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K-Way is partnering with N°21, a ready-to-wear fashion label from...
K-Way is partnering with N°21, a ready-to-wear fashion label from Milan, to produce a new capsule collection. For spring/summer 2017, N°21's creative director, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, has reinterpreted and restyled K-Way's iconic nylon windbreakers with unexpected fabrics. This is not the first time that the French waterproof apparel brand has collaborated ...
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JD Sports Fashion is planning to open its second Swedish...
JD Sports Fashion is planning to open its second Swedish store in the autumn. Covering 771 square meters, it will be located in Stockholm's Kista Galleria. The British retailing group says it is positioned to deliver an excellent result for the first half of its financial year, running through to ...
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McGregor Fashion Group Holding, the Dutch company that owns Gaastra,...
McGregor Fashion Group Holding, the Dutch company that owns Gaastra, has started holding talks with potential investors and buyers for all or parts of its business after it obtained court protection from creditors earlier this month. McGregor acquired a majority share in Gaastra, the nautical brand, in 2000. A spokesman ...
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Nike has been working with several fashion designers for its...
Nike has been working with several fashion designers for its NikeLab collection. The most recent collaboration, reported on Instagram, is with Louis Vuitton's artistic director for menswear, Kim Jones, for a collection that will become available in July. Other recent collaborations have been reported for the NikeLab program with Olivier ...
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L-Fashion launches new strategic initiatives
Brand extensions are the name of the game in the flattish market conditions of today. The Finnish-based L-Fashion Group, which suffered from a tough market situation in its domestic market and in Russia last year, is coming out with the first lines of shoes under its Luhta and Icepeak brand ...
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“Fashion Meets Sports” is the tagline of a new TV...
“Fashion Meets Sports” is the tagline of a new TV campaign being launched by Zalando in Germany, which pays tribute to the strong athleisure trend in the country. Starting on Feb. 28, the 20-second spot will run for six months, featuring a top model, Anna Ewers. The TV campaign will ...
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CIFF, the international fashion fair in Copenhagen, is featuring for...
CIFF, the international fashion fair in Copenhagen, is featuring for the first time a Performance area at its next session on Feb. 3-7, focusing on outdoor and sports fashion. It will focus on Scandinavian brands such as Bergans of Norway, Casall, Peak Performance and Tretorn.
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The Berlin Fashion Week, which took place on Jan. 19-21,...
The Berlin Fashion Week, which took place on Jan. 19-21, was again a successful platform for retailers and manufacturers to meet and discover the new autumn/winter 2016/17 collections. Bright, the leading European trade show for streetwear, sneakers and skateboarding, took place for the first time under the ownership of the ...
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Skullcandy has a new flagship store in the Shibuya fashion...
Skullcandy has a new flagship store in the Shibuya fashion district of Tokyo
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Fashionmag.com reports that Antoine Tinel has been appointed in charge...
Fashionmag.com reports that Antoine Tinel has been appointed in charge of international sales at Le Coq Sportif, the French sports brand, to supervise all markets other than those covered by subsidiaries, in Italy, Spain and the U.K. The appointment comes after the departure of Géraud Maréchal, who left to lead ...
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Stella International sees the demand for sports fashion styles continuing...
Stella International sees the demand for sports fashion styles continuing to grow in China, helping the Chinese manufacturer of athletic and fashion footwear to record higher orders in the last quarter of this year and in 2016. In the third quarter ended Sept. 30, the group's revenues increased by 6 ...
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Icepeak, the affordable sportswear label of the L-Fashion Group, will...
Icepeak, the affordable sportswear label of the L-Fashion Group, will come out with its first line of winter boots and other types of footwear for everyday outdoor activities and functional trekking, starting with the autumn/winter 2016/17 season. The outsole of the shoes ensures efficient grip and good traction on difficult ...
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In a preliminary trading statement, JD Sports Fashion said on...
In a preliminary trading statement, JD Sports Fashion said on July 31 that it was expecting its headline pre-tax income to be about 10 percent higher than the current consensus among financial analysts of £110 million (€155.4m-$170.5m). It confirmed that it suffered some loss of margin from the weakness of ...
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JD Sports Fashion has bought The Cuckoo's Nest. This British...
JD Sports Fashion has bought The Cuckoo's Nest. This British men's streetwear brand, best known for its graphic T-shirts, had been put into administration prior to the purchase. No details were given on the reasons for the administration. Lila Thomas and David Acland of Begbies Traynor, an insolvency firm based ...
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Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of JD Sports Fashion, is reported...
Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of JD Sports Fashion, is reported to have said that he would like to see its format rolled out in every major European city. Apparently he made the statement when opening a new 34,500-square-meter flagship store for JD at 201-203, Oxford Street in London. It is ...
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Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of the JD Sports Fashion group,...
Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of the JD Sports Fashion group, told shareholders at their annual meeting earlier this week that the company has made a strong start for the first 19 weeks of its new fiscal year, started at the beginning of February. The company said it was still pleased ...
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++ Carven, the French fashion brand, has struck an agreement...
++ Carven, the French fashion brand, has struck an agreement with Albisetti International for a line of beachwear and activewear being launched for the spring/summer 2016 season
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Roland Garros Museum celebrates sustainability and fashion in sports goods
Patrick Kanner, the French Minister of Urban Affairs, Youth and Sport, inaugurated two themed exhibitions at the Museum of the French Tennis Federation, located inside the legendary Roland Garros stadium near Paris, on May 12. “Secondes Vies: Métamorphoses du Matériel Sportif” (Second Lives: Metamorphosis of sports equipment) showcases the recycling ...
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L-Fashion buys a Finnish sports retailer
L-Fashion Group, the Finnish company behind Luhta, Icepeak and several other brands, has purchased the Top-Sport retail chain consisting of 18 stores in 15 cities around Finland. L-Fashion bought the chain earlier this month through an asset deal with Top-Sport Oy, which belongs to The Orange Company, a Finnish family-owned ...
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Colette, the iconic Paris fashion boutique, and Nike.com are offering...
Colette, the iconic Paris fashion boutique, and Nike.com are offering to exclusive Nike styles of tennis shoes associated with Maria Sharapova in connection with the French Open
