Новости за 22.04.2024

Clean beauty brand Beautycounter has been acquired on April 18 by founder Gregg Renfrew, according to multiple reports.

Chaos, conflict and the claustrophobia of consumer culture were at the heart of this year’s Venice Biennale, which ironically has rarely seen an opening week more crammed with activations by fashion and luxury brands.

The Italian brand is preparing to open a shop in Milan dedicated to its homeware range, which continues to grow, notably with a line of outdoor furniture and through a number of real estate projects.

A cut in funding and a failure to find fresh financial backing were pivotal events leading to The Body Shop’s failure in February.

UK urban jewellery brand Cernucci is to open its second pop-up store. Following the success of its debut London temporary store at the tail end of 2023, the brand’s heading to Manchester.

The UK consumers’ crown for being among the leaders in sustainability values is slipping. They’re less sustainably minded than they were just a year ago, according to a new ‘Global Voices’ survey from digital firm ESW.

Dublin mall Dundrum Town Centre “continues to attract high-profile brands, new concepts and market firsts”. And the latest news on this front includes a bigger JD Sports and a new Space NK added to the mix.

Until now, clothes recycling concentrated on the unwanted. But now we can add the unwearable to the list in order to save a “staggering” amount of textiles continuing to end up in landfill or incinerator.

What better way for an outlet shopping centre to celebrate a 15th anniversary than to announce another set of record footfall and sales numbers.

​Crisis-hit American retailer Express Inc said on Monday that it has received a non-binding letter of intent for the potential sale of a substantial majority of the company’s retail stores and operations”.

Procter & Gamble raised its annual profit forecast on lower commodity costs and as consumers, particularly in the United States and Europe, kept buying its pricey Tide detergent and Dawn dish soap.

Few brands are as attached to the concept of craft as Tod’s whose creative collaboration, The Art of Craftmanship – A Project by Venetian Masters, opened with panache on Friday night.

On April 18, with Milan Design Week in full swing, Swarovski inaugurated its Milanese flagship store, the first of its kind in Italy, adding to the flagships opened last autumn in New York and Seoul.