Новости за 24.04.2018

Adidas has promoted New Zealand-born Zion Armstrong as its new president for North America. Armstrong succeeds Mark King who helped revive the brand's fortunes in the territory and steps down this summer.

Pepsi has extended its 2018 Love It Live It campaign celebrating global football fashion, with the launch of a capsule collection in partnership with Boohoo, Umbro, Le Specs, New Era and Anteater.

Pure London is adding a new section starting with its July show with a focus on sustainability. It will mix new and established brands and will be called Pure Conscious.

Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland is progressing steadily towards its sustainability goals for 2020,  says its corporate social responsibility report.

French luxury conglomerate Kering scored a striking 27.1 percent growth in first quarter revenues, led by Gucci's near 40% explosion in sales. Problem child Bottega Veneta, however, suffered a further fall in revenues.

The US label, bought by Gildan in 2017 after going bankrupt, relaunched worldwide online on 24th April, sending out a strong message of body positivity and inclusiveness.

Ever the pathbreaker, David Yurman has opened his first boutique fully dedicated to men in Paris. Its location: Printemps, the bellwether Paris department store.

News is emerging that China’s C Banner International Holdings (CBIH) is in talks with the owner of House of Fraser to buy a stake in the struggling department store chain.

LVMH has opened its first eyewear plant, in partnership with Marcolin. Located in Italy, the site will produce sunglasses and eyeglasses frames for several LVMH brands.

Balenciaga has ended its eyewear licence contract with Marcolin, choosing Kering Eyewear as its partner for the production and worldwide distribution of its sunglasses and eyeglasses lines.

Not content to stop at slipping packages inside customers' front doors, Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday started a new programme to deliver packages to its members' parked cars.

Swatch Group Chief Executive Nick Hayek said the Swiss watchmaker had enjoyed a strong start to 2018 and was cheered by the recent weakening of the Swiss franc.

Nothing quite like springtime Paris. At least for Moschino, which will open both a flagship boutique and a special pop-up store inside the iconic Paris department store Printemps in the coming months.

Amazon Fashion has enlisted five influencers to show how key pieces from Find’s SS18 collection can be styled to create a unique look, in a new campaign that is launching this Tuesday across Europe.

While the mini heatwave drove sales upwards at many UK stores last week, it couldn’t tip the John Lewis department store chain into positive figures in the seven days to April 21, but summer clothing still outperformed.

It looks like the mini heatwave, which is now all but over, provided a boost to UK shops last week with fashion stores benefiting just as much as food stores, according to reports.

Warpaint London had good news Tuesday and it was news that underlined just how fast the make-up company is growing. It has been given the Queen's Award for International Trade for outstanding growth in overseas sales.

It looks like womenswear chain East will close with administrators having so far failed to find a buyer. Although a last-minute deal isn't out of the question, according to its administrators, time is fast running out.

The EU and the US appear reluctant to remove preferential trade access for Cambodia’s garments sector, Fitch’s BMI research unit said on Tuesday, despite calls from rights groups in the wake of a political crackdown.

Sears Holdings Corp's Eddie Lampert said the retailer should sell its Kenmore appliances brand, home improvement businesses, and real estate, adding that his hedge fund ESL Investments Inc would bid in any sale.

Puma Q1 results offered good news as the sports giant, which is currently riding the athleisure wave and also launching a raft of collaborations, said sales surged 20%+ as all regions and product segments did well.

Although safety is a higher priority five years on from the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh that killed 1,135 garment workers, dangerous conditions persist in smaller factories, campaigners said.

This month, the Montreal-based company launches its online store coast-to-coast in the United States, with plans to open its first American retail location within the next year.

Strong growth in ad sales on Google search and YouTube were not enough to offset a surge in costs at parent Alphabet Inc that shrank the first-quarter operating margin, leaving shares flat after hours on Monday.

The 33rd Festival of Fashion and Photography is set to be an intense affair, with Haider Ackermann attending as guest of honour, and a range of exhibitions, films, and contests for fashion, accessories and photography.