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Liberty is relaunching its menswear department in August and is introducing more than 20 new brands. Liberty is a department store in London. The menswear space on the lower ground floor is modeled on an eclectic home and features rooms that are centered around fireplaces and decorated with art. Textile designs from the print archive will be used on tapestries and drapes to create a Liberty London atmosphere.
A previously unused staircase has been reinstated to create a smooth customer journey directly into the menswear department from the store’s entrance. Original paneling and beams will also be restored.
A new grooming service will also be introduced, providing razor shaves, beard and skin consultations and haircuts. Accessories will be displayed in large uncased vintage cabinets. Finishes in the shoe department will include charred timber panels, tapestries and printed drapes, and the product will be displayed on circular green glass tables.
The space will house a refreshed denim department, offering styles from denim brands including Edwin and Acne Studios. There will also be a new Japanese area hosting cult brands such as Fabric, FDMTL, and Kapital. New Parisian labels Harmony and Études will also be added to the department store’s contemporary offering.
Swimwear is an outfit designed for the people engaged in a water-based activity or water sports such as swimming, surfing, water skiing, or other activities such as sunbathing. Swim suits can also be worn as the undergarment in specific sports. In a similar way, beachwear is the apparels used for wearing at a beach, particularly metropolitan beach. It is a subtype of swimwear-based outfits.
The global swimwear and beachwear market is majorly segmented for product type, as casual clothing, swimwear, beach wear, swim trunks, rash guards, wet suits, racing suits, briefs, board shots, and speedos.
Expansion of beauty and spa industries is also boosting the swimwear and beachwear market growth to some extent. The demand of swimwear such as shorts and boards shots have increased significantly, increasing participation in water features and popularity of beachwear accessories are some of the factors influencing the growth of the global market.
Europe and the United States are anticipated to be the largest players in the global swimwear and beachwear market. In addition, Asian countries such as China are expected to experience rapid growth in the near future. However, few factors such as social, religious, and cultural protocols in some parts around the globe may hinder the overall market growth of swimwear and beachwear market in future.
The European Apparel and Textile Confederation, Euratex, has warned against a hard Brexit, suggesting it is in the common interest of the UK and the EU27 industries to push for a smooth Brexit, thus enabling the current highly integrated supply chains to keep on working smoothly from fibers to end products.
Euratex says divergences in the regulatory legislation of the EU and UK would create trade barriers, result in high additional costs for consumers, would have a very serious impact on the industries of both sides given the comparably high import tariffs that would apply in the textile and clothing sector.
It says a future comprehensive EU27-UK trade and investment agreement should consider the already existing close economic relationship between the European textile and clothing industries and that a transitional arrangement should cover suspension of customs duties and all legal and regulatory areas with relevance for the textile and clothing industry.
The EU28 textile and clothing industry remains a significant industry within the EU, despite considerable outsourcing to southeast Asia over the past two decades. European textile and clothing companies are globally leading, regarding technical textiles, sophisticated high-quality yarns and fibers, and high-end apparel goods.
The UK lies in third place for the EU27's most important trade partners in textile and clothing goods.
Recently at Loughborough University Cotton USA has announced the successful close to its first innovation competition in the UK, in partnership with the textiles innovation and design school. The competition was meant to provide opportunity for students to work innovatively with high-quality US cotton fabrics.
Running in partnership with the university’s Textiles: Innovation and Design programme, which was recently rated the leading university for fashion and textiles in the Guardian University Guide 2018 for the third time in four years, the competition worked with second year students who specialised in both textiles and fabrics.
The competition gave them guidance on how to develop new and innovative ways of working with US cotton, while encouraging them to be as creative as possible within an allocated budget. After six weeks of exemplary work, Cotton USA announced the winner of the Innovation Competition as Lucy Dennis, and the three runners-up as Emily Brennan, Alice Charter and Sophie Tresadern.
The winning submissions were judged and announced by a panel of experts from Cotton USA and Loughborough University at a special ceremony. In addition to the support provided by Cotton USA throughout the competition, it will continue to work with the winner and runners-up to promote their talents to a network of professionals across the industry. The competition has given all participants a number of opportunities to demonstrate their technical knowledge, while also elevating the profile of their creative designs.
Kerry Walton, programme director of textiles: innovation and design at Loughborough University says that the company is delighted to have worked with Cotton USA on the innovation competition and is committed to providing the students with the right opportunities to help them thrive, and outstanding, relevant insight into the world of contemporary textiles.
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching and strong links with industry. It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars University rating scheme, putting it among the best universities in the world.
Canadian menswear company Indochino is adding a Chicago showroom as part of its expansion from the web into bricks-and-mortar retail.The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company, which has 13 existing stores, sells made-to-measure suits, shirts and accessories and plans to open next month in The Shops at North Bridge. Indochino started building its brand online before opening its first physical outposts.
At Indochino's showrooms, "style guides" take customers' measurements and walk them through customization options, from fabric selection to monogramming. Garments are delivered in about four weeks. Customers who visit showrooms tend to spend a little more than online-only shoppers over time
The Chicago showroom, scheduled to open July 14, is one of four the company plans to open in the U.S. this summer. Indochino feels it needs more locations to keep up with steady growth. Revenues were up 57 percent in the six-month period ending in May compared with the same period the prior year, and appointment slots at existing showrooms consistently fill up on weekends.
