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Omnichannel the hot topic at NRF 2019

The world’s tech, finance, and entrepreneurs collide every year at the National Retail Federation conference. The buzzword this season was omnichannel. As retailers work to integrate everything across all their platforms from brick-and-mortar to e-commerce, tech companies, consultants, and investors are responding rapidly. Swiss outdoor brand...

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PROJECT Mens N:OW shakes up the trade show experience

Coming off a Las Vegas launch, N:OW at PROJECT has injected a vibrant international energy to the NYC trade show this time round. The show which traditionally positions like-minded brands into “neighborhoods” under one roof––The Tents, a range of elevated contemporary labels, The Foundry for refined apparel and grooming, Blue for premium denim,...

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Wrapping it up: Pitti Uomo 95 in pictures and numbers

The 95th edition of menswear trade fair Pitti Uomo was held in Florence, Italy, between January 8-11. Here are the main facts and figures about last week’s event: Pitti Uomo in numbers: • 1,230 brands participated in the event, 568 from abroad (46 percent) • 30,000 visitors, of which 25,000 were buyers • 9,200 of those buyers came from abroad •...

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Kingpins New York announces change of dates for June event

New York’s annual denim trade event Kingpins will be changing dates this year, moving from June 8-9 to June 12-13. The show’s organizers said that the dates were changed because the original ones were too close to Ramadan and the Kingpins Hong Kong Show, which takes place May 15-16. The Kingpins Transformers event - a summit series spotlighting...

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Glenn Martens presents Y/Project AW19 collection at Pitti Uomo

Creative Director at Y/Project, Glenn Martens, has unveiled the brand’s AW19 menswear collection at Pitti Uomo. True to his style of bending the norms, Martens delivered a high-concept show aimed at transporting his guests outside of time and space, with the dark cloister lit only by handheld lights given to guests at the entrance. Nothing like...

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Ben Sherman returns to Pitti Uomo

Ben Sherman has returned to Pitti Uomo with a special exhibition and commemorative presentation entitled "The Decades" which celebrates over five decades of shirt-making. The British menswear brand has become one of the most anticipated runway shows during London Men's Fashion Week and now is testing its international waters further with Pitti...

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Ben Sherman returns to Pitti Uomo with shirt heritage exhibition

British menswear brand Ben Sherman returns to Pitti Uomo this week with a special exhibition celebrating over five decades of shirt-making. The exhibition - called "The Decades" - showcases a selection of vintage pieces from the brand's archive alongside key items from the AW19 collection. "We are extremely happy that an iconic menswear brand...

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Gallery Düsseldorf to highlight Modest Fashion

International fashion trade show Gallery Düsseldorf is introducing a new Modest Fashion section as part of its next event, which will take place from January 26 to 28. In a statement, organisers said that the introduction of the section was due to modest fashion being a global trend for “quite some time” as well as it being a fashion trend that...

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Baselworld and SIHH synchronize their calendars

Baselworld and SIHH, two major trade fairs in the watch industry, are joining forces -- something that would be unthinkable years ago. The two events announced they will synchronize their calendars from 2020: SIHH will be held from April 26-29 in Geneva, followed immediately by Baselworld from April 30 to May 5 in Basel. This scheme will be...

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Revolver to place focus on Scandinavian fashion for AW19

Revolver Copenhagen is strengthening its focus on Scandinavian fashion for its autumn/winter 2019 show, kicking off on January 30, 2019, by adding more brands from Nordic cities. The move comes as event organisers states the that increasing numbers of International buyers and press travel to Copenhagen to “see and buy Scandinavian fashion as...

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Denim Première Vision in London a “resounding success”

Organisers of Denim Première Vision, which took place in London from December 5 to 6, has claimed that it was a “resounding success” with visitor numbers up 17 percent on November 2017. The denim trade show was visited by 2,344 visitors stated organisers, of which, 53 percent were international, coming from 54 countries, confirming the...

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Denim Première Vision heading to Milan

Denim Première Vision, which took place for the first time outside Paris in London earlier this month, is on the move once again, heading to Milan for its next edition in June, before returning to London next December. The move is part of the show’s new strategy to position itself as an “itinerant international event,” which will see it...