Ready-to-wear

Fashion people are obsessed with designer moves. Earlier this month, Chanel named Matthieu Blazy as its new top designer in a round of musical chairs that has also seen Hedi Slimane leave Celine and Kim Jones exit Fendi.

​Accounts for the companies that own and operate the David Beckham brands and businesses showed another successful year in 2023.

​We’ve had several updates from Quiz in recent weeks so nobody’s under any illusion about its performance. But it has now released half-year results plus a December update, underlining the problems it’s been facing.

Perfect Corp has acquired Farfetch’s Wannaby operation — known as Wanna to its consumer users — as it continues to expand its fashion and beauty tech offering.

Price-conscious holiday shoppers opened their wallets for last-minute online discounts on clothing and stocking stuffers, potentially benefiting retailers that also offered free delivery and curbside pickup.

South Korean retailer Shinsegae Group plans to set up a joint venture with Alibaba International, Shinsegae affiliate E-Mart said on Thursday.

Gearing up to relaunch fast fashion brand Shein in India, Reliance Retail has begun to test launch the label on the backend of its multi-brand fashion platform Ajio.

A colossal £2 billion is expected to be spent on pre-owned gifting this Christmas and is an indication of just how consumers have embraced this growing and now mainstream secondhand market.

Yves Hanania of Lighthouse, a luxury industry expert specialised in growth strategy, has analysed the latest sector trends for FashionNetwork.com, and the new challenges and paradigms in a crisis-ridden market.

​The UK fashion sector has to a certain extent begun bouncing ack after a challenging 2023 and this should continue in 2025, according to new figures from data specialist CACI.

The French Federation of Women’s Ready-to-Wear has expressed its “profound indignation” at the recruitment of former ministers, including Christophe Castaner, by Asian fast-fashion giant Shein. 

Destination XL Group announced on Monday that it has received a non-binding acquisition proposal from Fund 1 Investments. 

Ruiz, Mango's CEO and vice-chairman of the board of directors, will assume the role held by Isak Andic, who died in a mountaineering accident on December 14, until a new president will be appointed.

“Emily in Paris” is staging a fashion show, but fans will have to wait until 2025 for this new event, which will tour the USA. Cult creations from the show will feature in an atmosphere familiar to the show's fans.

​Fashion wholesale group Whispering Smith has reported its results for the year to March and it was clearly a tough period for the Manchester-based business.

​The news doesn’t seem to get better for Quiz, the womenswear retailer that’s been struggling to ignite sales growth.