Pakistan: Inditex, H&M, Bestseller and C&A join Factory Safety Agreement Translated by Cassidy STEPHENS Launched last December to improve safety conditions in Pakistani textile factories, the Accord on Fire and Building Safety announces that BestsellerC&AH&MInditexOttoPVH A factory in Pakistan in…
CELC becomes the Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp Translated by Nicola Mira The European confederation of linen and hemp (CELC Alliance has a new corporate identity – Alliance for European Flax-linen & Hemp As well as changing name, the…
Mango opens first Canadian flagship at Yorkdale Shopping Centre Spanish retailer MangoYorkdale Shopping Centre Mango Canada, Yorkdale. – Photo by Elaine Fancy. The 5,000-square-foot retail space houses all the newest woman’s collections, and is carefully located across from the Hudson’s…
Lululemon sets up shop on the Champs Elysées Translated by Roberta HERRERA Opening a store on the Champs Elysées is always an important milestone in the history of a company. For Canadian sports brand Lululemon, it represents an exciting milestone…
Advanced Commerce VM platform for e-tailers gets new funding Visual merchandising platform Advanced Commerce has raised a further £1.5 million in funding, led by The Wealth Club, “to accelerate growth, expand geographically and develop new products in the same merchandising…
Salesforce appoints new board directors amid activist investor pressure By Reuters API Salesforce The company appointed the chief executive of hedge fund ValueAct Capital, Mason Morfit, Mastercard finance chief Sachin Mehra and former chief executive of Carnival Corp Arnold Donald…
U.S. retailers’ ocean shipping price woes ending, but new delays threaten By Reuters Collapsing ocean shipping rates could seem to be good news for U.S. retailers, but they are now bracing for delays as some carriers try to prop up…
Mango enters rental with new pilot and investment in La Más Mona Mango Belen Rallo, director of Mango StartUp Studio, and Polo Villaamil, founder and CEO of La Más Mona. – Mango Although described as a start-up, the company is…
China’s JD.com to spin off industrial, property units in Hong Kong float By Reuters E-commerce firm JD Reuters JD.com said it would continue to hold a stake of more than 50% in the units, JD Industrials and JD Property, upon…
Rakuten positions itself as a platform for Japanese design in Paris Translated by Roberta HERRERA During Women’s Paris Fashion WeekYohji YamamotoIssey MiyakeSacaiComme des Garçons, but was also showcased in a dedicated space at 21 Rue des Filles du Calvaire. Organised…
