Regardless of the fact that the fashion industry has faced a colossal fiscal loss throughout the pandemic outbreak, technical textiles, or non-aesthetic textiles, have evinced their true potential to the health sector.As the pandemic continues to challenge our comfort zones in the way we work, it has created new challenges for the fashion industry which have eventually led to some interesting reforms. Technology in textiles has shown its true potential to the world, and is shaping new trends in

Jigsaw, a well-known British clothing retailer, saw its sales fall by £31 million – all thanks to pandemic and its aftermath that ruined several retailers over the course of last year.Image Courtesy: retailgazette.co.ukAs per the accounts filed at Companies House, the fashion retailer stated that 60 per cent of its sales in 2020 were generated through its e-commerce platform.And that was expected because of the retailer’s continual focus on digital-first strategy.The fact that most of its stores

STOCKHOLM – Swedish fashion giant the H&M Group has announced the expansion of its second-hand platform Sellpy into Austria and the Netherlands, following a successful introduction within Germany last summer.The platform’s rollout into Germany was said to represent “the first stage” of a planned international expansion, and highlighted H&M’s interest in making second-hand fashion more accessible after the firm assumed majority control of Sellpy in 2019.Nanna Andersen, head of H&M’s i

JD Sports’ efforts to extend its business continue!Image Courtesy: fashionunited.ukAfter acquiring Shoe Palace in December 2020 for US $ 325 million and eyeing some of the biggest brands that have gone bankrupt, JD Sports is now set to buy another retailer.JD Sports has, reportedly, announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire American sportswear and footwear retailer DTLR for US $ 495 million.Notably, around US $ 100 million will be used to repay existing debts.Delighte

After a year into its ‘sweeping’ sustainability strategy publicized in January 2020, Copenhagen Fashion Week has issued its first yearly report. Where the Copenhagen Fashion Week want to strictly maintain transparency, while it inspires other fashion brands to do the same.The report says that 2020 was an ‘extraordinarily eventful and challenging year’ and the COVID-19 global pandemic ‘unleashed unpredictability, unprecedented changes and a new normal on the world’.Figure: The report says that 20

British lifestyle retailer Joules is hard pressed in the COVID-19 pandemic-induced crisis.Joules Group revenue slump by 15.3 percent to touch £94.5 million in the 26 weeks that ended 29 November 2020.Figure: British lifestyle retailer Joules is hard pressed in the COVID-19 pandemic-induced crisis.Though the fall was probable considering the number of stores that were closed during the period.The 26-week period also witnessed the retailer’s profits before tax fall from £8.4 million (in the previo

French designer Farhad Re has launched his couture collection Spring Summer 2021 'Galatea' during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week which was held on a digital platform. For days and nights during the lockdown, Farhad Re cut the triple organza of silk in a virginal whiteness and used 500 metres of it to produce 15 dresses in the collection.Pic: Iris Brosch Mephistopheles ProductionsBehind the opacity of the material looms the grace of the woman as seen by Farhad Re and whom he calls Galat

Augusta Sportswear Brands has implemented Discover e-Solution’s (DeSL) digital transformation solution, including PLM. The leading manufacturer and marketer of innovative high-performance activewear selected DeSL after an extensive search of potential vendors. DeSL, headquartered in the US, is a market leader in digital transformation solutions.Pic: Augusta SportswearThe brand needed a powerful solution to increase their speed-to-market and match their growing demands for new product development

The much awaited sale of Debenhams has finally happened!Image Courtesy: lancashiretelegraph.co.ukThe ailing British fashion label – along with its brands, website and intellectual property rights – has been bought by Boohoo for £55 million. The deal, however, doesn’t include Debenhams’ stores.Besides leaving out 120+ Debenhams stores, the deal also excludes financial services and stock that will continue to be with Debenhams.What’s, however, disheartening is that the sale would now leave all 12,

MILAN – Luxury fashion brand Gucci has unveiled a new ‘nature-positive’ strategy which it says will target improvements to carbon emissions, climate and biodiversity.Set to be outlined at today's digital World Economic Forum (WEC), the strategy – called ‘Natural Climate Solutions Portfolio’ – will pay particular attention to habitat restoration and regenerative agriculture.“We want to be part of the solution for nature and climate by mainstreaming practices and systems that will transform na