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G-III Apparel forms strategic partnership with AWWG as it eyes up international expansion

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (GIII), the parent company of DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld, Donna Karan, and Sonia Rykiel, has signed a strategic partnership with Spanish fashion group All We Wear Group (AWWG) to accelerate the international expansion of its fashion brands. Under the agreement, G-III acquired an approximately 12 percent stake in the...

Business |Interview Featured

Marcella Wartenbergh, CEO of Pepe Jeans owner AWWG: ‘In the face of AI, humans must continue to provide emotion’

The face of the fashion industry continues to change, and with it come new challenges that put to test the well-established systems already at play. It is these imminent obstacles that FashionUnited spoke to Marcella Wartenbergh about. The CEO of the Spanish-based multinational, All We Wear Group (AWWG), took up the helm position in 2019, and...

Fashion |In Pictures Featured

Hackett London unveils collaboration with David Gandy Wellwear

Hackett London has unveiled a luxury lounge and sleepwear collection in partnership with fashion and lifestyle brand David Gandy Wellwear as it continues to expand its offering to cater for “off-duty moments of daily life”. The 12-piece collection of lounge and sleepwear merges Hackett London’s modern take on classic, traditional menswear with...

Fashion

Hackett London launches dogwear collaboration with Hugo & Hudson

Menswear brand Hackett London has launched its first dogwear collection in collaboration with luxury British canine goods manufacturer Hugo & Hudson. The limited-edition Hackett London x Hugo & Hudson collection offers “the utmost comfortable and durable high-quality dog apparel and accessories” combining the British tailoring of Hackett London...

Retail |Interview Featured

Hackett London opens new store dedicated to premium line

Heritage British brand Hackett London, part of Spain-based fashion group AWWG, has opened a new store on New Bond Street, the world’s first to be fully dedicated to its premium Savile Row ready-to-wear collection. The new location at 69 New Bond Street is part of the menswear brand’s strategy to drive brand recognition and allow its premium...

Retail

Dsquared2 and Hackett to open flagships on New Bond Street

Dsquared2 and Hackett are set to open new flagships on New Bond Street as part of the real estate firm GPE’s Hanover development plan. As its sole standalone store, Dsquared2 will be launching a new London flagship, in a 4,700 square foot space covering the ground, basement and first floor areas. The location, set to open later in Q1, will stock...

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Video: Hackett London x Fox Brothers campaign

Introducing the new Hackett London x Fox Brothers Collaboration, with brand ambassador Owen Farrell. Source: Hackett London, YouTube

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Video: Hackett London AW17 Outerwear campaign

Hackett London: The Great Outdoors, AW17 Outerwear campaign Source: Hackett London, YouTube

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Pepe Jeans Group to implement new B2B platform

London - The Pepe Jeans Group is set to implement a new B2B platform to help streamline its wholesale customer system and underline its shift to the digital. The new platform is set to help the group move its wholesale strategy forwards and strengthen its relations with its customers by improving operations and offering them the ability to react...

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Hackett beats annual loss blues with upbeat holiday sales

The British label Hackett said that a considerable rise in tourists shopping during the holiday season to take advantage of the weaker pound since the Brexit vote helped the brand post rise in sales at its central London stores. However, the Evening Standard report says that the UK-based retailer sae turnover in UK and Ireland decline 2.4...

Business

Pepe Jeans Group bought by LVMH subsidiary and Lebanese group

Pepe Jeans and Hackett, part of the Pepe Jeans Group, have been bought by Lebanese group M1 and LVMH subsidiary L Capital Asia. Further to our report in January, the sale dragged on for nearly 6 months and M1 has now managed to bring the deal to a close. Pepe Jeans, founded in London in 1973, is currently on sale in some 60 countries and managed...