Articles by Alicia Reyes Sarmiento
Is another Black Friday possible? Exploring fashion brand alternatives
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Black Friday, that annual day of massive shopping sprees at irresistible prices, has taken the world by storm, driving retailers to compete fiercely with tempting offers. However, as we celebrate the sales, it is crucial to reflect on the economic and environmental implications of this event, a long list of which reduced profit margins and the...
MBFWMadrid: 5 stand-out collections for SS24
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The 78th edition of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (MBFW) Madrid featured the catwalk presentations of a total of 41 designers over the course of six days. Once again, the creators gave their best on the catwalk in front of an audience of industry professionals, more than a thousand journalists, a hundred content creators and a hundred influencers...
Discover the retail jobs that best suit your personality: Part 3 - Store Manager
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Usually, people who dream of becoming part of the fashion world are left with the most superficial concept of fashion, which seems unattainable and only accessible to a few. However, the reality is that this sector offers a wide variety of job opportunities that sometimes are hidden in the shadows of the catwalk spotlight, but that may be just...
Discover the retail jobs that best suit your personality: part 2 - Fashion Buyer
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Just as a seamstress skillfully combines fabrics and colours to craft a bespoke garment, choosing the right career involves a skilful blending of our passions and skills. In a world full of job possibilities, it can sometimes be a challenge to figure out where you fit in professionally, but perhaps you belong in the fashion industry. In this...
Discover the retail jobs that best suit your personality: part 1 - Visual Merchandising
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Finding a job that suits you is just as important as finding those jeans that salvage any look, the ones you feel good in and wouldn't trade for any other pair. With the sheer number of jobs available, it's natural to feel overwhelmed at times. In this series of articles on Working in Fashion, FashionUnited will explore various career options...
Turkey asserts its position as global fashion leader at IFCO
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Turkey's fashion industry has achieved a strong global position, ranking fifth in textile industry supply, and consolidating its position as as a key supplier to Europe, neck and neck with Bangladesh, beaten only by China. Thanks to its strategic geographical location, solid infrastructure, competitive pricing, diversified production capacity,...
Pronovias says goodbye to its creative director
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Following a series of changes in the management at the Spanish firm Pronovias, Alessandra Rinaudo, creative director of the company since September 2019, has left the Group. No details have yet been released about who will take her place. Rinaudo's departure, which has been confirmed by a Pronovias spokesperson to FashionUnited, comes at a...
Shoptalk Europe: 'H&M will no longer just be a fashion company but also a data company'
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"H&M will move from being a fashion company to becoming a data company" and this seems to be the direction retail is moving in, heavily shaped by the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into the sector, Alan Boehme, CTO of H&M, explained as part of talks taking place in Barcelona during Shoptalk Europe. His advice to the industry: Data...
British speakers at the WRC 2023, spearheaded by Primark, united against Brexit
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If there is one thing the speakers from British companies made clear during the last day of the World Retail Congress 2023 in Barcelona today, it is that they are unhappy with the negative consequences of Brexit, a view that Primark CEO Paul Marchant echoed in his speech yesterday. As well as calling for more recognition for retailers as...
Mango: "We are working on a ‘passport’ that contains details about the traceability of a product"
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Within the framework of the World Retail Congress, which brought together the main leaders of the retail sector in Barcelona to tackle the main challenges of this industry, Luis Casacuberta - General Manager of Mango Woman, Kids & Home today announced that Spanish multinational Mango is working on a type of 'passport' that will allow its...