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Galeries Lafayette opens first store in India

The historic French department store chain Galeries Lafayette is set to open its first store in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai this November. It aims to attract the growing middle class and affluent consumers interested in luxury goods. The department store will open in a historic district of Mumbai, spanning 8,400 square metres across five...

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John Lewis introduces new supplier platform as it ups focus on premium brands

Department store John Lewis has introduced a new supplier platform that intends to accelerate the launch of new brands, as the retailer doubles down on a mission to expand its premium offering. Launched through a partnership with luxury footwear label Russell & Bromley, the new platform intends to make John Lewis more agile when responding to...

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Artist Evelina Kroon designs charity blanket for Arket

Arket, the Swedish sister label under H&M Group, is taking a different approach to the festive season this year: a socially conscious collaboration with Stockholm-based artist Evelina Kroon. Together, they are launching a special blanket in support of the UN refugee agency: the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). For every...

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Max Fashion rebrands with new flagship store in Bengaluru

Max Fashion, an Indian fashion retailer, has inaugurated a new chapter for the brand with the launch of its flagship store at Phoenix Marketcity, Bengaluru, accompanied by a complete refresh of its brand identity. This comprehensive visual transformation introduces a refreshed logo, modern visual language, and reimagined store design, signalling...

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MUD Jeans celebrates anniversary with sustainable denim innovation

To celebrate its 12.5-year anniversary, MUD Jeans is launching a pair of jeans made from 55 percent Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) cotton, sourced from collected used jeans. In a press release, MUD Jeans describes this as a breakthrough, since the typical proportion of recycled material in the industry is between 20 and 40 percent. The innovation...

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Inditex expands US presence with new Zara store in Las Vegas

Madrid – Just over two and a half years have passed since Inditex first mentioned its development strategies for Las Vegas. The Spanish fashion multinational has now announced the opening of a new Zara flagship store in the city popularly known as 'Sin City'. The establishment has already opened its doors in the iconic Caesars Palace hotel. The...

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Nude Project opens first US pop-up to 'surprising' reception

Madrid – Nude Project, the fashion brand founded in 2019 by young Spanish entrepreneurs Bruno Casanovas and Alex Benlloch, has reached a new milestone with the opening of its first physical retail space in America. The store, now open to the public in Miami, clearly signals the brand's ambition to expand across the region, beginning with the...

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Fabletics plans up to 20 stores in Europe, eyes London location

Fabletics plans to open a minimum of 15 to 20 stores in Europe over the next two to three years. That is according to Mark Ralea, general manager for Fabletics Europe. The first opening will be a flagship store in Berlin, which is already in the planning stages. Other stores in Eastern Europe and Italy will follow, which will be opened with...

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Skims to host pop-up at Flannels’ Leeds flagship

Kim Kardashian’s Skims is doubling down on its expansion in the UK. On the back of launching its highly-anticipated collaboration with Nike, the shapewear and apparel brand is now set to explore the UK retail market more broadly through a new partnership with Flannels. The Frasers Group-owned multibrand retailer has announced the arrival of...

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Liberty London celebrates 150 years while asking itself, “How do we be relevant forever?”

Liberty London is an icon of British retailing, standing apart from all other department stores in the world, as its heritage-listed black-and-white Tudor-revival building offers an intimate and boutique emporium setting, rather than an overwhelming megastore, for some of the biggest names in fashion and beauty. For 2025, Liberty famed for its...

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Alo Yoga is deepening its presence in the UK with four new stores

Los Angeles-based fashion and lifestyle brand Alo Yoga will expand its footprint in the UK with four new stores opening between late 2025 and 2026. In the strategy plan, Alo Yoga will open new stores in Manchester, London and Leeds, marking the brand’s first stores outside of the UK’s capital city, as it looks to showcase its mission “to craft...

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Mallorcan footwear brand Carmina expands internationally with new European and Asian stores

Mallorcan footwear brand Carmina Shoemaker, founded in 1866, continues its international expansion with the opening of three new boutiques in Luxembourg, London and Tokyo during the final quarter of 2025. The first opening will take place on September 30 in Luxembourg, on the central Avenue Porte-Neuve. Two weeks later, on October 15, the...