Business

YMC co-founder buys back brand

YMC co-founder buys back brand

The ownership structure is about to change again for YMC. Co-founder Jimmy Collins has acquired a majority share from French Connection, reinstating his position as the main shareholder and chief executive of the brand.
Fashion
Business
Swiss watch exports drop 3.8% in November

Swiss watch exports drop 3.8% in November

Swiss watch exports declined by 3.8% year-on-year in November to CHF2.4 billion Swiss (€2.5 billion), with nearly all top 10 markets experiencing declines, except for the United States.
Luxury
Business

EssilorLuxottica and Prada extend eyewear licensing agreement

Italy's Prada and eyewear maker EssilorLuxottica said on Thursday they renewed the licensing agreement for the production and worldwide distribution of eyewear under the Prada, Prada Linea Rossa and Miu Miu brands.
Fashion
Business

Birkenstock's quarterly revenue beats on resilient demand

Birkenstock beat market expectations for fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday, helped by robust full-price sales of the German footwear maker's pricey sandals in the United States and Asia.
Fashion
Business

Design

Photography legend Gian Paolo Barbieri dies at 89

Photography legend Gian Paolo Barbieri dies at 89

Gian Paolo Barbieri, one of Italy’s greatest photographers, has died, leaving behind a unique legacy that has shaped the history of international fashion and photography.
Fashion
Design
Chanel and 19M partner with Sciences Po's Maison des Arts et de la Création

Chanel and 19M partner with Sciences Po's Maison des Arts et de la Création

Chanel and 19M have announced a new partnership with Sciences Po's Maison des Arts et de la Création, focused on three creative disciplines – cinema, writing and the performing arts.
Luxury
Design

Loewe to stage co-ed show in Paris in March

Two days after it emerged that Loewe had pulled out of the upcoming menswear season in Paris, the house confirmed on Wednesday that it will stage a co-ed show in the French capital in March.
Luxury
Catwalks

THG Studios boosts Creative Force link as it aims to "revolutionise e-commerce content production"

​THG’s creative agency THG Studios has widened its partnership with Creative Force, the platform for artificial intelligence (AI)-driven e-commerce content production management.  
Fashion
Industry

Appointments

Debenhams names Duggan creative director

Debenhams names Duggan creative director

​Debenhams has named insider Patrick Duggan as its new creative director. It's clearly an endorsement of the work he's done already as he's been the senior head of creative at the online marketplace for almost two years.
Fashion
Appointments
Moncler's Stella King to join Burberry board

Moncler's Stella King to join Burberry board

​Burberry and Moncler may not have been talking to each other about the latter taking over the former (as had been rumoured last month), but Burberry has been in contact with a Moncler exec.
Fashion
Appointments

Sweaty Betty preps for growth as it reshapes leadership team, plans key campaign

Sweaty Betty has bold ambitions globally and has announced a raft of new stores in the UK and the key US market, as well as taking on a new agency that’s preparing a major campaign and making more key appointments.
Fashion
Appointments

Frasers CEO Murray nominated to Hugo Boss board, Stephan Sturm to be chairman

​Not all of the stories around Frasers Group and boardroom seats in the companies in which it’s invested are negative ones. On Tuesday, Hugo Boss announced the nomination of Frasers CEO Michael Murray as a member.
Fashion
Appointments

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