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Free clothing and sustainable awareness: the disruptive model of a Dutch brand

Dubbed This is Free Fashion, this young Dutch brand offers free fashion through pop-up stores organised in various cities in the Netherlands. An approach by a firm that breaks with the conventional. "We want to show that what for some is textile waste, for others can be a garment in good condition," reads the website of This is Free Fashion....

Retail

Dutch fashion retail sees 6 percent increase in turnover for October

Fashion retailers operating in the Netherlands reported a turnover increase of 6 percent in October, according to a report by the country's local data platform, INretail Fashionpanel. During the month, the number of transactions was 5 percent higher and the number of items sold was 3 percent higher. For the first 10 months of 2024, cumulative...

Report

Q3 Highlights: financial performance of the fashion industry

A broad analysis of publications from the past three months shows that the fashion industry is resilient,driven by international growth, corporate mergers, and expansions. Major players reported revenue growth while many companies continue to navigate challenges such as fluctuating consumer spending, covid debts, and economic uncertainty in...

Retail

Gymshark to open four new stores, including first-ever pop-up

Sportswear brand Gymshark is continuing on its path of retail expansion, revealing that it is planning to open a total of four new stores over the next 12 months, including two UK permanent retail locations, its first-ever pop-up and its first store in mainland Europe. The pop-up will be the first to be introduced, with Gymshark set to open the...

Retail|In Pictures

Patagonia opens first store in the Netherlands

Outdoor technical apparel and accessories brand Patagonia has opened its first store in the Netherlands in Amsterdam to serve as both a retail store and a space for local activist and sports communities. Located at historic Singel 465-467, the store offers the brand’s technical products for outdoor sports, including climbing, snow sports, and...

Background

A Guide to the Dutch Fashion Market

BACKGROUND - For anyone looking to start or expand a fashion business in the Netherlands, here is a guide to the Dutch fashion market. Details on the market itself and everything that goes with it such as the shopping behaviour and desires of Dutch consumers, shopping streets, online shopping and, of course, sustainability. Publication date:...

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The Fashionweek (The Hague) Talent Award has opened applications for its next edition

The Fashionweek, formerly The Hague Fashion Week, has announced the next edition of its Talent Award for emerging designers from The Netherlands, via a release. The Fashionweek Talent Award 2022 is a collaboration between The Fashionweek and shopping centre Westfield Mall in The Netherlands, located in Leidschendam, near The Hague. The winner of...

Business

Bestseller signs contract for Netherlands distribution centre

Denmark clothing company Bestseller has announced it has signed a contract to build a logistics centre in Lelystad, the Netherlands. The company will be investing DKK two billion (230.6 million pounds) to build the centre, for which plans were first revealed back in October 2021. Created to aid in the expansion of the group’s supply chain and to...

Schools

Grant to launch in the Netherlands to follow a training or course

In the Netherlands, a website will be launched on 1 March so that those who want to can submit an application for a maximum of 1,000 euros to follow a training, course or education, according to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. It is estimated that 300,000 people will be able to get the grant however “how many...

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Students Hogeschool Zuyd (Netherlands) take home top three awards for solutions to textile waste

Last Friday, February 11, the national finale of the Conference for Circular Economy took place in The Netherlands. Students from the university of applied sciences Zuyd in Maastricht took home the gold, silver and bronze medal for their initiatives around combating textile waste. As part of the Dutch Circular Economy Conference, students from...

Schools

Dutch high school students to present vintage fashion show

On February 17, a group of students from two schools in Gouda, The Netherlands, will present a vintage fashion show, according to a news article by Dutch local news platform In de Buurt. The fashion show is a collaboration between high school De Driestar and the middle-level vocational school (MBO) Het Hoornbeeck College. Models will show...

Retail

H&M launches ‘more sustainable’ delivery option in the Netherlands

H&M has teamed up with Swedish logistics company Budbee to offer a more sustainable and flexible delivery service for its customers in the Netherlands. Stockholm-based Budbee has compensated 110 percent of the emissions it has generated to date and by 2022 plans to have 100 percent fossil-free delivery. Shoppers can now select Budbee’s next-day...