Articles by Sharon Camara
Sharon Camara has a master's degree in journalism and has been working for FashionUnited since 2017. She covers fashion news in France. Having lived a few years in Côte d'Ivoire (between 2019 and 2024), Sharon has also conducted interviews and reports on fashion news in Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Senegal, Benin, etc.).
Verdoso receives approval to acquire The Kooples
The French competition authority, an independent body overseeing competition regulation within the nation, notably in merger and acquisition assessments, has reaffirmed its unconditional approval for Verdoso's acquisition of The Kooples, a brand under the Swiss conglomerate MF Brands. Verdoso, a French investment firm focusing on mid-cap company...
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Noteworthy: French associations want to get rid of Anglicisms in fashion
Barbiecore, royalecore, cowboycore: in recent years, more and more terms have been ending in the English term 'core'. A trend that the French 'Commission d'enrichissement de la langue française' (Commission for the Enrichment of the French Language) and the 'Association pour la promotion du français dans la mode' (Association for the Promotion...
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Children’s fashion: discovering the job of purchasing manager (for example at Galeries Lafayette)
According to market research and consulting firm Mordor Intelligence, the global children's wear market is expected to reach 353.20 million US dollars by 2029, growing at a rate of 5.35 percent annually. A rather encouraging outlook, even if in France, children's fashion has experienced a slowdown in recent years. Between optimistic forecasts,...
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Drew Villani named global creative director for Timberland
Timberland, the US brand known for its iconic 'Premium 6 inch boots', has welcomed Australian designer Drew Villani as its new global creative director. With Villani's appointment, Timberland is looking to take a new artistic turn. As such, the VF Corporation-owned label has turned to Villani, hoping to leverage the designer's more than 10 years...
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Leonardo Fasolo appointed creative director of CP Company
Leonardo Fasolo has been named the new creative director to Italian premium label CP Company, where he is to oversee the design and development of the brand's collections. In the role, Fasolo will draw on the expertise of CP Company's R&D team and creative vision, guiding creative choices based on R&D and its DNA. His first collection as...
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Stone Island opens flagship store in Paris
The chief executive officer of Stone Island, Robert Triefus, has announced the inauguration of the Italian brand's new flagship store in Paris. As revealed on Triefus' LinkedIn account, the store is located at 223, rue Saint-Honoré, in the first arrondissement of Paris, and covers an area of more than 1,750 square metres. Housed inside a...
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LVMH Watch Week 2025: An edition between New York and Paris
LVMH Watch Week is back for its sixth edition. This year, the show exhibiting the luxury group's new watchmaking products is being held in two major cities: New York and Paris. After Dubai and Singapore, then Miami in 2024, LVMH has chosen New York and Paris to present the new watchmaking products of nine of its brands to the press. In New York,...
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Ssense makes several appointments within management team
Fashion platform Ssense has announced internal promotions across its customer, supply chain and marketing departments as the brand continues its transformation and prioritisation of operational excellence while focusing on customer experience. Christine Sio, who was previously Ssense’s vice president of customer experience, will become chief...
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Italy: Audit system for luxury companies raises questions
Following the scandal surrounding working conditions at certain subcontractors of luxury brands based in Italy, Reuters is shedding light through an investigation on the audit system of large luxury groups that is deemed to be "failing". Last June, Dior, Armani and many other luxury brands were accused of collaborating with subcontractors who do...
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Zalando's impact on the European economy
A new report has looked back at online fashion retailer Zalando's impact on the European economy and performance it had achieved during the year 2023. Titled 'The Economic Impact of Zalando in Europe', the report, conducted by international research and consulting firm Oxford Economics for Zalando, assessed the company’s direct and indirect...
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