By Reuters Published July 24, 2025 Luxury bellwether LVMH reported a slightly worse than expected 4% decline in quarterly sales on Thursday, though CFO Cecile Cabanis expressed confidence for the rest of the year. LVMH’s brands include luxury label Louis Vuitton Sales for the second quarter to the end of June fell 4% to 19.5 […]
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France’s Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode on Thursday unveiled a bumper Paris ready-to-wear catwalk season, bristling with nine designer debuts and key houses, in the most anticipated Paris Fashion Week this century. See catwalkChristian Dior – Fall-Winter2025 – 2026 – Womenswear – France – Paris – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight The French’s capital’s two
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Self-Portrait loves its K-pop connections and theLondon fashion house is back with a campaign starring South Korean superstar actress and singer Jisoo for autumn/winter 2025. It marks the fourth season she’s fronted the brand’s global imagery and this time Jisoo is reimagined as “an icon of the swinging sixties”, first for the pre-fall campaign and
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Boohoo Group — or Debenhams Group as it’s now known — is close to a new funding deal and it’s an interesting one as it will bring the Debenhams brand’s former part-owner back into direct dealings with the business. Debenhams TPG is the investment firm that helped take Debenhams private in 2003 in a £1.7
By AFP Published July 24, 2025 Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised Britain’s “unique bonds” with India as he and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi formally signed a recently announced UK-India trade deal during talks on Thursday. India and Britain’s trade deal is expected to create both business and employment opportunities – Reuters Starmer hailed the
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By Agência LUSA Published July 24, 2025 Portuguese industrial conglomerate Altri has completed the acquisition of 58.7% of the Swiss sustainable textiles company AeoniQ, which plans to build an industrial unit in Constância. HeiQ Materials AG, Boss, and MAS Holdings remain at the business as co-investors, it was announced on Wednesday. Fotografia: LinkedIn AeoniQ In a
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By Bloomberg Published July 24, 2025 More than taking in views from the top of the Empire State Building, more than watching Old Faithful erupt and even more than shaking hands with Mickey Mouse, visitors to the US come to do one thing: shop. But now, President Donald Trump’s global trade war and border policies — combined
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French luxury resale giant Vestiaire Collective has named its US CEO Virk as its chief marketing officer with the new role set to run alongside her existing US leadership post. Samina Virk In the dual role she’ll oversee global brand and creative, social media, PR, and influence, while also leading the US business. This includes
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By Europa Press Published July 24, 2025 Tendam, a fashion group with brands including Women’secret, Springfield, Cortefiel, Pedro del Hierro, Hoss Intropia and Slowlove, is entering a “new era” with the entry of Abu Dhabi holding company Multiply Group as a major shareholder. The business expects to record double-digit growth in the next five years as
By Reuters Published July 24, 2025 British business activity across sectors grew only weakly in July and employers cut jobs at the fastest pace in five months, according to a survey that is likely to add to speculation about a Bank of England interest rate cut next month. Sluggish growth has led to layoffs across
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