The cycling brand Rapha appoints Jodie Harrison as chief brand officer. Harrison announced her new position on LinkedIn on Friday. She stated that she had already been working for the British company as an external consultant since January, prior to her appointment in April. Before that, she spent around three and a half years in various...
Apr 25, 2025
Fashion brand Shrimps has unveiled a capsule collection with cycling clothing brand Rapha that aims to bridge the gap between fashion and cycling with an experimental, high-performance, and wearable line. The nine-piece capsule combines Shrimps’ signature playful patterns and whimsical designs with Rapha’s cycling apparel and off-bike stylings,...
Jul 6, 2023
Rapha and Outdoor Voices have launched a collaboration of women's cycling apparel. Bringing together the cycling brand's expertise of functional clothing and Outdoor Voices' reputation for athleticwear, the collection. “Together with OV we set out to achieve a positive and inclusive experience for all women who love cycling, and also break down...
Jun 25, 2020
British cycling lifestyle brand Rapha is partnering with Unmade to offer a new personalised design service to its customers, where they can design and manufacture digitally printed apparel. Using Unmade software, which offers an end-to-end digital custom solution for on-demand production at scale, Rapha’s customers can create a complete team kit...
Mar 6, 2019
Consumers care more and more about the environment, according to Jan Agelink, one of the founders of Dutch trendwatching firm Buro Jantrendman. He presented a lecture titled “Fashion goes outdoor” at Dutch fashion trade fair Modefabriek last month. According to Agelink, not only are today’s consumers changing their shopping habits to reduce...
Aug 1, 2018
Storytelling is a recurrent topic in the world of retail, especially when it comes to fashion. How to define the identity of your store or brand? How to present your store or brand in a way that matches its identity? How to tell an authentic story that consumers will identify with? Trendwatchers Jan Agerink and Birgit Maas, from Dutch...
Jun 29, 2018
Upmarket British cycling lifestyle brand Rapha has sold a majority stake in the business to US-based RZC Investments, the private equity firm run by Steuart and Tom Walton, heirs to the Walmart fortune. The size of RZC’s investment in Rapha has not been disclosed but the private equity firm has confirmed that it is backing the cycling brand’s...
Aug 8, 2017
