Lenzing: A tour of the Austrian wood pulp fibre factory Translated by Cassidy STEPHENS Polyester and cotton make up the overwhelming majority of our textiles. They account for 64% and 28% respectively of the fibres produced in the world, according…
The Bay reveals Emefa Kuadey as Fashion Fund winner The Bay announced on Saturday that Emefa Kuadey, designer and founder of Israella Kobla, has been selected as the recipient The Bay’s Fashion Fund. The Bay The initiative, designed to mentor and support…
U.S. retail sales rise solidly; fourth-quarter GDP estimates raised By Reuters U.S. retail sales rose more-than-expected in October as households increased purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods, suggesting that consumer spending was picking up early in…
Joules’ talks with Next hit hurdle Struggling retailer JoulesNext Joules In its 19 August trading update, Joules admitted that recent trading has “softened materially” and H1 profits would be hit. The two companies have since failed to agree the terms…
Modo Eyewear expands global footprint of Modo, Eco brands, deploys charity initiatives Translated by Nicola Mira Modo Eyewear has been designing, manufacturing and distributing glasses frames since 1990, when it was founded in New York, and currently owns two brands,…
Amazon reviewing unprofitable business units to cut cost Amazon Reuters Following a months-long review, Amazon has told employees in some unprofitable units to look for jobs elsewhere in the company, while moving to redeploy staff from certain teams to more…
U.S. retail sales stumble as inflation bites By Reuters U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell in May as motor vehicle purchases declined amid rampant shortages, and record high gasoline prices pulled spending away from other goods. The first drop in sales…
Primark to launch Click & Collect test, sees strong SS22 as holidays return Primark Holiday essentials like swimwear have been strong for Primark – Primark That’s a huge development for Primark, which is a rare major player in fashion retail…
Amazon names Doug Herrington CEO of worldwide Amazon stores Amazon Doug Herrington – Amazon Having joined Amazon in 2005, Herrington started out in the company’s consumables business. He launched AmazonFresh in 2007, and in 2015, took on leading all of…
BoohooMan launches collab with Shaqir and Shareef O’Neal as it focuses on US BoohooMan needs some big names to match its Tall collection and here they don’t come much bigger. Now starring as ambassadors for the new just-released collection are…
