Apparel retailer Uniqlo has announced it will be opening its global flagship store in Beijing on November 6, set to offer a sneak peek of the new location at the upcoming 2021 China International Import Expo (CIIE). The store will be Uniqlo’s first in Beijing, and the third flagship in mainland China, with the new location created in...
Oct 21, 2021
Fast-fashion retailer H&M will be launching the new rental service platform Spin at its Berlin-based store, in collaboration with circular fashion organisation, Lablaco. Based at the H&M Mitte Garten, the rental service will allow customers to book and pay for a garment upfront, complete with a deadline to return it to be cleaned and prepared...
Oct 19, 2021
2020 was a very challenging year for the global retail and fashion industries. COVID-19 lockdowns left companies without brick-and-mortar revenue for over several months. On top of that, lootings from organized crime taking advantage of civil rights protests were also detrimental to businesses, particularly independent retailers who didn’t have...
Oct 18, 2021
London Designer Outlet (LDO) has reported an increase in fashion sales sparked by an influx of shoppers visiting the shopping destination to watch the new James Bond film. In the first full week that No Time To Die was in the cinemas, leisure and fashion and beauty sales were consistently above pre-pandemic levels, with menswear performing...
Oct 15, 2021
Activewear brand Fabletics has opened its first European store - and its first outside of the US - at Kurfürstendamm 29 in Berlin. As well as carrying the US brand’s clothing lines, the 306 square meter store also features a room where classes for members and non-members are offered under the guidance of fitness trainers. The brand said it plans...
Eventwear retailer, Windsor Fashion LLC, has announced plans to open 28 retail stores by the end of 2021, bringing its overall store total to 294. The trendled label aims to continue its ongoing highly-engaged communication with its shoppers through the use of in-store interactions and extensive digital marketing, as well as maintaining its...
Oct 14, 2021
Amazon has launched its Prime Service in Poland. Polish Amazon customer can now receive free delivery and access to video streaming by being Prime Members. In March, Amazon’s Polish website went live, creating intense competition for Poland’s growing e-commerce sector. Amazon Poland has been a fast-growing component of Amazon’s business as the...
Oct 13, 2021
UK retailers are facing a worker shortage as the number of job vacancies in the UK has hit a record high. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed vacancies soared to 1.1 million between July and September, the highest level since records began in 2001. The largest increase in vacancies was in the retail sector and...
Ross Stores, Inc. has opened of 18 new Ross Dress for Less and 10 dd’s Discounts stores across 15 different states in September and October. These new locations complete the company’s store growth plans for fiscal 2021 with the addition of 65 new stores. “This fall, we continued to expand our Ross and dd’s footprints across our existing markets...
Oct 11, 2021
American retailer Walmart has launched a new retail hub with streaming service, Netflix, featuring ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘The Witcher’ merchandise. The exclusive hub will be the largest dedicated online shopping destination for Netflix’s merchandise in the US. It is also the streamer’s first-ever digital storefront with a national retailer to...
Dutch fashion retailer Scotch & Soda is accelerating its growth strategy with plans to open 15 new physical stores and seven shop-in-shops across Europe, Asia Pacific, North America and the Middle East by the end of 2021. The Amsterdam-based business said the expansion includes new company-owned stores as well as franchise locations in major...
After successfully connecting consumer brands with independent entrepreneurs in the United States and Canada for the last four years and two years, respectively, B2B marketplace Faire has expanded to Europe and is continuing its rapid growth. The marketplace started with a trial in the UK and the Netherlands at the beginning of the year,...
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