A recent study by the Public Desire website has analyzed the thrift culture market worldwide. According to the study, the U.S., the UK, Sweden and Japan are the most influential countries.  

Formerly the director of Mango’s franchise business, Nuria Font has assumed leadership of Mango's home division, established in 2021. She succeeds Laura Vila, who departs after 17 years with the company.

​Tech-driven platform True Fit is embracing generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) “to help consumers find the perfect fit and solve retailers’ online fit challenges”.

As online fast-fashion retailer Shein ramps up its pre-IPO charm offensive in Britain, pushback is growing too from Europe's retail industry and lawmakers.

Calvin Klein, Inc. announced on Friday the appointment of Lila Staab as senior vice president, brand communications and culture.

Italy will be the home of menswear with Pitti Uomo in Florence on June 11-18, followed by Milan Fashion Week Men, featuring shows by Marine Serre, Pierre-Louis Mascia, Paul Smith, Martine Rose and Dunhill.

Global bodywear brand sloggi, announced it has reduced the pricing of some of their best-selling cotton collections, Double Comfort, Romance, Basic+ and Control, across the UK and Ireland.

With tennis’s big season coming into sight, Adidas has unveiled a new ‘London’ Tennis Collection targeting those who play on grass courts.

Summer collaborations continue apace. The latest sees Italy’s La DoubleJ brand founder JJ Martin and the UK’s Orlebar Brown brand founder Adam Brown launching ‘Raise Your Vacation Vibration’.

Blenheim Palace has launched a design competition to mark the final month of its ‘Icons of British Fashion’ exhibition.

​Cult concept retailer Goodhood has relocated its London store, moving to a bigger space near busy Spitalfields Market and Brick Lane in East London.

Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) has long been a pioneer on the sustainability front and now it’s an influencer too with news that Berlin Fashion Week (BFW) is adopting its sustainability requirements.

​The Spanish owner of Pepe Jeans and Hackett, AAWG, has announced a “strategic and investment partnership with the global leader in fashion G-III Apparel Group, via an ownership stake of approximately 12% of AWWG”.

G-III Apparel announced on Thursday net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, ended April 30, were $609.7 million compared to $606.6 million in the prior year’s quarter.

Michael Kors has tapped German soccer player Nicolas Krause alongside his wife, supermodel Grace Elizabeth, and their young family, for its 2024 Father’s Day campaign. 

With the American star as its new "brand partner," the Swiss brand is moving well beyond performance sports and asserting itself a little more as a challenger to the major sport-lifestyle labels.