Marios Schwab helmed Zeus+Δione
Private equity fund Halcyon Equity Partners has made a strategic investment in Zeus+Δione, the Greek lifestyle brand helmed by designer Marios Schwab.
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EFA issues fashion industry manifesto in Brussels
There’s a battle going to save the future, and soul, of fashion, as key industry defender, the European Fashion Alliance, underlined in a report issued Wednesday in Brussels.
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SATCoL launches influencer campaign
UK charity The Salvation Army wants to “inspire and empower citizens” to take part in reducing textiles waste, so its trading arm SATCoL has launched a social media influencer campaign to do just that.
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US fashion industry reacts cautiously to the prospect of tariffs
For his second term, now President-Elect Trump campaigned to bring back the punitive fees that impacted sectors, including apparel, in his first term.
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BFC announces wild animal skins ban for London Fashion Week
The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced that London Fashion Week’s fur-free policy has been officially extended to include a ban on wild animal skins from next year.
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Fast fashion existential threat to French textile industry, says NGO
Fast fashion has been threatening France's textile industry for decades, according to a report published on Wednesday by NGO Les Amis de la Terre (friends of the earth), which is calling for “urgent legislative action.”
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Burberry unveils kidswear made from surplus fabrics
Burberry has launched a new childrenswear Remake capsule, a collection of more than 30 styles “where the main materials are crafted from surplus fabrics and yarns from previous collections”.
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