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Massimo Dutti lands in New York with SoHo store and Patti Smith exhibition

Madrid – Seven years after closing its Fifth Avenue store, Massimo Dutti, the Inditex group’s most exclusive fashion chain, returns to New York with the opening of a new flagship store. The brand has launched the space in New York’s sophisticated and vibrant SoHo neighbourhood, celebrating the occasion with an independent photography exhibition...

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Kujten CEO on US expansion, new stores and building a cashmere ‘love brand’

Kujten first opened its debut US boutique in New York during September 2025. At the time, the French cashmere brand was building on a relationship with US customers that had already blossomed online. One year on, however, and the business is preparing to accelerate its physical expansion, with three new locations planned for the fourth quarter...

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Smythson opens new flagship store on Madison Avenue in New York

British luxury lifestyle brand Smythson has announced the opening of a new flagship store on Madison Avenue in New York. The store, located at 575 Madison Avenue, marks 25 years since the company opened its first standalone store in the city. The opening represents a key moment in the international growth strategy for Smythson, with the US...

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FIT launches new speaker series under strategic initiative

US-based educational institution the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), part of the State University of New York (SUNY), has announced new public programming under FIT Future//Forward. The strategic initiative, launched by FIT president Jason Schupbach, aims to establish the college as a primary laboratory for creative and creative business...

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Amsterdam-based fashion brand Róhe chooses New York for first permanent store

Amsterdam-based fashion brand Róhe opened its first permanent store in New York this month. The flagship store at 77 Mercer Street in SoHo is 221.7 square metres and is intended to give the brand a physical home in the US, a spokesperson told FashionUnited. Róhe flagship store at 77 Mercer Street in Soho, New York. Credits: Rohé The opening is...

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Asta Resort builds on New York momentum with a second global boutique

Asta Resort has opened a permanent flagship in New York’s SoHo, establishing its second retail location worldwide after debuting its Sydney boutique in December 2025. The opening follows the brand’s New York pop-up, which began as a market test and developed into a longer-term retail opportunity for the founders, sisters Helena and Jasmine...

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Uniqlo to open World Trade Center store in fourth New York launch of 2026

Uniqlo will open a store at 185 Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan on Friday, with doors opening at 10am ET. The World Trade Center location is the fourth New York City store the company has added this year. The opening forms part of a programme of 11 US stores Uniqlo confirmed for 2026, which also includes New York sites in Williamsburg, Union...

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Acne Studios opens new New York store

Swedish fashion brand Acne Studios has opened a new store in New York City’s Meatpacking District, strengthening its physical retail presence in the US. Located near the High Line and opposite the Whitney Museum of American Art, the new store joins the brand’s existing New York flagship on Greene Street. Designed by creative director Jonny...

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Bvlgari brings its first US public installation to New York's High Line

Bvlgari has unveiled its first public installation in the United States, a temporary golden structure on New York's High Line above Little West 12th Street. Titled "AuruBoros — Urban Memory and Collective Dream," the work is on view from September 10 to 20, following a private press preview on September 9. The installation was created by...

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Moncler opens largest flagship worldwide on Fifth Avenue

Moncler has opened its largest flagship store globally on New York's Fifth Avenue, a 23,680-square-foot, two-level space in the General Motors Building at 767 Fifth Avenue, near Central Park. "Moncler Fifth Avenue is a brand statement on one of the most iconic addresses in the world. We conceived it as a living space. A place shaped by the...

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Nude Project lands in New York with a pop-up in SoHo

Madrid – Nude Project continues to show its ongoing commitment to the US, this time by opening a pop-up in New York's sophisticated SoHo neighbourhood. This marks the first physical point-of-sale the Spanish fashion brand is set to open in the Big Apple since it was founded in Barcelona in 2019 by entrepreneurial duo Alex Benlloch and Bruno...

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Strathberry secures growth investment to accelerate global expansion, preps New York store

Scottish luxury leather brand Strathberry has secured growth investment from Soho Square Capital to support its next phase of international expansion, with a particular focus on North America. The investment marks Soho Square Capital’s first deal from its Partnership Capital Fund II and represents the second funding partnership for Strathberry,...