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Mulberry appoints Christopher Kane as creative director of RTW

British heritage brand Mulberry has named Christopher Kane as the creative director of a women’s ready-to-wear collection set to be unveiled in September. The line will then become available in store and online from January 2027. The appointment marks a return to the seasonal clothing category for Mulberry, which had previously supplied clothing...

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Hennes & Mauritz reports strong profit growth in first quarter despite sales decline

The Swedish apparel group Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) experienced a significant decline in sales in the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, largely due to negative currency effects. However, the parent company of brands such as H&M, Cos, Weekday, & Other Stories and Arket managed to significantly increase its profit. This was revealed in...

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Circular Assets: How SMCP is regaining control of the resale market to drive profitability

Long considered a peripheral or even competing market, second-hand fashion is now establishing itself as a new engine for growth and product cycle monetisation in affordable luxury. By deploying its own white-label resale solution, the SMCP Group is doing more than just following a trend: it is reclaiming a market segment that brands had...

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How Nicolas Di Felice returned Courrèges to the modern age

Despite more than a decade in the industry, Nicolas Di Felice has remained something of an outlier among his peers at major luxury houses – a relative newcomer in perception if not in practice. His five-year tenure at Courrèges, notably long by fashion's current standards of creative currency, seemed poised to change that narrative. Under his...