Retail Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The combination of exclusivity and a deep appreciation for local talent led to a buzz among collectors and fashion aficionados. In addition, Chanel frequently hosts these temporary stores in landmark locations, fostering a connection between their high-fashion offerings and the architectural or historical importance of that location.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2025

In addition to rapid advances in AI that have brought the technology into the mainstream, Stitch Fix also has struggled to maintain its first-mover advantage in the world of subscription fashion, with a host of new entrants pulling away clients and market share. But share prices continued to slide and they remain low.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A revamped product assortment that leans into trend-forward products and styles mimicking parents’ personal styles, including mini me versions of fashionable items. The new store concept was unveiled at Carters first flagship in Atlanta this past October, with plans to expand the concept nationwide by 2026.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2025

Fast Retailing, the Japanese parent of Uniqlo, is preparing to file for receivership of its French brands Comptoir des Cotonniers and Princesse Tam Tam in the Paris Trade Court, according to a report by Fashion Network citing multiple reliable sources. In September last year, they merged into a new entity, Fast Retailing France.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2024

” Fallscheer exited Lovisa in October 2021 after 12 years of leading the company and was succeeded by Victor Herrero. “Competition hampers price increases and will likely result in a cap on store growth and gross margin improvement over time.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 20, 2025

Tailored Brands , operator of well-known apparel retailers Men’s Wearhouse, K&G Fashion Superstore, Moores and Jos. Tighe, who joined Tailored Brands in May 2021 as EVP and Chief Customer Officer, will replace Peter Sachse, who will become Executive Chairman of the company’s board. Sachse was named sole CEO in February 2024.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 8, 2025

Halkett will succeed Jenny Child, who took the reins at Oroton from October 2021 till last month. Founded in Sydney in 1938 by Boyd Lane, Oroton started as an importer of luxury European textiles and has evolved into a retailer of accessible luxury fashion. Sophie Holt has been the brand’s creative director since 2017.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2025

Fast Fashion Faces the Biggest Challenge The world has long known the detrimental effects that ultra-cheap fast fashion brands have on the environment. In fact, since first calculating its baseline emissions in 2021 , Sheins absolute emissions have risen by 176% overall.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Gabriella Pereira is the director of Beare Park and the recipient of the Australian Fashion Laureates Emerging Designer of the Year award this year. Meet Beare Park Beare Park is a luxury fashion label made, designed and owned in Australia. The business of Australian fashion IR : The pop-up in Potts Point; why now?

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Inside Retail

MAY 14, 2025

SurfStitchs parent company, Alquemie Group, completed a restructuring in late 2021 , and late last ye ar, Scott Evans stepped in as CEO, succeeding Sacha Laing. Inside Retail reached out to two SurfStitch spokespeople, both of whom responded, saying they had “no comment” on the company’s trading status.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

All eyes are on Boohoo Group’s new chief executive Dan Finley who is tasked with not only turning around the struggling online fashion group but dealing with disgruntled shareholder Mike Ashley. Finley’s appointment has further riled up Ashley.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2025

Imagine being in a country where there was no one place where you could find beauty products, Adwaita Nayar, co-founder and CEO of Nykaa Fashion, shared during her speech at the World Retail Congress in London. And I think just the world of beauty and fashion is very community-based, the co-founder said.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The investment builds upon Vuori’s $400 million investment, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, in 2021. athleisure market as a whole is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 7% through 2028.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Historically known as the fashion capital of Australia, with over 600 stores, Chadstone has evolved into a lifestyle and entertainment destination, with a diverse range of food and beverage options, a five-star hotel, and Legoland Discovery Centre. The rest is all about entertainment.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2025

According to the report, the estimated waste of unsold retail goods has risen by 17 per cent since 2021, reaching $2.9 David Jones In partnership with GlamCorner, David Jones launched the Reloop initiative, a sustainable fashion platform that enables customers to resell, rent, repair or recycle their clothes.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2025

Tumis recent notable openings of larger stores include the 300sqm Ginza store in Tokyo, and those in Dubai Mall, Hong Kong Fashion Walk, Shanghai Kerry Center and Chengdu IFS. We have been delighted by the response to our new store in Fashion Walk and our refreshed stores in Pacific Place and IFC Mall, he said.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2025

Camilla New York, New York Founded in Bondi Beach in 2004, Camilla is the eponymous label of leading Australian fashion designer Camilla Franks, who is renowned globally for her artistic prints and bohemian approach to luxury style. As Kumra explained, “My work is focused on reinventing what Indian luxury means.

