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NewStore appoints new CEO

NewStore appoints new CEO

Mobile-first omnichannel cloud platform NewStore announced on Tuesday the appointment of Mike DeSimone to the role of CEO. 
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Westfield London welcomes Bath & Body Works, Dan John and Subdued

Westfield London welcomes Bath & Body Works, Dan John and Subdued

It’s turning out to be a busy spring for Westfield London with news that the giant mall has bolstered its beauty offer with a big new signing, alongside expansion and new stores across key fashion/footwear brands.
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Sosandar sales continue to rise as it preps move into physical stores

Sosandar sales continue to rise as it preps move into physical stores

​Sosandar’s full-year trading update on Tuesday was upbeat, as usual, although as the company gets bigger, the giant double (and even triple) digit leaps of the past are securely in the rearview mirror.
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Schuh x Vintage Threads link sees shoes reworked into one-off garments

Schuh x Vintage Threads link sees shoes reworked into one-off garments

​Schuh has taken a deeper dive into circularity in a link-up with Vintage Threads, launching a reworked collection that features shoe parts transformed into clothing and other products.
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Fabletics launches scrubs collection in UK ahead of wider Europe debut

Fabletics launches scrubs collection in UK ahead of wider Europe debut

​Activewear brand Fabletics has launched a new collection into the UK market with the debut of its Scrubs offer. It follows a “successful” launch in the US with the line “made with and for the medical community”.
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Applications open for evolved Woolmark Prize

Applications open for evolved Woolmark Prize

Applications have just opened for one of the key emerging-talent-focused prizes, the International Woolmark Prize, with Woolmark saying the contest is “evolving to future-proof fashion”.
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Radical Superdry survival plan is unveiled, aims to avoid administration

Radical Superdry survival plan is unveiled, aims to avoid administration

​It may not come as a surprise after news was leaked on Monday, but on Tuesday morning Superdry unveiled its new proposals for a restructuring, plus plans for an equity raise and to delist from the stock exchange.
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Veja to open first London store

Veja to open first London store

Fashion footwear retailer Veja is to open its first London store next week (25 April) on Monmouth Street, becoming its sixth banner worldwide. 
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Dr Martens sues Temu over Google search results

Dr Martens sues Temu over Google search results

​Footwear brand Dr Martens is suing online retailer Temu, alleging it's manipulating Google searches so that lookalike products appear above its own brands.
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Spain's Tendam wants to launch IPO before February 2025, CEO says

Spain's Tendam wants to launch IPO before February 2025, CEO says

Spanish fashion retailer Tendam plans to launch an initial public offering by the end of its financial year next February, its CEO Jaume Miquel told Reuters on Monday.
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Charity Super.Mkt makes  anniversary return to Brent Cross, adds new concepts via two stores

Charity Super.Mkt makes anniversary return to Brent Cross, adds new concepts via two stores

​Charity Super.Mkt is heading back to where its successful charity pop-up retail journey began — north London’s Brent Cross mall — and arrives with two temporary stores and a product upgrade.
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Primark lowers prices on kidswear spring/summer essentials

Primark lowers prices on kidswear spring/summer essentials

Value fashion and lifestyle retail giant Primark has cut prices across selected kidswear holiday essentials (swimwear to babywear) in its SS24 offer.
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Valentino new London flagship debuts on Sloane Street

Valentino new London flagship debuts on Sloane Street

​Valentino has opened the doors of a major new flagship on upscale Sloane Street in London, which it said continues the label’s “evolution towards a more intimate, design-led retail dimension”.
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PO.P rolls out Second Hand initiative in two UK stores

PO.P rolls out Second Hand initiative in two UK stores

​Nordic kidswear specialist PO.P (which is short for its former name, Polarn O. Pyret) has rolled out its PO.P Second Hand initiative in two UK stores after success on its website.
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Sézane debuts first pop-up in Milan’s luxury district

Sézane debuts first pop-up in Milan’s luxury district

​Parisian label Sézane has made a stylish entrance into Milan's luxury quarter with a temporary space of approximately one hundred square meters, marking its first pop-up in Italy, one of its key European markets.
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Craghoppers moves into "maverick" workwear market

Craghoppers moves into "maverick" workwear market

Eco adventure travel and outdoor clothing brand Craghoppers has branched into workwear “designed with mavericks in mind” while “answering the call for Craghoppers’ quality in the professional clothing market”.
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