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 ...
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Puma and Kering Eyewear, a company of Puma's majority shareholder Kering, signed an eyewear partnership agreement for optical frames and sunglasses, fully effective January 2016. The license agreement with Puma's current partner for the ...
Tags: Puma and Kering Eyewear, eyewear, sunglasses, fitness equipment
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials like fabrics, leather, technical textiles, and composite material, has announced that Italian luxury menswear brand, Brioni has ...
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UK based Worn Again, with a vision to eradicate textile and clothing waste from the global apparel and textile industry has joined forces with apparel retailer H&M and lifestyle Group, Kering. Worn Again which wants to make continual ...
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Gucci, an Italian luxury fashion brand, has been voted as the top Italian brand in the annual Interbrand Top 100 Best Global Brands list for the 15th consecutive year. Interbrand, a leading global consultancy firm in creating and ...
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Italian Re.Verso will display a collection of innovative eco-centric fabrics that are 100% Made in Italy and also 100% traceable at the upcoming Premiere Vision salon in Paris beginning from September 16, 2014. These eco-friendly fabrics ...
The competitiveness of the Chinese clothing industry is set to weaken over the next few years as costs rise. As a result, export growth could falter. Rising costs in China are already forcing an increasing number of Western apparel brands ...
Volcom is doubling down on boot styles for fall '14. The Costa Mesa, Calif.-based brand, a division of Paris-based Kering, launched for fall '13 with a mix of sneakers, boots and slip-ons, and while the line will continue to showcase all ...
Tags: Apparel, Shoes, Sporting Goods
Electric, the accessory brand, announced that Kevin Voegtlin has joined the company as global digital marketing manager. "During his career Kevin has honed his editorial voice and become a storyteller through words and images. With that ...
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The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced Peter Pilotto as the winner of this year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. The Fund was established in 2008 and provides one designer with a bespoke, high level mentoring support ...
Fang Ying’s December wish list of Louis Vuitton handbags and Chanel perfume is not only for Christmas. Fang, 33, a secretary working in Shanghai, writes one every month for friends and family traveling abroad. Fang is not alone. ...
Tags: handbags, perfume, Luxury Spending
Several global luxury apparel retailers have recorded positive growth in the first half of 2013 and the industry is expecting a boost in sales by the end of this year. In a conversation with fibre2fashion, Nikoleta Panteva, senior retail ...
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Fewer exhibitors and more attendees was the contradiction of Baselworld 2013, which ended its eight-day run on May 2. The watch and jewellery trade fair attracted a record 122,000 attendees, a 17 per cent increase over 2012. In addition, ...
The Administrative Board of PUMA SE appointed Björn Gulden (47) as the Sportlifestyle company's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1 July 2013. He succeeds Franz Koch who left the company at the end of March. Björn ...
The turn of the year brought in a lot of new things for Volcom and amid the transition to a new CEO was the re-tooled Company Mission to include an increased focus on sustainability for the 22 year old, Orange County based action sports ...
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