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Karl Lagerfeld opens its first café in Amsterdam

The Karl Lagerfeld brand, owned by the G-III Apparel group, announced the opening of its first food and beverage establishment, the Karl Lagerfeld Café, this Friday. Located on the ground floor of its Amsterdam headquarters at 32 Raadhuisstraat, this new space is part of the company's diversification strategy. The establishment offers a...

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Old Navy raises 1.35 million dollars for Boys & Girls Clubs in five-day checkout drive

Old Navy has raised 1.3 million dollars for Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) and Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada, the company announced on Wednesday. The number is the result of a five-day campaign that took place at Old Navy stores across North America, where customers were invited to donate 5 dollars at checkout in exchange for 5 dollars off...

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Bershka prepares for US launch, debuting its new store concept in Spain

Madrid – Bershka, the Inditex group's (Inditex) leading youth fashion brand and its second-largest by turnover after Zara, continues to advance its sustained commitment to the physical channel. The brand has reopened its flagship store in the city of La Coruña in Spain. This point-of-sale is the most emblematic in its commercial network. The...

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Primark to open 500th store in Pompei, Italy

Primark is opening in Pompei, Italy at the La Cartiera shopping centre. The opening is scheduled for September 1. The new store will cover an area of over 3,600 square metres. It will be the third Primark store in Campania and the brand's 500th store worldwide. The store will feature 14 fitting rooms, 10 self-service checkouts and eight...

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Liberty expands fabrics department to cater to growing crafting demand

British department store Liberty has said that it has doubled the size of its fabrics department in order to cater to a widening interest in crafting. The company’s retail managing director, Lydia King, told the Guardian that the new department is now 140 percent larger and stocks more than 2,500 fabrics. King added that the retailer will also...

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Giant head and stuffed rabbit: MLMA transforms H&M store in Seoul

The H&M store in the trendy Seongsu district of Seoul offers a different impression than the Swedish fashion retailer's usual locations. A giant head with piercings and red eyes has just been installed there, flanked by two tattooed hands with painted fingernails. Multidisciplinary artist MLMA is responsible for this punk-inspired installation,...

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Spanish retail associations mobilise to aid wildfire victims

Madrid - Spain's two main retail employers' associations have offered to help the tens of thousands of people displaced by the wildfires burning across the country, coordinating with public authorities to channel essential supplies. Distribution association Anged, which represents large retailers including El Corte Inglés, Carrefour, C&A, Media...

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Gironde wildfires cripple fashion's supply chain at peak sales season

Blocked in evacuated warehouses, cut off from major road networks or threatened by toxic smoke, textile and clothing stocks in south-west France are facing an unprecedented shock during the peak summer season. For several days, a massive wildfire has been devastating the Gironde department, from the Cap-Ferret peninsula to the outskirts of...

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Coach opens Coach Play store in Paris as it accelerates EMEAI push

Coach has opened a Coach Play store in Paris's Le Marais, its first dedicated home for the experiential concept in the French capital and the latest move in the accessible-luxury brand's expansion across the EMEAI region. Coach store in Paris. Credits: Coach Located on the corner of rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie and rue du Bourg-Tibourg in...

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Is Inditex moving into Peek & Cloppenburg's flagship locations?

Spanish apparel group Inditex could soon move into several locations belonging to Düsseldorf-based fashion retailer Peek & Cloppenburg. The parent company of fast-fashion retailer Zara is set to become the tenant of the flagship properties in Düsseldorf, Berlin and Frankfurt am Main. This was reported by trade publication Textilwirtschaft on...

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Magda Butrym to open first New York flagship ahead of NYFW runway debut

Magda Butrym is opening its first New York boutique, at 170 Mercer Street in SoHo, with a launch planned for early September. The opening coincides with the Polish luxury brand's first official appearance at New York Fashion Week, where it will stage a runway show on September 13. Founded in Warsaw in 2014, Magda Butrym has built its identity...

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Zeeman closes 13 Spanish stores after agreement with unions

Dutch textile discounter Zeeman is closing 13 stores in Spain following an agreement with trade unions on a collective redundancy plan (ERE), reports Spanish news outlet Economía Digital. The reorganisation is smaller than initially announced. While 15 stores were previously slated for closure, the branches in Burriana and Cartagena will now...