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Kiki de Montparnasse website revamp continues lifestyle pivot, adds menswear

Kiki de Montparnasse website revamp continues lifestyle pivot, adds menswear

​Kiki de Montparnasse has this week unveiled a a redesigned webstore and also moved into the men’s market with the launch of Mr Kiki as it sets it sights on “global lifestyle expansion”.
 
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Luke 1977 sales dip but profits stay steady

Luke 1977 sales dip but profits stay steady

​Luke 1977 has filed its accounts for the year to the end of January 2024 with the company, which is the label founded by Luke Roper, saying that its revenue fell 5.5% to £16.2 million during the year.
 
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New York Fashion Week: Wiederhoeft, Kallmeyer, Presley Oldham and Frederick Anderson

New York Fashion Week: Wiederhoeft, Kallmeyer, Presley Oldham and Frederick Anderson

The four designers who showed on the last two days of New York Fashion Week demonstrated its vast diversity of talent and brand vision.
 
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White Stuff heads out doors for folk-inspired autumn campaign

White Stuff heads out doors for folk-inspired autumn campaign

British fashion and lifestyle brand White Stuff has launched an intriguing brand campaign for autumn… featuring an all-female morris dancing group.
 
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Freemans names Sophie Ellis-Bextor to spearhead AW24 'reinvention' campaign

Freemans names Sophie Ellis-Bextor to spearhead AW24 'reinvention' campaign

Digital department store Freemans is hitting the fashion campaign trail hard for the upcoming season, choosing singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor as the face of its statement AW24 ads.
 
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Battersea Power Station performance accelerates, fashion has strong summer

Battersea Power Station performance accelerates, fashion has strong summer

Battersea Power Station has been an undeniable success since its opening almost two years ago and on Thursday we were told that the mall and the general neighbourhood have just enjoyed their “strongest summer yet”.
 
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John Lewis Partnership losses shrink, but department stores still face challenges

John Lewis Partnership losses shrink, but department stores still face challenges

​John Lewis released its half-year results Thursday and said its “transformation is on track” with a “marked improvement” in H1 and the retailer set to "deliver significantly higher profits for the full year”.
 
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AK Retail Holdings to relaunch Star by Julien Macdonald

AK Retail Holdings to relaunch Star by Julien Macdonald

​AK Retail Holdings Ltd has announced a major relaunch of the Star by Julien Macdonald brand. But that's all we know for now as “further details are to be released in the coming days”. 
 
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Designer Brands reports Q2 sales decline

Designer Brands reports Q2 sales decline

Designer Brands Inc. announced on Wednesday that net sales decreased 2.6% in the second quarter ended August 3, 2024.
 
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Batch London and Gandys International to join NN.07 debut in Covent Garden line-up

Batch London and Gandys International to join NN.07 debut in Covent Garden line-up

Covent Garden’s appeal for niche fashion retail continues apace. After sustainable menswear brand NN.07 debuted there, eco-conscious suits retailer Batch London and travel apparel brand Gandys have signed up too.
 
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ASOS cuts net debt load by £150 million

ASOS cuts net debt load by £150 million

​ASOS’s news last week that it was selling majority control of Topshop and Topman and refinancing its debt appears to have had a very positive impact on its overall net debt position, it showed on Wednesday.
 
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Boohoo US strategy change widens offer via UK-based fulfilment

Boohoo US strategy change widens offer via UK-based fulfilment

​Now this is interesting. Boohoo Group is reversing the widely adopted strategy of increasingly localising distribution services and will now be serving the US market from its high-tech UK hub.
 
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Scotch & Soda taps Joe Jonas as first global ambassador

Scotch & Soda taps Joe Jonas as first global ambassador

As the face of the campaign, Jonas models both the mainline Scotch & Soda collection and an exclusive capsule co-designed with the artist himself.
 
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NYFW: KidSuper, Diotima, Zankov, and Aknvas

NYFW: KidSuper, Diotima, Zankov, and Aknvas

Another glorious day of September weather took advantage of outdoor venues, skyscraper locations, sunbathed lofts, and the famous Apollo Theater.  
 
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NYFW: Cos conquers in Brooklyn with quiet drama

NYFW: Cos conquers in Brooklyn with quiet drama

They say there is only one chance to make a good first impression, which Cos and its designer Karin Gustafsson certainly managed in their Brooklyn debut Tuesday lunchtime.
 
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French Connection expands relationships hotlist with Very link-up

French Connection expands relationships hotlist with Very link-up

​With growth on various fronts key to its return to former glories, French Connection is now adding the Very platform to its fulsome list of stockist this autumn/winter. 
 
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