All Lifestyle & Fashion articles – Page 8
-
News briefs
JD Sports Fashion has received an official request from Britain's...
JD Sports Fashion has received an official request from Britain's Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to stop any further moves for its planned takeover of the Footasylum chain, pending an ongoing investigation by the anti-trust body. JD's main rival, Sports Direct International, has warned the CMA against making inaccurate estimates ...
-
News briefs
New Balance has partnered with Unmade, a provider of fashion...
New Balance has partnered with Unmade, a provider of fashion customization software, for a shoe called the Unmade x New Balance 111 Knit. On the brand's NB1 customization platform, customers can choose any of three graphic patterns and six colorways, along with some text. The platform will then display the ...
-
News briefs
Ciesse Piumini's parent company, Sport Fashion Service, has been acquired...
Ciesse Piumini's parent company, Sport Fashion Service, has been acquired by Mittel, an Italian investment bank, which now owns 90 percent of the Italian down clothing specialist. Ciesse, which was the property of Fila for a while, was a direct competitor of Moncler in its early days, but it didn't ...
-
News briefs
Roksanda Ilin?i?, a Serbian fashion designer, has collaborated with Lululemon...
Roksanda Ilin?i?, a Serbian fashion designer, has collaborated with Lululemon to create an eclectic but functional and innovative capsule collection with bold color palettes and exaggerated silhouettes. According to the brand, the collection combines the designer's eye for color and volume with the technical fabrics and functionalities of some of ...
-
News briefs
Puma and Amazon Fashion have joined forces on a new...
Puma and Amazon Fashion have joined forces on a new athleisure line for men and women, called “Care of by Puma.” The German sportswear brand has designed the pieces while Amazon Fashion is responsible for marketing and distribution. The collection will be available exclusively on Amazon.com. A pilot collection of ...
-
Article
Decathlon signs the U.N. Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action
Decathlon has announced its formal commitment to the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, an initiative under the auspices of U.N. Climate Change that draws fashion stakeholders toward the goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The Charter was launched at COP24 in Katowice, Poland, in December 2018. By signing ...
-
News briefs
Adidas, Nike and Puma have joined the Global Fashion Pact...
Adidas, Nike and Puma have joined the Global Fashion Pact to protect the world's climate, biodiversity and oceans at the instigation of Kering, the former controlling shareholder of Puma, which is committed to sustainability. The fashion pact, which gathers 32 groups – mostly from the fashion sector – representing nearly ...
-
Short stops
Element has collaborated with Nigel Cabourn, the British fashion designer,...
Element has collaborated with Nigel Cabourn, the British fashion designer, on a capsule collection for spring/summer 2020, called “Element by Nigel Cabourn–Designed in England”
-
Article
Sports fashion lifts Björn Borg's results
Björn Borg's sales for the first quarter jumped by 11.2 percent to 188.2 million Swedish kronor (€17.5m-$19.5m), boosted by a favorable currency exchange rate. In constant currencies, sales were up by 7.1 percent.The company said these were record revenues and that its sports fashion collection had been particularly well received, ...
-
News briefs
JD Sports Fashion has an experienced non-executive director on its...
JD Sports Fashion has an experienced non-executive director on its board. Kath Smith, the former executive of the Adidas Group who served as general manager and vice president of The North Face EMEA until last year, has joined the board of directors of the fast-growing U.K.-based retailer. She wanted to ...
-
News briefs
Lacoste made its catwalk debut during Paris Fashion Week with...
Lacoste made its catwalk debut during Paris Fashion Week with a show at the Tennis Club de Paris, in the elegant 16th district of France's capital city, not far from the venue of the Roland Garros tournament. The collection, for autumn/winter 2019, is inspired by the sportswear roots of the ...
-
News briefs
VF Corp. has become a signatory to the Fashion Industry...
VF Corp. has become a signatory to the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Change, which means that the lifestyle group commits to net-zero emissions by 2050. VF owns a large portfolio of brands including The North Face, Timberland, Vans, Wrangler and others. The signatories of the charter also commit to ...
-
Article
JD Sports Fashion reports record overall results
The acquisition of The Finish Line in the U.S. and Sport Zone in Iberia helped JD Sports Fashion to book a strong 49.2 percent increase in total revenues to £4,717.8 million (€5,454.2m-$6,171.5m) for the financial year ended on Feb. 2, compared with £3,161.4 million in the previous year. Finish Line ...
-
News briefs
Adidas and Reebok have topped the annual Fashion Transparency Index,...
Adidas and Reebok have topped the annual Fashion Transparency Index, a ranking of the social and environmental transparency practices of global brands, for the third year in a row. In this latest edition, Patagonia also reached the top of the ranking. Each of these three brands scored 64 percent out ...
-
Article
Fashion athletic products boost Stella’s results
Stella International's revenues decreased by 0.7 percent in 2018 to $1,588.6 million. The volume of its shoe deliveries from its manufacturing facilities rose by 6.4 percent, with 60.2 million pairs shipped by the Chinese company during the period, but average selling prices went down by 3.5 percent to $25.80 per ...
-
News briefs
Engelhorn, the big German sports and fashion retailer based in...
Engelhorn, the big German sports and fashion retailer based in Mannheim, has placed both parts of its business in the hands of Armin Weger, who had been running Engelhorn Sports since 2015. He is also taking over the functions of Oliver Beuthien, who is leaving the company after running the ...
-
News briefs
Vivienne Westwood, the British fashion designer, has agreed to create...
Vivienne Westwood, the British fashion designer, has agreed to create an exclusive limited-edition collection of footwear models for the Asics and Asics Tiger brands. The first two styles will be available in April at the physical and online stores of the two partners.
-
News briefs
Lyst, a global metasearch platform for fashion, has launched what...
Lyst, a global metasearch platform for fashion, has launched what it calls the Sneaker Intelligence Unit. The company has recruited a network of “sneaker experts” by administering an online test and, for those who score at least 80 percent, a “'mastery' stage challenge.” Lyst then solicits opinions from these experts ...
-
Article
L-Fashion breaks up with Li-Ning, takes over Dachstein
The L-Fashion Group has agreed to stop distributing the Chinese sports brand in the 11 European countries covered by a contract from the end of this year, says Vesa Luhtanen, chief executive of the Finnish-based company, confirming in part a report in sport-guide.com. The agreement with Li Ning Company, which ...
-
News briefs
The L-Fashion Group has set up a subsidiary on the...
The L-Fashion Group has set up a subsidiary on the Iberian Peninsula for the sale of its Icepeak, Lutha and Rukka brands, after terminating a distribution deal. The Finnish company has appointed Jordi Dalmau as its brand director for Spain. He served as head of sales at Rip Curl for ...
