International consumer searches surge for UK fashion and beauty
The BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor for Q1 revealed double-digit growth in searches for UK brands across categories from outside the country and within the EU, Italians were the…
Jean Paul Gaultier sued by Uffizi in Botticelli bottoms row
Painted by Sandro Botticelli in the mid-1480s, it shows the nude goddess Venus standing on a giant scallop shell, covering her loins with her long blonde hair.Gaultier used…
Louis Vuitton found guilty of using unauthorised design
The matter started in 1987, according to the ruling issued by the Paris appeals court seen by the AFP agency, confirming a report by French newspaper Le Canard…
British retailers threaten Brazil boycott over proposed forest law
Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons and Marks & Spencer were among more than 40 companies to sign an open letter urging Brazil’s national legislature to reject the proposed bill, backed…
Nike Re-Creation programme rolls out to London, Paris to follow
Launched in Los Angeles last May, the recycling programme collects local obsolete product that’s re-created locally into wearable condition and then locally distributed, “combining creativity, innovation and the…
Ralph Lauren sets renewable energy target for 2025
In order to reach this goal, the brand said it will pursue a combination of virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) in North America, and assess a select number…
Turkey hopes for bigger textiles trade with Russia
Laleli Industrialists and Businessmen Association (LASIAD) President Giyasettin Eyyüpkoca told Turkey’s Anadolu Agency that Turkey was a really good producer, and Russia a very good consumer. He stressed…
A hard sell- Companies struggle to promote green consumption
Businesses have been lining up to announce they will power their factories by renewable energy or source raw materials from sustainably managed forests and farms, but many say…
Deal or no deal, U.S.-China trade talks may finish in weeks
Washington and Beijing have slapped import duties on each other’s products that have cost the world’s two largest economies billions of dollars, roiled markets and disrupted manufacturing and…
US brand Finesse uses AI and customer votes to determine designs
Artificial intelligence has already been used in the fashion industry to help brands better manage their inventory and supplies, deal with returns or improve the online customer experience….