Fall 2018 was reportedly the most racially diverse catwalk season

According to The Fashion Spot’s latest Runway Diversity Report, 32.5% of the models cast to walk in the Fall/Winter 2018 shows this February and March were women of color. The figure represents a 2.3% increase from the previous Spring 2018 season. Notable appearances included supermodel Anok Yai, who, upon opening the Prada show in February, became the first black woman to do so for 20 years. O…

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Coach embraces Gen Z and circularity with Coachtopia launch

So what is Coachtopia? At its most basic level, it’s a youth-focused bags line priced a little below the regular Coach offer that makes the most of waste materials… luxury from scraps!On a more complicated level, it means the Tapestry-owned brand has completely re-thought the product process. Covetable new bags (and other items) are made from the leftover materials that usually go straight …

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France fines Google $57 million for European privacy rule breach

The French regulator said the world’s biggest search engine lacked transparency and clarity in the way it informs users about its handling of personal data and failed to properly obtain their consent for personalised ads.The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the biggest shake-up of data privacy laws in more than two decades, came into force in Mayคำพูดจาก Read more

H&M names 10 Global Change Award winners, has doubled the prize fund

There are 10 winners, sharing a €2 million grant from the non-profit H&M Foundation and they cover a big range of subjectsคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Think recyclable and biodegradable polyurethane, food waste polyester, circular dyeing, natural bio-colours, ultra-high-performi…

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East Asia’s three luxury consumer attitudes revealed- Ipsos

The first attitude described by Ipsos, ‘Me Myself & Us’, emphasises the ever-present role of luxury goods as a personal development tool, endowed with a social role vis-à-vis the community.Of the consumers interviewed, 79% see luxury as a means of empowerment. Compared to the same survey two years ago, the percentage was 10 points higher for women, and the attitude it describes is most kee…

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Garments for lease- ‘rental’ apparel brings new wrinkles for retail stores

The New Jersey-based museum publicist spends $277 (221.9 pounds) a month on three subscriptions, including one from New York & Company, a women’s mid-price clothing chain with hundreds of U.S. stores. This is less than what she previously spent, she said. “I still have clothes in my closet from when I was buying, but I can’t tell you the last time I bought anything,” she said. 

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Moody’s raises outlook for US apparel and footwear industry

 Moody’s now expects the industry to see operating profit growth in the range of 8% to 9% this year, revised up from a previous outlook of 3%-5%. This growth rate is predicted to decelerate to 6%-7% in 2019. Sales in the sector are now expected to grow between 6% and 7% this year and between 4% and 5% in 2019คำพูดจาก Read more

Luxury online- Expect change as brands take more control, says strategy guru

He rates the online operations of key players like Net-A-Porter, Mytheresa and Matchesfashion highly, but he says too many brands are falling behind.Yet Wolff also feels that while it’s easy to criticise luxury brands for being slow to the online party, their reticence has been understandable, as has the variable quality of user experiences on their sites. 

“Historically luxury busines…

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New EU rules regulating U.S. tech giants likely to set global standard

Europe’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on Thursday won backing from European Union members and EU lawmakers for her proposal, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), to rein in the powers of the tech giants via legislation for the first time, rather than lengthy antitrust investigations.The DMA sets out a list of dos and don’ts targeting each tech giant’s core business practices.

“DMA is here…

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Next cuts sick pay for self-isolating unvaccinated staff

Next is understood to have ruled that any unjabbed worker who is not infected but is self-isolating will only receive statutory sick pay. A number of retailers in other categories and companies synth wider business community have started bringing in such policies.The retailer, which employs around 44,000 people, is said to have introduced the measure after recently seeing a sharp rise in staff …

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