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Prada Group dominates Lyst Index, Skims and JW Anderson make first entry

Prada Group dominated the Q1 2023 Lyst Index, a ranking of the most popular apparel brands compiled by fashion search engine Lyst. The group’s namesake label topped the index for the second quarter in a row as searches for the brand increased 22 percent. Meanwhile, Miu Miu - which is also owned by Prada Group - moved from fourth to second place...

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Prada comes out on top in Lyst’s Q4 2022 report

The Lyst Index for Q4 of 2022 has arrived, and with it comes some significant shifts in shopper sentiments towards big name luxury brands. For one, Gucci, which was at the top for Q3, fell to second place, while the former occupier of the spot Prada went up to first. It comes as both companies experienced some significant changes in their...

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Miu Miu named brand of the year in Lyst’s Year in Fashion 2022 report

Luxury marketplace Lyst has released its Year in Fashion 2022 report, covering a series of celebrity-backed trends, fashion collaborations and cultural moments that defined customers’ searches on its platform. In the report’s introduction, the retailer said over 200 million people had browsed and shopped on the site this year, providing data for...

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Lyst Index: Balenciaga retains title of fashion’s hottest brand

Spanish luxury fashion house Balenciaga has retained its spot as the hottest brand on the planet in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest Lyst Index. The index, created by fashion search platform Lyst, examines more than eight million items by volume of social media mentions alongside searches, page views, interactions and sales...

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Y2K, NFT fashion and Bridgerton: Lyst reveals 2021 trend index

This year has seen an unusual cohort of cultural and societal transitions, with these unprecedented times delivering a sense of the unexpected into what is now seen as ‘the new normal’. Fashion shopping platform Lyst has revealed its 2021 trend index, detailing these transitional and most influential trends of the past year, from hybrid workwear...

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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...

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Lyst Index: Gucci remains hottest brand, Nike jumps up rankings

Gucci has retained its position as the world’s hottest brand according to fashion shopping platform Lyst’s most recent index, while Nike jumped up nine spots to take second place. Italian luxury label Gucci remained popular online in the first quarter of the year, with additional buzz being generated by a picture of Lady Gaga and Adam Driver on...

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Lyst x StockX ranking: those were the Top 10 sneakers of 2020

Fashion search engine Lyst and resale platform StockX have teamed up for their ranking of the most popular sneakers of 2020 and compiled their Top 10 Sneakers of 2020 list based on searches on Lyst and resales via StockX. Without wanting to give too much away, let us just note that Nike dominates the list and that Adidas’ Yeezy Boost 350 is not...

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Video: Lyst presents the biggest fashion trends of 2020

In this video, fashion search engine Lyst presents the biggest moments of 2020 and how they inspired this year’s fashion choices. Watch the video below. Video: Lyst via YouTube Photo credit: Lyst, Facebook

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Lyst Index: Gucci dethrones Nike as world's hottest brand

Gucci has been crowned the world’s hottest brand according to fashion shopping platform Lyst’s most recent index, dethroning US sportswear giant Nike which topped the list in Q2. The Lyst 2020 Q3 index named Gucci the planet’s hottest brand in a quarter that saw the luxury Italian label livestream its Epilogue collection in July, with worldwide...

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Lyst Index: Off-White, Balenciaga and Nike named world’s hottest brands

Off-White has retained its title as the hottest fashion brand on the planet for the third quarter in a row, with luxury Spanish label Balenciaga moving one spot up in the rankings to second place and US sportswear giant Nike leaping nine spots to third place. That’s according to the latest Index by fashion search platform Lyst which analysed the...

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Lyst x Launchmetrics: media's impact on fashion weeks in figures

At a time of worldwide social media usage and lightning fast livestreams a question arises: how do these factors impact the unchanged, traditional fashion weeks, and how is that impact made? Data research agency Launchmetrics and fashion search engine Lyst researched this issue. The conclusion: fashion weeks still remain relevant for brands. In...