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WGSN Buyers’ Briefing: what is selling right now

The trend forecasting site delivered a comprehensive retail-driven summery of trends driving Fall/Winter 2019 sales for those walking the floor of PROJECT Mens trade show this week to finalize their Winter buys. Here is what will continue to dominate for the remainder of the season so what to put front and center right now, compiled by color,...

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Consumers crave retail evolution, not another pop-up experience

2019 will be the year that retail changes, if you ask TheCurrent Global. “The customer is just craving for evolution of retail, And they’re really craving for the retailers to give it to them,” the consultancy firm’s CEO and co-founder, Liz Bacelar, told FashionUnited. Today’s consumer understands certain elements of the current retail...

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Sweden Unlimited expands into the UK/Europe

New York-based Sweden Unlimited, the digital creative agency specializing in strategy, eCommerce and content for fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands has announced the opening of their first creative studio outside of the U.S., in Notting Hill, an area renowned for its style, charm, and vibrancy, the agency will now be serving the U.K. and...

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Neiman Marcus agrees CBD oil is a major beauty trend

Cannabis oil is everywhere in the beauty market. Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus is now the newest home for the cult beauty ingredient. The Dallas-based retailer, which integrates chains including Bergdorf Goodman, Mytheresa, Horchow and Neiman Marcus Last Call, has announced that five locations plus ecommerce will now carry a number of CBD beauty...

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Reformation to launch pop-up in Holland via Fashion for Good

Reformation, the eco-friendly fashion label from Los Angeles with over 1 million followers on Instagram, has taken one step further in its plans to go global. Its products will be offered for Dutch consumers for the very first time at a pop-up store inside Fashion for Good’s Museum for Sustainable Fashion in Amsterdam. Over the next four weeks,...

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US holiday shoppers spent record 126 billion US dollars online

US online retailers have a lot to celebrate: Americans spent a record 126 billion US dollars during the 2018 holiday season, 16.5 percent more than last year’s total, according to a report by Adobe Analytics based on data from 80 percent of all online transactions from the top 100 US e-tailers. Cyber Monday was the most lucrative day of the...

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Neiman Marcus iLabs exec no longer believes in internal teams

The founder of the Neiman Marcus iLab contends retailers are hindering innovation - a surprising theory from a retail executive who six years ago had helped develop an innovative program to use technology to improve the consumer experience. With this background and strong stance on the state of the retail industry, Scott Emmons has joined...

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COS to launch its first store in Iceland

COS, one of the brands under the H&M Group, has announced its plans to enter the Icelandic market, with a store in the country’s capital, Reykjavík, set to open later this year. The announcement was made on H&M’s website, but no further details were given about the store or its launch date. The first COS store opened in the UK in 2007. Since...

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Brazil is the world's most expensive country to shop at Zara

Shopping at Zara is more expensive in Brazil than in any other country, reveals the fourth edition of an annual study by Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual. Titled “Zara Index”, the research takes the price of 12 Zara items across 44 countries, then converts local currencies to US dollars and compares them to the prices offered in the United...

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Free People to open first permanent store in UK

American fashion and lifestyle brand Free People is set to open its first true store front in the UK later this week in London. The 7,500 square foot store on Floral Street in London will open on January 18 and was chosen for its “vibrant Covent Garden” location. The opening will mark the brand’s second permanent store in Europe joining the...

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Lush to open first plastic packaging-free store in UK

Beauty brand Lush is set to open its first ‘Naked’ store in the UK in Manchester later this week, which will entirely void of any plastic packaging. The retailer famed for its brightly-coloured bath bombs, will be highlighting plastic packaging-free alternatives to shoppers favourite cosmetics, from the classics, such as solid shampoo bars and...

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The showroom model: will brick and mortar stores carry inventory in the future?

It may seem counterintuitive for pure online players to venture into physical retail, considering how brick and mortar stores are struggling (Credit Suisse predicts 25 percent of all US shopping malls to close by 2025, while the UK high street is having its worst period since 2013). Yet, that is exactly what prominent e-tailers are doing....