By setting up their pop-up shops around the world, brands took advantage of the summer period to meet new consumers and reconnect with their holiday clientele. A perfect opportunity to surprise by testing particularly inventive scenography. From Los Angeles to Paris, via New York and Ibiza, FashionUnited selected six pop-ups that stood out....
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This year, in France, of over 2,000 shop openings recorded by Newmark, only 13 percent concerned the fashion sector. This figure, far from anecdotal, reflected the major shift currently shaping fashion retail and redrawing the landscape of our shopping streets. The turning point began in late 2019. Progressively, more and more mid-range fashion...
Jun 19, 2025
Montreal-based menswear brand Psycho Bunny is returning to its roots with the opening of its newest store in Queens, New York. Located at the Queens Center Mall, the opening underscores the brand’s homecoming as it was originally founded in New York City 20 years ago. A full-circle moment for Psycho Bunny, the brand has grown into a globally...
THG Commerce, the end-to-end ecommerce platform from THG Ingenuity, has launched a new direct-to-consumer ecommerce platform for Hyrox, the fitness racing event. The website launch is part of a wider partnership between the two parties to drive long-term growth for Hyrox as it expands globally. Hyrox will benefit from extensive support across...
Concerns over tariffs have yet to be calmed, as US consumers and retailers alike remain pessimistic in regard to the impact of rising prices. 27 percent of US consumers polled by TransUnion, a credit reporting agency, expressed worry about their household finances for the next 12 months - but they are not alone. Retail executives across the...
In an industry perpetually hunting for its next blockbuster collaboration, few partnerships have generated as much noise, and anticipation, as NikeSkims, the joint venture between sportswear behemoth Nike and Kim Kardashian’s billion-dollar shapewear label, Skims. But despite a bold promise made in February to “disrupt the global fitness and...
Online marketplace giant Amazon is set to bring back its Prime Day sales event, extending the discount offer to four days for the first time. Running from July 8 to July 11, the summer sale shopping event offers Prime members access to limited deals across a range of categories, from apparel to personal care and books. Another new addition to...
Jun 18, 2025
Haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion house Schiaparelli has doubled the size of its shop-in-shop at luxury department store Harrods in London to increase its brand presence in the UK. The new apartment-like boutique, located on the first floor of the Knightsbridge department store, has been expanded to 2,390 square feet and redesigned to...
New York-based womenswear brand Ulla Johnson has opened its first-ever UK retail presence with a dedicated shop-in-shop at luxury department store Harrods. Located on the fourth floor of Knightsbridge retailer, the Ulla Johnson shop has been designed to offer an immersive brand experience, introducing UK consumers to the brand’s signature custom...
Jun 17, 2025
Hong Kong-based fashion brand Cider is set to bring its latest Polly Pocket capsule collection to life by hosting a three-day takeover at Cafe Alfred Coffee in Beverly Hills. Set to take place from June 20 to June 22, the immersive experience is part of Cider’s ongoing experiential retail strategy to meet its customers, Gen Z, where they are in...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s plans to pedestrianise iconic shopping street Oxford Street are set to go ahead after receiving backing from both the public and local businesses. A consultation addressing the project found that around seven in ten parties supported Khan’s transformation plans, while two-thirds specifically approved of the...
US consumer sentiment jumped in June by the largest margin since early 2024, signaling a potential rebound in consumer confidence just as the retail sector eyes relief from persistent inflationary pressures and geopolitical trade anxieties. The University of Michigan’s preliminary sentiment index rose to 60.5, an 8.3-point increase over May,...
Jun 16, 2025