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Louis Vuitton presents "The Louis" in Shanghai

French luxury house Louis Vuitton has announced the opening of a new location in Shanghai. This location combines retail, Le Café Louis Vuitton and an exhibition on the history of Louis Vuitton. The building is shaped like a ship. It is intended as a contemporary homage to the origins of travel. This reflects Louis Vuitton's history as a maker...

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Korean skincare brand Anua Arrives in India through Nykaa

Nykaa, India's fashion, beauty and lifestyle platform, has exclusively launched Anua, an acclaimed Korean skincare brand, into the Indian market. Anua, known for its gentle yet effective formulations, focuses on essential skincare needs, combining natural and active ingredients to address various concerns from blemish care and anti-aging to...

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Floatz by Bata India unveils new range of waterproof clogs

Footwear label Floatz by Bata India, a rapidly growing brand under the Bata umbrella, has unveiled its latest campaign featuring actor and content creator Prajakta Koli. The campaign introduces a new range of waterproof, lightweight, and anti-skid clogs, meticulously designed with double cushioning to be the ideal footwear for the monsoon...

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Crocs targets Asia with K-Drama and Bollywood-inspired monsoon campaign

Crocs, a global leader in casual footwear, has unveiled its latest regionally immersive campaign, designed to bring a fresh monsoon flair to its audience across seven key Southeast Asian markets. These markets include India, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Commenting on the launch of the campaign, Yann Le Bozec,...

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Gymshark opens first European store in Amsterdam

British sportswear brand Gymshark opened a new store at Kalverstraat 178 in Amsterdam on June 21, 2025. The three-storey store boasts a total area of over 1,000 square metres. This marks the UK brand's first permanent brick-and-mortar location in continental Europe. Head of communications at Gymshark, Sam Kane, enthusiastically reflected on the...

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Saucony opens first UK flagship store

US footwear brand Saucony has opened its first flagship store in the UK. The new store is located at 4 James Street in London and officially opened on June 21, as announced by the Wolverine World Wide Inc. subsidiary on Wednesday. The London location is intended to be more than just a retail space: with an integrated café, rooms for community...

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Skechers and NBA partner for a docuseries on Indian basketball

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Skechers, a global footwear and apparel brand, announced the launch of the second season of “Hoop Nation.” This four-part lyrical docuseries is set to showcase inspiring basketball stories from various parts of India. Skechers is serving as the presenting partner for the docuseries, which is now...

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JD Sports opens first Canadian flagship store

JD Sports is venturing further into Canada with the opening of its first flagship store in the region. The British sportswear giant has selected Vancouver’s Robson Street for the launch, which continues to build on its ongoing North American growth strategy. JD already operates 33 stores across Canada, yet it has aspirations to grow this number...

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Sojo to expand to France following opening of new repair hubs in London

Repair platform Sojo is set to soon make its international debut in France on the heels of opening new service hubs in two of London’s Westfield shopping centres. The company is set to launch its repair and alteration service ‘Fix & Fit’ at both Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City on June 25. Here, customers can book tailoring, repair...

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In Pictures: From Gentle Monster to Alhaja, summer’s most inventive pop-up shops

By setting up their pop-up shops around the world, brands took advantage of the summer period to meet new consumers and reconnect with their holiday clientele. A perfect opportunity to surprise by testing particularly inventive scenography. From Los Angeles to Paris, via New York and Ibiza, FashionUnited selected six pop-ups that stood out....

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French fashion retail in transition: overview of a reinvented sector

This year, in France, of over 2,000 shop openings recorded by Newmark, only 13 percent concerned the fashion sector. This figure, far from anecdotal, reflected the major shift currently shaping fashion retail and redrawing the landscape of our shopping streets. The turning point began in late 2019. Progressively, more and more mid-range fashion...

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NikeSkims promised disruption, but where is the collection?

In an industry perpetually hunting for its next blockbuster collaboration, few partnerships have generated as much noise, and anticipation, as NikeSkims, the joint venture between sportswear behemoth Nike and Kim Kardashian’s billion-dollar shapewear label, Skims. But despite a bold promise made in February to “disrupt the global fitness and...