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Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - November 2025
Posted: 03/12/2025
Skims, the shapewear brand co-founded by Kim Kardashian, has achieved an eye watering $5 billion valuation after raising $225 million in new venture capital funding. Like many celebrity-driven brands, Skims has captured the attention of younger consumers and benefited from Kardashian's large social media following. The brand intends to use......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - September 2025
Posted: 03/10/2025
As October begins, the fashion, luxury, and lifestyle sectors are navigating shifting consumer behaviours, economic headwinds, and poignant industry milestones following a mixed summer season. Early summer data from the British Retail Consortium showed that July failed to deliver the boost in shoppers many retailers had hoped for.......>>
Companies House confirms local statutory registers for directors, secretaries and PSCs to be abolished – key points for businesses
Posted: 02/09/2025
Companies House has confirmed that, from 18 November 2025, companies will no longer be required to maintain their own 'local' statutory registers of directors, directors' residential addresses, company secretaries and persons with significant control (PSCs). These changes are being introduced alongside the key rollout of mandatory identity......>>
Companies House confirms mandatory identity verification from 18 November 2025 – what businesses need to know
Posted: 02/09/2025
Companies House has confirmed that compulsory identity verification (IDV) will be phased in from 18 November 2025. This is a key milestone in the implementation of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, which aims to strengthen the integrity of the UK's corporate registers and reduce fraud......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - June 2025
Posted: 20/06/2025
Apple has reportedly made significant strides in developing a chip for its long-rumoured smart glasses, setting the stage for a new wave of competition in the wearable tech space. The chip, based on Apple Watch architecture but re-engineered to support multiple cameras, is expected to enter mass production by late 2026 or early 2027......>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper advises Cryogatt Systems Limited on sale of patent portfolio to TMRW Life Sciences
Posted: 16/06/2025
The corporate team at Penningtons Manches cooper has advised Cryogatt Systems Limited, a biotechnology company specialising in cryogenic radio frequency identification (RFID) technology on the sale of its patent portfolio to New York-based TMRW Life Sciences, a fertility technology company focused on egg and embryo storage......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - May 2025
Posted: 06/05/2025
The fashion industry is likely to be among the hardest hit by Trump's reciprocal import tariffs, with 98% of clothing sold in the US being imported, in particular from China and Mexico. The tariffs include a 10% duty on all imports to the US, but those countries with whom America has bigger trade deficits (which include China and Vietnam) face a higher......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - March 2025
Posted: 28/03/2025
Luxury shoe designer Steve Madden recently announced that it is set to acquire British brand Kurt Geiger from private equity firm Cinven for approximately £289 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025. Edward Rosenfield (chair & CEO of Steve Madden) expressed his excitement for the deal, noting that Kurt......>>
Companies House reforms: preparing for new identity verification requirements
Posted: 21/03/2025
Companies House has published further details on one of its key reforms under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: the introduction of identity verification (IDV) from 8 April 2025......>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper advises QSR Automations on majority investment from Battery Ventures
Posted: 18/02/2025
The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised QSR Automations, a global leader in restaurant technology based in Louisville, Kentucky, on its majority investment from Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm based in the US. The team assisted with the UK aspects of the sale of QSR Automations......>>

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