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Belgian designer Dries van Noten to step down

Belgian designer Dries van Noten is preparing to step down as creative director at his own eponymous fashion house in June following the showing of his final collection for the SS25 season in Paris, he confirmed to WWD. "I have been preparing for this moment for some time and I feel it is time to leave room for a new generation of talents to...

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Business |Interview

Decathlon's chief digital officer on making 'digitisation the new normal'

Decathlon went back to the drawing board and put a new vision on paper. The French sports fashion retailer wants to develop further as a 'multi-specialist-company' under the motto 'Move People Through The Wonders of Sports'. Part of the new strategy is digitalisation. FashionUnited spoke to chief digital officer Jimena Almendares during a...

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Retail

Digital or analogue: What technologies do brick-and-mortar stores need?

Will a certain number of square feet actually generate the sales that hardened retail managers expect? Probably not. But it does not matter. After all, brick-and-mortar retail is merging with online retail and the role of stores has changed. They are no longer (only) responsible for sales, but also serve the need for convenience and destination....

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Business

UK luxury sector worth 81 billion pounds to the economy

The British luxury sector is now worth 81 billion pounds annually to the UK economy, supporting more than 450,000 jobs across various sectors, making it one of the top industry drivers of the economy, according to a new report from Walpole. The ‘Luxury in the Making’ report from the industry body that represents more than 250 British luxury...

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