Accessories

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.

​Age and size never seem to be a barrier when it comes to brand collaboration. Two names you may never put together are high-performance outerwear niche brand ThruDark and truly global sports heritage cap brand New Era.

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.

On January 7, Jimmy Choo will open in Scandicci, near Florence, its new global supply chain office, in a three-storey, 3,000 square-metre building home to the offices and warehouse, plus a 2,600 square-metre basement.

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.

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

​Tory Burch UK has filed its audited accounts for last year with turnover rising a healthy 16.4% from £24.43 million to £28.44 million.

Karen Millen has expanded its jewellery licensing agreement with Simon Harrison making a new collection part of its spring/summer 2025 offer now available through its stores, plus Debenhams and Next.

London Designer Outlet (LDO) has signed Abaci as its outlet shopping destination of choice to announce the Turkish modest womenswear retailer’s first physical UK store.

The Italian omnichannel fashion retailer is broadening its range and opening up to new types of partnership, while revenue for its own label Modes_Garments doubled, as CEO Simon Whitehouse told FashionNetwork.com.

​Discounter The Original Factory Shop (TOFS) is reportedly “exploring options” after Deloitte earlier failed to find a buyer for it. Teneo is believed to be acting as adviser to its owner as those options are looked at.

Official UK retail sales figures didn’t deliver much festive cheer for the fashion sector on Friday with news that clothing sales dropped last month.

​Reiss has filed its accounts for the year to the end of January 2024 with the company saying it delivered a “strong performance” for the 52 weeks, despite the challenging environment.

It may be too late to do much about marketing for the 2024 festive season but with 2025 plans already forming in retailers’ and brands’ minds, it’s worth noting a new study from eBay.