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Walmart buys virtual fitting room Zeekit for an undisclosed sum

The largest world’s retailer keeps true to its commitment to growing digital with their latest acquisition: Zeekit. The Israeli-based virtual fitting room startups will help Walmart’s push into fashion and caters to online shoppers. The company published an update on their website where their U.S.’s executive vice president of apparel and...

8 hours ago

Fashion

Adidas unveils low-carbon shoe collaboration with Allbirds

Rival sportswear brands Adidas and Allbirds have unveiled the first product from their collaboration, Futurecraft.Footprint - a low carbon running shoe. The sportswear companies have partnered up and shared proprietary technologies and material innovations, as part of both companies goals to reimagine a lower-emission design process and make a...

20 hours ago

Business

Hearst sells Marie Claire US to Future Media

Marie Claire Magazine US has been acquired by London-based Future Media, Plc. Up until now, the publishing rights for the online and print edition of Marie Claire US were divided between Marie Claire Group International and international publishing group Hearst Magazines, via a joint venture. Future Media will now own 100 percent of the joint...

May 12, 2021

Fairs

IMG announces Afterpay partnership for NYFW: The Shows

Buy-now-pay-later payment service Afterpay, known as Clearpay in the UK, is partnering with another fashion week, NYFW: The Shows, adding to its commitments with London Fashion Week and Australian Fashion Week. During an online presentation, IMG said that Afterpay had signed up as a multi-year presenting partner, beginning with September 2021,...

May 12, 2021

Fashion

The Bangladesh safety accord expires in May. What next?

Bangladesh in 2021 remains a garment manufacturing hub for the world’s leading high street and mid-market brands. It is also a region with a well-documented history of factory incidents and unsafe workplaces for its garment workers. After the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013, which killed over 1,100 workers, the Accord on Fire and Building...

May 12, 2021

Business

Wardrobe Crisis Academy launches online sustainable fashion course

Wardrobe Crisis Academy is launching a six-week introductory online course designed to “shake up” sustainable fashion education. The sustainable fashion platform states it is targeting broader sustainable fashion education with its online course, describes as “accessible” and “engaging” to offer a foundational knowledge of the issues driving...

May 12, 2021

Fashion

Copenhagen Fashion Week to return physically in August

The organisers of Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW) have announced it is set to return as a physical event this summer for the SS22 season, along with trade fairs Revolver and CIFF. CFW will return to the Danish capital from August 10-12, while Revolver and CIFF will take place from August 11-13. “We are very much looking forward to welcoming...

May 12, 2021

Fashion

Diesel reinforces sustainability with ‘Diesel Library’ initiative

Diesel and creative director Glenn Martens are launching a new project ‘Diesel Library’ as part of the brand’s new sustainable strategy, which will be unveiled for spring/summer 2022. For his debut collection for Diesel, Martens will showcase the brand’s new genderless approach to design, a new strategy for its core category - denim, with what...

May 11, 2021

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Fashion

H&M introduces Blank Staples Wholesale

H&M has introduced Blank Staples’ Wholesale, a new format to purchase the men’s streetwear line of essentials and basics in bulk for select styles. Blank Staples is H&M’s core range of premium basics launched by the brand in September 2020. The core collection from H&M elevates the basics with subtle design aesthetics, each piece finished with...

May 12, 2021

Business

Lyst raises 85 million dollars

Online fashion platform Lyst has raised 85 million dollars with plans for an IPO in the works. The company did not disclose the valuation at which it’s secured its pre-IPO financing round. The London-based company, which is essentially a marketplace for fashion products across many brands, department stores, and other e-commerce sites, has been...

May 12, 2021

Retail

Sotheby's launches new retail destination called The Emporium

Sotheby’s, the luxury auction house, has opened a new retail destination to showcase its fine assortment of art, design and luxury items. Called The Emporium, the store is located in its New York flagship galleries as part of the company’s extension into online and offline shopping. Currently on show and sale are over 5,000 authenticated luxury...

May 11, 2021

Fashion

In pictures: gender-neutral bridalwear in a campaign by Eva Janssens

Although the fashion world has been working on breaking down gender stereotypes for some time, the bridal wear scene remains remarkably quiet in this area. Time for a change, according to Belgian bridal designer Eva Janssens. Together with content creator Gerrit Elen, she developed a campaign that breaks open the standards surrounding bridal...

May 11, 2021