London fashion emporium Matches are launching an exclusive collaboration with designers for its online boutique. The designer chain is teaming up with a handful of designers to create Editions, a range of limited-edition, classic designs that are unique to Matches. According to Shortlist, prices will range from £100 to £6000, and includes a Kilgour suit, […]
Benetton on Tuesday published its first quarter financial results with revenue maintained at 449 million euro. The company experienced a cooling in demand, in a context of general weakness in the world economy and unfavourable euro exchange rate trends with the currencies of emerging countries. Sales in established markets were down by 2.7% at constant […]
Jewellery label LeJu will be on show at Pure London from 2-4th August 2009. New autumnal styles will be on display including pieces made out of sustainable vegetable ivory complemented with tropical recycled wood, resin and horn; striped agate; lava beads; and sterling silver dipped ceramic beads. LeJu is renowned for its vegetable ivory jewellery […]
Philippe Starck is collaborating with cashmere company Ballantyne to design a collection for men and woman due later this year. Called Starck With Ballantyne, the collection includes a combination of multi function garments, with new ergonomics and contemporary fittings. It’s ethos is “the right cashmere, at the right time, for the right purpose”. Composed of […]
The Gap is aiming to penetrate the Chinese market and up its Asian market share by opening its first store in China. The China store, due to open in 2010, will be the first new market that Gap has entered directly for more than a decade, rather than through the franchising model, launched in 2007, […]
Luxury label Mulberry is going tech, the British brand created a collection of laptop bags for Apple. The range makes up a nine-piece collection featuring bags, laptop sleeves and mini cross-body bags for the iPhone. Mulberry icons like the Bayswater for women and the Brynmore for men retain their exterior, but inside the bags have […]
Design duo Jenny Holmes and Dimitris Theocharidis, collectively known as Jena Theo, are announced by Donatella Versace as the winner of Fashion Fringe 2009. Hosted at The Flower Cellars in Covent Garden, the fashion platform nurtures and supports emerging design talent in the UK. Jenny Holmes said: “I am feeling stunned and elated and privileged […]
Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer is planning a surprise invasion of the British high street, reported The Times. Property landlords said that the American company, which has a market value of $59.1 billion (£35.6 billion), had launched a secret search for stores to support its rapidly growing website. It is understood to be scouring […]
The new boss of Marks and Spencer, Marc Bolland, will receive nearly £8.5m in salary and compensation awards when he joins the retailer on 1 May. Marc Bolland, former chief executive of Morrisons, was released six months early from a 12 month contract with the supermarket to join M&S. He will receive a basic salary […]
Net-a-Porter.com, the first online luxury retailer set up by former Tatler journalist Natalie Massenet, is to be sold to Swiss luxury group Richemont for £350m. The deal, expected to be completed this week, will see founder Natalie Massenet become at least £50m richer as Richemont acquires the remaining 70pc of the company it doesn’t already […]