Dutch fashion retailer G-Star became the 15th corporation to commit to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout its global supply chain and across all of its brands by 2020, in response to Greenpeace's Detox campaign. ...
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NTT Docomo, Inc. announced that it will launch a friendly tender offer to acquire all shares of MAGASeek Corporation, the operator of the MAGASeek fashion-goods shopping website, with approval from its parent company ITOCHU Corporation. ...
Prada Spa, the Italian luxury apparel brand, is mulling to enter the Indian market and is currently in talks with various prospective partner firms, according to a Live Mint report. The Italian brand is one of the few leading luxury ...
The sharemarket climbed again yesterday, closing the week on a high on good news from home and abroad and supported by investors seeking stocks with high dividend yields. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.5 per cent at 4835.2 points, ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed at a 20-month peak as high-yield stocks made strong gains. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 22.4 points, or 0.47 per cent at 4810.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained ...
While globalization has made it such that fashion transcends climatic seasons, each season still brings with it some overarching trends which encompass the catwalks. As Spring Summer’13 sets in high street maven Splash interprets the ...
Net-a-Porter.com, the online luxury fashion retailer, has launched an innovative concept called "The Window Shop" that uses augmented reality to improve a customer's shopping experience. The technology will be launched on Vogue's ...
Tags: luxury fashion, Window Shop, shopping experience, online shopping
Berrybenka.com, one of the leading fashion e-Commerce in Indonesia has raised Series A investment from GREE Ventures Inc. The funds received will be used to grow Berrybenka.com to become a world class e-Commerce player in Indonesia, through ...
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Leading global apparel retailer Gap Inc will acquire women’s fashion retailer Intermix Inc. for US$ 130 million as a part of its plan to enter the luxury clothing market, the Wall Street Journal reported. At present, Intermix owns ...
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High street fashion brands are selling clothing contaminated with hazardous chemicals that break down to form hormone-disrupting or even cancer-causing chemicals when released into the environment, according to a report released by ...
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are up in arms about the last-minute changes made to policy on the newly-enforced cookie law. Since 26 May, UK website owners have been required by law to ensure the sites obtain users' opt-in ...
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According to Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of software tools company Software AG, the time for big IT transformation is over. People no longer buy exciting IT. Rather, IT must compete for investment. The question is, where will this investment ...
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Christmas shoppers stand to be taken by surprise this month as campaigners take action in shopping centers around Europe to raise awareness of poverty wages of Cambodian garment workers. With these 'fashion mobs', they pressure H&M, Inditex ...
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Zara,the Inditex Group's fashion retailer,opens a flagship store featuring its revamped image at 460-490 Oxford Street in London's city centre.The fourth Zara location on the British capital's busiest shopping street has pride of place in ...
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Frank Beeck, CEO of Charles Vogele Group, who led the company since September 2011, is leaving the company with immediate effect because of differences of opinion about operational management of the business. "We would like to thank Frank ...
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