Kering chairman and chief executive Franis-Henri Pinault told the Financial Times that Puma was not for sale for the time being. He further said the company, which also owns a number of luxury brands including Gucci, Bottega Veneta and ...
Tags: YakKering, Puma, sports brands
Last year definitely ended with two widely differing stories in the fashion world in China, with traditional well-known luxury brands experiencing a downturn while more affordable luxury products and fast fashion brands turning in ...
Tags: luxury market, luxury brands
The Indian online shopping portal Exclusively.in has launched the country’s first-ever web marketplace model, the Exclusively.in ‘Boutique’, offering access to designs from curated independent fashion stores and ...
Tags: online shopping portal, web marketplace model, Apparel
The Westfield Group announced new retailers at four shopping centers in Northern California, expanding its signature Luxury Collection at Westfield Valley Fair and adding new offerings at Westfield San Francisco Centre, Westfield Galleria ...
Lyst, a fashion shopping site that offers its users a simple platform offering world’s biggest fashion collection, has announced that it has raised USD 14 million in order to remain competitive and to bolster its marketing efforts. ...
Tags: Fashion Retailer, Apparel
After a hugely successful first year, the International Woolmark Prize (IWP) continues to gain momentum globally as more partners, retailers and designers align themselves and their brands to help promote outstanding and emerging talent ...
Tags: Apparel&Accessories, Woolmark
Lot78 Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company has expanded its US distribution agreement with Barneys New York increasing its distribution from 1 store to 4 stores for AW'13. Barneys New York is an American chain of luxury department ...
Tags: Apparel, US Distribution Agreement
The Museum at FIT presents RetroSpective, a new exhibition that examines the relationship between fashion and its own history. Current fashions are changing more quickly than ever, and yet, in the constant quest for the next trend, the past ...
Kering announces that Redcats has closed the sale of its Children and Family division, consisting of the Vertbaudet and Cyrillus brands, to Alpha Private Equity Fund 6 (’APEF 6’), for an enterprise value of €119 million. ...
Tags: Kering, Vertbaudet&Cyrillus brands, apparel
PPR has changed its name to Kering. The name change will be subject to the approval of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Group, which will be held June 18, 2013. Since 2005, PPR has undertaken a major transformation. The new ...
Tags: Apparel leader, luxury brands, clothing
American photographer Steven Meisel, one of the most successful fashion photographers in the industry, is behind last Balenciaga ad campaign. As Meisel is credited with “discovering” many successful models, Balenciaga Fall 2012 ...
Tags: Balenciaga, Steven Meisel, Winter 2012
PPR announces that Redcats has entered into a definitive agreement to sell OneStopPlus Group, its plus-size business in the United States, to Charlesbank Capital Partners and Webster Capital for an enterprise value of USD 525 million. PPR ...
Tags: plus-size business, further step, global leader, apparel and accessories
PPR posted third-quarter 2012 revenue of €2.6 billion, up 6.6% versus the same 2011 period on a comparable basis. PPR's Luxury division posted an 11.9% leap in revenue in the third quarter of the year, driving revenue growth for the ...
Tags: revenue, strong performances, luxury and high-end market
Giorgio Armani Fall Winter ad campaign is a lesson of true ageless elegance. Photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot in intense, paint-like black and white, the campaign centres on the models Aymeline Valade and Simon Nessman, the second ...
Tags: Aymeline Valade, Giorgio Armani Fall Winter ad campaign, Nessman
World Handbag Report – industry’s first global analysis of the luxury handbag market China – the 3rd largest volume of luxury handbag searches European handbag brands dominate China After the World Luxury Index ...
Tags: Luxury Handbag, Handbag, Handbag Consumers