Crown acquires intimates brand Hanky Panky
Crown Brands Group, a newly formed brand management firm, in partnership with Rafar Group, the parent company of Gelmart International, has acquired intimate apparel brand Hanky Panky. Read More
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Centric Brands acquires Fownes Brothers & Co. licenses
Centric Brands announced on Wednesday it has acquired select assets of Fownes Brothers & Co., as the U.S. management firm looks enhance its portfolio and strengthen its grip on the cold-weather accessories market. Read More
Christie’s names new global managing director for luxury
Luxury auction firm Christie’s has promoted Kimberly Miller to the role of global managing director for luxury. Read More
Hush sales drop on full-price focus, losses narrow
Hush Homewear’s results show the company enduring another tough year after disappointing performances in previous periods. But there was good news in the accounts filing as well with improved profitability. Read More
Primark has challenging quarter, UK initiatives pay off but Europe lags
Primark’s owner Associated British Foods delivered a Golden Quarter trading update on Thursday and said the 16 weeks to 3 January was a “challenging period”. Read More
M&S fashion sales dip as cyberattack ‘long tail’ weighs, but it wins back market share
M&S’s Golden Quarter was “solid”, the retail giant said on Thursday with the 13 weeks to 27 December seeing a record number of people shopping at the stores and online. Read More
Tesco says fashion sales rose in festive season
Tesco, like all the key UK supermarkets, has major fashion operations and while it doesn’t always share much information about them, on Thursday it did say that fashion sales rose in the latest period. Read More
GU appoints Francesco Risso as creative director; to design collaborative line with Uniqlo
GU has appointed Francesco Risso to be its new creative director, six months after the Italian designer left the same position at Marni. Read More
Liverpool FC to Tommy Hilfiger: ‘You’ll never walk alone again’
Tommy Hilfiger will never walk alone again, seeing as the American designer has just signed a pathbreaking new partnership with Liverpool Football Club. Read More
Skims expands to four stores in Mexico
Kim Kardashian’s brand Skims is expanding its physical footprint in Mexico with the opening of a new store in Los Cabos, reinforcing Mexico’s status as the only Latin American market where the brand has stores. Read More