All but one of those new U.S. stores are in malls, including The Shops at North Bridge on North Michigan Avenue. Some malls have struggled to keep customers coming in as consumers' shopping habits have changed, but Indochino has had success with mall locations in Canada because it doesn't rely on spur-of-the-moment sales to customers passing by. Appointments aren't mandatory, but many customers reserve a spot in advance.
Burberry has appointed Ron Frasch as a non-executive director. He will help the luxury fashion retailer and brand reverse the trend of falling sales in the US.
Frasch was president and chief merchandising officer at Saks Fifth Avenue between 2004 and 2013. He then joined private equity firm Castanea, which invests in consumer products and services. He spearheaded Castanea’s investment in luxury bag retailer Proenza Schouler two years ago.
Meanwhile, Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch will join Burberry as senior independent director. Burberry is aiming to transform its fortunes by slashing its ranges and reducing the amount of sales it makes on discount. The business suffered a five per cent fall in profits in the year to the end of March, driven by a downturn in its US performance.
. The brand is trying to refresh its product range, become more efficient and improve the performance of its stores, where its space delivers less sales than rivals.
Burberry is a British luxury fashion house known for its trench coats. Founded in 1856 and is a leading luxury brand with a global business. The assortment covers a broad spectrum from classic trench coats to extravagant, innovative fashion collections. The range covers men’s wear, women’s wear, children’s wear, coats, dresses, shoes, accessories, bags, scarves, beauty and fragrance.
Duty-free retail has emerged as one of the important sources of income and marketing opportunities for various businesses around the globe. Airlines and airports are emphasizing increasing revenues through the sale of amenities on-board and in airport facilities.
The success of the duty-free retail channel is fundamentally attributed to the rise of global tourism and aviation. New airport terminals are designed with consideration for large and vibrant retail spaces. Considering the income they generate, duty-free retail shops play a vital role in modern airport terminals.
Self-service solutions such as kiosks have empowered travelers with choices and control over purchases, and thus are driving duty-free retailing worldwide. The convenience provided by self-service solutions is resulting in more satisfied customers thus reinforcing their loyalty toward airline services.
Many manufacturers consider this retailing channel as a cost-effective route to advertise new products to an international audience. Additionally, expensive items such as cosmetics, fragrances, wines and liquor, and fashion accessories are available at much lower prices due to zero excise duties at airports.
The duty-free retail market is segmented on the basis of product, location and geography. The market by product is further segmented into beauty and personal care, wines and spirits, tobacco, eatables, fashion accessories and hard luxury.
Zimbabwe’s cotton sector is going through a revival. There has been a renewed interest in production from thousands of small scale farmers in major producing areas across the country. This year, output is projected to reach at least 1, 00 000 tons.
The opening up of the sector to new players was the death knell for Zimbabwean cotton. From being one of global cotton’s top quality producers the sector had virtually collapsed with production levels falling to less than ten per cent of normal volumes. Yields crashed, thereby killing off viability and increasing levels of side-marketing. This created a toxic downward spiral of low yields, high side marketing and low inputs support.
Yield growth will drive grower viability, improved debt repayment and the recovery of cotton production. The reinstatement of the seasonal pool price and quality bonus payments would improve crop quality and sector viability, enabling the nation to regain its reputation for top quality. Higher yields and higher crop volumes would also result in improved operational efficiencies and competitiveness, thereby allowing higher producer prices.
It is imperative that efficiencies are maximised through economies of scale arising from the contracting of a single operator. This will allow increase in the cotton producer price, thereby enhancing viability and the growth of the sector. With no other cotton contractors, this will instantly resolve the challenge of side-marketing.
Pact Organic’s products aren’t just good for the planet and workers. They're much softer and they fit better.
Pact Organic works with fair trade manufacturing facilities in India, and its cotton comes from India, a fair trade cotton intervention program that works with small and marginal farmers to grow organic cotton and to help make farming a sustainable and profitable occupation for them.
Conventional cotton uses about 16 per cent of the world's insecticides and seven per cent of pesticides and approximately 20 per cent of the world's industrial water pollution comes from the treatment and dyeing of textiles. The apparel and textile industries also struggle with issues related to child labor and poor working conditions.
Pact Organic is on a mission to change all of that: It's transforming the way apparel is made by focusing on the people who make clothes and the planet. Pact Cotton uses super soft cotton for its women's leggings, baby, toddler and women's and men's lounge and sleep wear.
Pact Organic hit revenues of about 15 million dollars to 20 million dollars at retail, and this year it expects sales to reach 25 million dollars to 30 million dollars.
Cambodia's economic growth is expected at seven per cent in 2017.This will be driven by garment export, construction, tourism and agriculture. With the expected growth, the country's gross domestic product will reach about 22 billion dollars.
Garment exports and construction are forecast to grow by ten per cent and 14 per cent respectively in 2017. Tourism is projected to see strong growth based on the 12 per cent rise in tourist arrivals during the first four months of this year. Cambodia has achieved robust economic growth of 7.7 per cent annually in the last two decades coupled with low and manageable inflation as well as a stable exchange rate.
One of the main challenges to Cambodia’s economy is dollarization. Despite its benefits, dollarization exposes the economy to risks and losses, and especially imposes constraints on monetary policy implementation. Foreign currencies, comprising mainly dollars, accounted for 83 per cent of cash and bank deposits in Cambodia at the end of 2015, up from 56 per cent in 1995.
Continued interest rate hikes in the US may weaken prospects of further capital inflows to Cambodia. Any disruption in global trade flows will have substantial negative impacts on Cambodia, given its high level of dependence on exports, particularly garments and footwear, as one of the main drivers of economic growth.
