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Fresh from German sportswear giant Puma securing a record-breaking $1.35 billion (£966 million) new kit deal with Premiership football club Manchester City,  the pair have launched a new retro-inspired Away kit for the 25/26 season. Inspired by Man City’s oldest-known kit, which dates back to 1884 when the football Club was based in Gorton, it’s […]

By Bloomberg Published July 21, 2025 The sector is facing a perfect storm. Chinese spending, the industry’s growth engine for so long, has stalled. There are question marks over whether US shoppers, who held much promise after President Donald Trump’s election in November, will pick up the bling baton. And over-aggressive pricing has shut out many

Mathieu Baboulène has just joined Marine Serre and has been appointed global head of communications and press. Known for his extensive experience in communications and the luxury goods sector, Baboulène  most recently held the position of global communications director at Versace, the Italian label recently acquired by the Prada group. Mathieu Baboulène – DR “This is

Luisaviaroma is leaving Milan and moving individuals employed at its Milan headquarters to Florence. This was confirmed to FashionNetwork.com by the luxury e-commerce company, which had opened its headquarters in the Lombard capital in 2024. Luisaviaroma in Milan The 500-square-meter space on Via Spadari will close its doors after just over a year of existence,

By Reuters Published July 21, 2025 EssilorLuxottica announced on Monday that it had signed an agreement to acquire the division of South Korea’s PUcore dedicated to the development, manufacture and sale of materials for optical lenses. Reuters “This acquisition will enable us to broaden our portfolio of patents, technologies and know-how and extend our expertise

By Bloomberg Published July 21, 2025 The billionaire family controlling Puig Brands SA may weigh options, including buying its stock, to revive the Spanish beauty products group’s sagging shares, its chief executive officer said. Puig is exploring ways to help its investors – Reuters Shares of Puig, owner of perfume brands like Jean Paul Gaultier

By Reuters Published July 21, 2025 Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog said on Monday that it was investigating a data leak at Louis Vuitton affecting about 419,000 customers, just after a cyberattack on the luxury brand in South Korea in June. People walk past a Louis Vuitton store in Tsim Sha Tsui, a bustling shopping hotspot,

TFG London is busy making key appointments at present and fresh from the Whistles, Hobbs, Phase Eight and White Stuff owner naming a chief product officer it has announced a chief brand officer. Julia Monro Julia Monro will lead brand, marketing, and creative direction across group brands, reporting to its CEO. She’ll “work closely with

Frasers Group’s CFO has defended the firm’s actions in buying distressed business and sometimes shuttering them relatively quickly. Photo: Sandra Halliday The group is a serial acquirer of businesses and takes major stakes in others but not all of its investments have worked out well. And when a business is put into insolvency quite soon

Raising awareness of a brand is about more than simply opening a pop-up and high-profile, attention-grabbing moves are key as well. Anti Social Social Club That’s why Anti Social Social Club (ASSC) has returned to Selfridges London with a new in-store installation, wrapping the department store’s DeLorean DMC-12 in the brand’s signature rose print. ASSC