Fashion

Boohoo independent review finds ‘many failings’ in UK supply chain

Boohoo has said “many failings” have been found in its UK supply chain after the completion of an independent review launched in July following claims of poor working conditions. In July, an undercover investigation by The Sunday Times alleged that some of the Leicester factories supplying clothing to Boohoo were paying workers just 3.50 pounds...

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Business INTERVIEW

Study: 158,000 jobs and 13,000 apparel and textile companies could disappear by 2021

An unprecedented disruption of retail, production and trade like the current one could send the European textile and apparel industry into a tailspin. In its recent report “Bruised but not beaten, Europe’s textile industry is a perfect candidate for a greener and digital recovery”, credit insurance company Euler Hermes predicts turnover to fall...

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Fashion

Armani and Prada: Fashion houses embracing the digital format in Milan

Never before had Miuccia Prada seen so many people at one of her fashion shows. Of course, they were all watching from their computers. "Now we are with so many more people, and that's new, at least for me," said Prada on Thursday, following her digital show on the second day of Milan Fashion Week. The top Italian fashion brand, known for its...

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Retail

5 ways to use customer personalisation to reduce returns

For fashion retailers, returns are associated with enormous time and cost expenditures. Those who find ways to reduce the volume of their returns save money for themselves and time and trouble for their customers. Onsite personalisation, i.e. a personalised AI-supported webshop, can help. When it comes to returns, the fashion industry is hit...

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Ex-Hermes staff convicted for fake handbags

A Paris court on Thursday convicted 10 people, including seven former staff of French luxury house Hermes, for making and selling fake handbags under its coveted Birkin brand. They were handed sentences ranging from six months suspended jail to three years with one year suspended. The highest sentence went to a man considered to be a ringleader,...

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Retail

1 in 2 UK consumers are interested in trying AR shopping

A Gartner company, GetApp, surveyed 1,000 consumers in the UK to find out their view on the use of augmented reality (AR) in shopping. Gartner defines augmented reality as “the real-time use of information in the form of text, graphics, audio and other virtual enhancements integrated with real-world objects,” and estimates that 100 million...

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