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Fast fashion: no fast fix?
Posted: 29/03/2021
Covid-19 and various UK lockdowns have resulted in some well-known high street casualties. Despite this, the perpetual rise of fast fashion doesn’t appear to be slowing any time soon. The textile industry is considered one of the largest polluting industries in the world. Some estimates suggest it produces around...…>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator – February 2021
Posted: 15/02/2021
The retail industry entered the new year carrying the (hugely) disruptive burdens of 2020: Covid-19, the start of a recession, various business restructures and administrations and, if that wasn’t enough, Brexit. With the UK in its third national lockdown in less than ten months, it is difficult to see how the retail industry will bounce back...…>>
The grass is not always greener for suppliers: the collapse of the Arcadia Group
Posted: 02/12/2020
With the news that the Arcadia Group has entered administration, suppliers of goods and services are left with a number of questions: what happens next, and can they still get paid? The answers to such issues have recently been drastically altered by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (CIGA) 2020...…>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator – October 2020
Posted: 09/11/2020
As England now enters its second period of national lockdown, we reflect on the impact of the Government’s three-tiered Covid-19 restrictions on the retail sector last month. During the week commencing 12 October 2020, when the restrictions were first announced and implemented, retail footfall across the UK fell immediately...…>>
Fashion and luxury brands’ intellectual property protection for SS21: it’s by design
Posted: 13/10/2020
As the late Karl Lagerfeld once said, “Fashion is what people wear, not only what you see on the runway” - a concept which certainly seems to have inspired the catwalk at this year’s London Fashion Week and Milan Fashion Week for the Spring/Summer 2021 collections. With a noticeable focus on elasticated waistbands and comfortable trousers...…>>

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As we all adjust to our new lives under lockdown and social distancing, unprecedented pressure continues to mount on businesses internationally. Among the most notable are the challenges facing the fashion, luxury and lifestyle sector.

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