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Rab and Lowe Alpine owner reveals next stage in transparency programme

Rab and Lowe Alpine owner reveals next stage in transparency programme

British outdoor company Equip Outdoor Technologies, owner of the Rab and Lowe Alpine brands, has announced the next stage in its Material Facts sustainability programme.
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Frasers Group works with tech firm to develop new Google Cloud data platform

Frasers Group works with tech firm to develop new Google Cloud data platform

Frasers Group has appointed Google Cloud partner and business technology consultancy Sada to develop and implement a new strategic data platform across its retail portfolio.
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Cost-cutting at Frasers Group means around 200 HQ jobs at risk

Cost-cutting at Frasers Group means around 200 HQ jobs at risk

Retail giant Frasers Group wants to cut up to 200 head office jobs, accounting for around 20% of its staff in London and Shirebrook, to reduce costs and streamline operations.
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Data privacy: Amazon to pay over $30 million to avoid prosecution

Data privacy: Amazon to pay over $30 million to avoid prosecution

Amazon will pay more than $30 million to the US authorities to end lawsuits brought against the Ring and Alexa devices for failure to respect their users’ data privacy.
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Andreas Melbostad launches signature label

Andreas Melbostad launches signature label

​Norwegian designer Andreas Melbostad has launched a label under his own name after years spent at a raft of major brands, with the new limited-edition unisex offer available exclusively via his webstore melbostad.com.
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Pull&Bear expands on Primavera Sound deal with The Vision for 2023

Pull&Bear expands on Primavera Sound deal with The Vision for 2023

​With festival season getting under way, it’s interesting to see how brands are making the most of the season’s opportunities. And news has come in that Pull&Bear has renewed and enhanced its link with Primavera Sound.
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Chelsea retailers asked to sign tougher leases as neighbourhood booms

Chelsea retailers asked to sign tougher leases as neighbourhood booms

​Tenants of Cadogan Estates — the landlord controlling vast swathes of London’s Chelsea — are having to sign inflation-linked leases and put down “hefty deposits”, a newspaper report has claimed.
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Knowledge key for Gen Z who'd return less if they knew about carbon impact

Knowledge key for Gen Z who'd return less if they knew about carbon impact

​We’ve heard a lot about how returns are causing a major problem for retailers in the fashion sector at present, but a new study suggests that better communication about the impact of returns could make a difference.
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London's Paolina Russo wins Zalando Visionary Award, to show at CFW

London's Paolina Russo wins Zalando Visionary Award, to show at CFW

​A UK-based label has won the first Zalando Visionary Award in partnership with Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW) with Paolina Russo scooping the prize.
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ASOS sees bid approach as share price slumbers - report

ASOS sees bid approach as share price slumbers - report

​ASOS is believed to have received a £1 billion takeover approach a few months ago from a Turkish company taking advantage of the potential in its giant market but also its falling share price.
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George Davies will headline next Pure London's content programme

George Davies will headline next Pure London's content programme

Pure London has announced retail legend George Davies as a keynote speaker for the upcoming fashion tradeshow at London’s Olympia next month.
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Lanigan & Hulme to move from centre of Manchester

Lanigan & Hulme to move from centre of Manchester

Lanigan & Hulme is to relocate its menswear boutique in central Manchester to nearby Knutsford in Cheshire.
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ASOS and British Land drop out of FTSE 100 and 250 as their shares fall

ASOS and British Land drop out of FTSE 100 and 250 as their shares fall

In a dramatic fall from financial grace, ASOS shares have been relegated from the UK’s mid-tier FTSE 250 index. The digital fashion retailer moves into the FTSE SmallCap index from 16 June.
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Nudea launches new virtual fit tools

Nudea launches new virtual fit tools

A staggering 80% of women are wearing the wrong bra size. That’s according to Nudea, so the intimates brand is doubling down on its mission to provide underwear “that fits the way it’s supposed to”.
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Walmart reiterates goal of doubling international gross merchandise in five years

Walmart reiterates goal of doubling international gross merchandise in five years

Walmart still expects to double the amount of gross merchandise volume it sells in foreign markets to $200 billion in five years, a top executive at the retailer said on Friday.
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Mango talks U.S. market ambitions, product quality and Simon Miller collaboration

Mango talks U.S. market ambitions, product quality and Simon Miller collaboration

Barcelona-based fashion giant Mango and Californian brand Simon Miller have teamed up on a collaborative collection this summer, highlighting the retailer's ambitions for the U.S. market and better made products.
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