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Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2025

She secured support from Indigenous Business Australia in 2021, a move that assisted in bringing her long-held dream to life. Smith is preparing to unveil Amplified Beauty’s most ambitious campaign yet: a high-fashion shoot in London that features globally recognised talent across the beauty and fashion industries.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 11, 2025

“This collaboration empowers our customers to extend the life of their clothing, reduce waste and participate in a more circular fashion economy — without compromising on comfort or style.” In 2024, the U.S.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Recognising that China’s consumer market was booming in 2021, Documents toyed with expanding its brand into other categories, such as jewellery and fashion. So I wanted to add [elements of] spicy, bold design and fashion. That is the packaging of the philosophy outside: we always like to create contrast and balance.”

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Inside Retail

MARCH 2, 2025

Decjuba has appointed Audrey Nania as its new CEO, marking the fashion retailer’s first change in leadership in almost 17 years and emphasising the brand’s female-led identity. Nania joined Decjuba as an assistant planner in 2009 and rose the ranks until she became a COO in June 2021, her latest role before the new designation.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This takes total retailer investment at Derbion in new stores, refits and upsizes since 2021 to over 35m.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Iny 2021, Pandora shifted from sourcing mined diamonds to using only lab-grown stones. One key detail in the brand’s resuscitated image is its focus on sustainability. In 2020, the brand announced its goal to only use recycled metals by 2025, a mission achieved sooner than expected in December 2023.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2025

Honouring the culture of origin Hood founded Seoul Tonic in 2021, in partnership with Mr Parks, a third-generation Korean pear farmer who wanted to share his produce and formulations to the world.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 16, 2025

Industry experts are keeping a close eye on the future of fashion retailer General Pants Co, after its owner, Alquemie Group, closed or sold three other retail brands in its portfolio in as many weeks. Facioni is the CEO of ACTA Capital and executive chairman of Alquemie Group.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The fast fashion giant is purchasing clothes from GN Euro once again, the Telegraph reported, after being “disengaged” back in 2021. Boohoo is facing criticism for bringing back a supplier it previously axed after its modern slavery scandal.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Co-founded by longtime friends Nyakio Grieco and Patrick Herning, the CEO of plus-sized fashion brand 11 Honor, the idea for the business came about during the height of the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement. Thirteen Lune is an e-commerce platform that sells beauty products from primarily Black-owned brands.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In October, Commodity Fragrances launched its first permanent bricks-and-mortar space at 113 Crosby Street in the fashion and fragrance-loving area of New York City’s Soho neighbourhood. It was a real gamble and a delight to relaunch in 2021 and see our customers adopting our new language.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 16, 2025

Topshop and Topman are set to return to the runway this summer, with a London fashion show planned for August to mark the relaunch of the brands’ online platforms and preview the Autumn/Winter 2025 collections. The move mirrors a broader strategy to engage younger shoppers and rebuild cultural relevance.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2025

Meanwhile, the fashion and hardlines segments both saw their sales fall slightly. Same-store sales didn’t impress: food (-3 per cent), hardlines (-7 per cent) and fashion (-4 per cent) were all in the red. The contribution of hardlines remains at 30 per cent while fashion’s share has dropped to 26 per cent.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 30, 2025

The activation is Topshops first in-person shopping experience since it was bought out of administration by Asos in 2021, and comes after a series of cryptic Instagram posts hinting at a retail comeback in August. Topshop was acquired by Asos for 295m in 2021, alongside Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT, after the collapse of Arcadia Group.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2025

Blundy and Itaoui co-invested in Bras N Things in the buyback, before selling it to Hanes for $500 million in 2018 and co-invested in premium lingerie brand Honey Birdette, before selling it to Playboy for $443 million in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

With Laura Ashley now in the hands of Marquee, Gordon Brothers currently has two brands under management fashion label Nicole Miller and the more recently acquired 120 -year-old German consumer electronics and lifestyle brand Telefunken. That work began in 2021 through a strategic relaunch at UK retailer Next.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 16, 2025

The online fashion giant has been hit with a High Court lawsuit over claims of “manipulating customs declarations for VAT evasion”, The Telegraph reported. Customs agent IT Way Transgroup Clearance, which lodged the claim alongside Orange Transgroup, says it acted as an agent for Shein between 2021 and 2024. from the retailer.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Jigsaw CEO Hash Ladha has resigned from the fashion retailer after just 15 months in the position. Ladha joined the brand back in November 2023, taking over from Beth Butterwick, who served as CEO from May 2021. Back in October, the fashion retailer said itmade a pre-tax loss of 3.6m from a profit of 816,000 the year before.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 24, 2025

Omnia Brands is owned by ACTA Retail Management, which is owned by ACTA Capital Management, a boutique private-equity firm founded by Richard Facioni in 2021. The spokesperson for Best Markets said that Omnia Brands, the secured debt holder across the entities, had been notified of the voluntary administration.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2025

Kevin Grant, a senior member of the finance team since 2021, has been promoted to CFO to replace Long. For the fourth quarter, the company posted a 6.8 per cent increase in net sales, driven by a 21.6 per cent growth in US sales. Full-year net sales were up 5.2 per cent, with US sales jumping 16.9 per cent.

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