The footwear brand Liberty Shoes plans to open 50 brick and mortar stores by the end of 2018, as part of a plan to reach a revenue total of 1,000 crore rupees (approximately 150.3 million dollars) by 2020.
Selfridges had already told us that its Boxing Day clearance sale business was buoyant and at the weekend it said the Christmas season as a whole was better than ever with rising footfall and strong full-price sales.
Richemont seems to have made its mind up about its involvement in luxury online retail and it’s taking decisive action with a deal that will make it full owner of Yoox Net-A-Porter for €2.8bn.
The British Fashion Council took a novel approach this week to the Paris menswear season, partnering with the French capital’s most avant-garde trade show Tranoï and feting the anti-Brexit action.
Antonio Berardi is reinventing the way he shows his collections by dropping the traditional catwalk show at London Fashion Week in favour of ‘more intimate salon-style formats’ in global locations.
In the menswear collection unveiled by Chitose Abe at Paris Fashion Week Men this Saturday, the Japanese designer once again mixed up fabrics with high-energy patchwork pieces .
LVMH, in a major surprise, has appointed Hedi Slimane as the new Artistic, Creative and Image Director of Céline. The appointment takes effect on February 1. He succeeds Phoebe Philo who quit the house this autumn.
Now that’s what we call a fully deconstructed debut. Marking John Galliano’s first full menswear collection for Maison Margiela since the British couturier arrived at the house in 2014.
Slated for Tranoï, which debuts this Friday, Arche - known for its shoes sprinkled in colour - will celebrate 50 years with a new pop-up store that will travel across four capitals, reflecting its international acclaim.
Fashion never loves a finale, though no one could not say that Thursday’s departure from Louis Vuitton by Kim Jones after six years helming its menswear was not done with a great deal of grace.
China’s commerce ministry expressed doubts on Thursday over the credibility and objectivity of the United States’ annual blacklist of markets for sales of fake goods.
Once Haider Ackermann was best known for being a magisterial draper – now his forte is cutting jackets with rare subtlety.
Burberry had a good Christmas quarter even though its comp sales rise fell short of analysts' predictions. Its fashion offer outperformed while digital continued to rise and top-spending shoppers returned to the fold.
The global luxury market is expected to reach sales of over €490 billion ($599bn) by 2020, after achieving sales of €419 billion ($512bn) in 2016, according to a report from Ernst & Young.
Versace is in "no rush" to list on the stock market, its Chief Executive said on Saturday. The brand has been mulling a listing after private equity Blackstone bought a 20% stake in 2014 to fund its overseas expansion.
