Poland’s biggest fashion retailer LPP on Thursday reported a 20% year-on-year rise in its first-quarter net profit, boosted by higher sales and favourable exchange rate movements. Read More
Guiducci, 36, until now creative editorial director of Vogue, will take over as global editorial director of Vanity Fair on June 30. A new role created by Condé Nast. Read More
The newly-formed British Beauty Council’s Student Beauty Shadow Board has five new student members, chosen in a UniDays-inspired competition in conjunction with the Council and Sephora UK. Read More
Athleticwear brand Champion announced on Monday a new licensing deal with the NFL to produce officially licensed apparel. Read More
HanesBrands Inc. has named S&S Activewear as the exclusive distributor of the Hanes brand in the North American printwear channel. Read More
British heritage knitwear brand John Smedley and the Great British Wool Revival are teaming up “to champion British wool” with a variety of iniatives across product, marketing, education and the wider industry. Read More
Growth slowed for fashion giant Inditex in Q1 with the quarter to the end of April seeing just a 1.5% rise in sales to €8.274 billion. And net profit edged up just a marginal 0.8% to €1.305 billion. Read More
H&M Group’s London-based COS brand has launched a collaboration with another London-based business, interior design specialist Studio Ashby, to unveil a curated selection of artworks by mainly British women artists. Read More
Some of China’s top beauty brands such as Proya and S’Young are exploring acquisitions of smaller foreign rivals to expand their portfolios and replicate the success of global leaders like L’Oreal or Estée Lauder. Read More
The battle to keep Poundland going is being fought on two fronts and a preferred bidder for the struggling group could emerge this week. Read More
