Miscellaneous

The latest news

Schuh x Vintage Threads link sees shoes reworked into one-off garments

Schuh x Vintage Threads link sees shoes reworked into one-off garments

​Schuh has taken a deeper dive into circularity in a link-up with Vintage Threads, launching a reworked collection that features shoe parts transformed into clothing and other products.
Fashion
Fabletics launches scrubs collection in UK ahead of wider Europe debut

Fabletics launches scrubs collection in UK ahead of wider Europe debut

​Activewear brand Fabletics has launched a new collection into the UK market with the debut of its Scrubs offer. It follows a “successful” launch in the US with the line “made with and for the medical community”.
Fashion
Applications open for evolved Woolmark Prize

Applications open for evolved Woolmark Prize

Applications have just opened for one of the key emerging-talent-focused prizes, the International Woolmark Prize, with Woolmark saying the contest is “evolving to future-proof fashion”.
Fashion
Radical Superdry survival plan is unveiled, aims to avoid administration

Radical Superdry survival plan is unveiled, aims to avoid administration

​It may not come as a surprise after news was leaked on Monday, but on Tuesday morning Superdry unveiled its new proposals for a restructuring, plus plans for an equity raise and to delist from the stock exchange.
Fashion
Veja to open first London store

Veja to open first London store

Fashion footwear retailer Veja is to open its first London store next week (25 April) on Monmouth Street, becoming its sixth banner worldwide. 
Fashion
Dr Martens sues Temu over Google search results

Dr Martens sues Temu over Google search results

​Footwear brand Dr Martens is suing online retailer Temu, alleging it's manipulating Google searches so that lookalike products appear above its own brands.
Fashion
Spain's Tendam wants to launch IPO before February 2025, CEO says

Spain's Tendam wants to launch IPO before February 2025, CEO says

Spanish fashion retailer Tendam plans to launch an initial public offering by the end of its financial year next February, its CEO Jaume Miquel told Reuters on Monday.
Fashion
Charity Super.Mkt makes  anniversary return to Brent Cross, adds new concepts via two stores

Charity Super.Mkt makes anniversary return to Brent Cross, adds new concepts via two stores

​Charity Super.Mkt is heading back to where its successful charity pop-up retail journey began — north London’s Brent Cross mall — and arrives with two temporary stores and a product upgrade.
Fashion
Primark lowers prices on kidswear spring/summer essentials

Primark lowers prices on kidswear spring/summer essentials

Value fashion and lifestyle retail giant Primark has cut prices across selected kidswear holiday essentials (swimwear to babywear) in its SS24 offer.
Fashion
Valentino new London flagship debuts on Sloane Street

Valentino new London flagship debuts on Sloane Street

​Valentino has opened the doors of a major new flagship on upscale Sloane Street in London, which it said continues the label’s “evolution towards a more intimate, design-led retail dimension”.
Fashion
PO.P rolls out Second Hand initiative in two UK stores

PO.P rolls out Second Hand initiative in two UK stores

​Nordic kidswear specialist PO.P (which is short for its former name, Polarn O. Pyret) has rolled out its PO.P Second Hand initiative in two UK stores after success on its website.
Fashion
Sézane debuts first pop-up in Milan’s luxury district

Sézane debuts first pop-up in Milan’s luxury district

​Parisian label Sézane has made a stylish entrance into Milan's luxury quarter with a temporary space of approximately one hundred square meters, marking its first pop-up in Italy, one of its key European markets.
Fashion
Craghoppers moves into "maverick" workwear market

Craghoppers moves into "maverick" workwear market

Eco adventure travel and outdoor clothing brand Craghoppers has branched into workwear “designed with mavericks in mind” while “answering the call for Craghoppers’ quality in the professional clothing market”.
Fashion
Metal Morphosis opens Seven Dials flagship

Metal Morphosis opens Seven Dials flagship

Claimed body piercing “pioneer”, Metal Morphosis is to expand its London-based operation opening a store on Earlham Street in the heart of London’s Covent Garden/Seven Dials neighbourhood.
Fashion
Innovation In Wool Awards opens for entries

Innovation In Wool Awards opens for entries

​The annual Innovation in Wool Awards is back and the 2024 edition comes with an impressive prize pot of £30,000. 
Fashion
White Stuff opens at McArthurGlen Outlet in Ashford

White Stuff opens at McArthurGlen Outlet in Ashford

​The White Stuff brand is continuing its 2024 expansion strategy across various retail formats having just opened at the McArthurGlen Designer Shopping Outlet in Ashford, Kent.
Fashion