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Video: Digital Landgrab | The State of Fashion 2019

The e-commerce war will continue, as digital players strive to become the platform of choice for both consumers and fashion companies. Source: Youtube, BoF, McKinsey

Retail

H&M launches dedicated store on Tmall

The H&M Group is turning its focus on increasing its online presence after failing to reach its expected sales target for the end of January. Analysts noted that H&M late response to the shift to online sales may have affected its overall sales, which is why H&M has teamed up with Tmall, China’s leading e-commerce platform to launch a dedicated...

Management

Burberry teams up with Farfetch for global partnership

London - Burberry has launched a new global partnership with luxury e-commerce platform Farfetch, to further expand the British fashion house's international distribution to 150 countries. The new partnership sees Burberry's technology integrated into the Farfetch API, the platform's operating system so that its entire global inventory will be...

Report

John Lewis enjoys ‘promising’ Black Friday

London - John Lewis reported one of its most ‘promising’ Black Friday’s to date, as an average of 705 units were purchased per minute via johnlewis.com between 9 am and 10 am on the big sale day. The department store added that the number one search term across all devices throughout the day was ‘iPad’ as electronics continued to be high in...

Retail

Tamara Mellon aims to relaunch brand next month

Tamara Mellon is said to be preparing for her big return to the industry next month, as the footwear designer is set to relaunch her eponymous brand online this October under a direct-to-consumer business model. The new structure is said to remove all wholesale accounts and see Tamara Mellon offers it products exclusively through its new...

Report

House of Fraser to let brands bid for space on website

Department store House of Fraser is partnering with e-commerce product placement platform Elevaate to allow brands to bid for digital shelf positioning on its website. An initial trial allowed a select number of partner brands to bid to feature their products on the House of Fraser website, and the department store was impressed with the...

Fashion

Online fashion to flourish in 2011

After a year plagued with online successful ventures within the fashion and retail markets, new research has forecast that the online fashion retail industry will flourish throughout 2011. According to a research study conducted by the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG), the online fashion retail sector has exponentially grown by an...

Fashion

Online Retailers conquer China

It might be censorship, but the online culture is taking off in China and rapidly catching up with Western economies. As a matter of fact, the digital vehicle is the preferred one for all of those Chinese shoppers willing to show off their acquisitive power. Online retail represents the next major area for retail growth in Asia, according to a...