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Category: Fashion News
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EXCLUSIVE: Loewe Flexes Leather Excellence in Anniversary Campaign
Loewe marks its 180th anniversary with a campaign shot by photographer Talia Chetrit, featuring brand ambassadors and a capsule collection.
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Retailer Strategies and Collaborations, No 1 women s swimwear 10 years Target, and more.
Retailer Strategies and Collaborations this week: Target is leveraging its decade-long dominance in women’s swimwear to execute a broader merchandising strategy; and Target CEO Michael Fiddelke is reportedly bringing designer Isaac…
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Major Brand Deals and Acquisitions, Everlane s sale Shein, and more.
Major Brand Deals and Acquisitions this week: Shein is acquiring Everlane for approximately $100 million, a transaction that underscores the operational and; and WHP Global and G-III Apparel Group have structured a $925 million…
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Simkhai is building an AI storefront for shoppers who don’t know what to search
Simkhai is launching a separate AI-powered storefront, Simkhai.ai, built on Swap’s agentic commerce platform.
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Roundup: Fashion’s digital thread, RFID tags win sustainability award, and more.
Fashion and beauty industry updates this week: SML Group’s InfuseRFID technology, which embeds wash-resistant RFID tags at raw material or early assembly stages; and Louis Vuitton has appointed Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu as a brand…
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Roundup: Retail leadership and brand strategies, Target shuffles merchandising leadership, and
Retail leadership and brand strategies this week: Target has restructured its merchandising leadership, promoting three internal veterans to SVP roles; and Southeastern Asset Management, a major shareholder with over 4% of Mattel’s stock…
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Roundup: Supply chain innovations and, Is Amazon Supply Chain, and more.
Supply chain innovations and disruptions this week: Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) is now available to any business, not just marketplace sellers, bundling; and Procter & Gamble is now in full-scale rollout of its Supply Chain 3.
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Roundup: Fashion’s AI & Tariff Tango, Glossy+ finds AI trust gaps, and more.
Business Strategies & Market Dynamics this week: A Glossy+ Research survey of 142 brand and agency professionals finds generative AI is now deeply embedded in; and Geopolitical instability in the Strait of Hormuz has halted commercial…
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Roundup: Fashion & Beauty Event Coverage, Chanel domination anti-Bezos backlash, and more.
Fashion & Beauty Event Coverage this week: The Met Gala red carpet served as a competitive showcase for brand positioning and sourcing strategies; and Beauty conglomerates are aggressively inserting themselves into the Met Gala’s…
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Roundup: Executive Moves & Brand Leadership, Looking Make Fresh Start, and more.
Executive Moves & Brand Leadership Changes this week: A.P.C., the French denim and ready-to-wear label majority-owned by L Catterton since 2023, has appointed its first; and SMCP has appointed Linda Li as President and CEO for North…