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Blibli’s parent aims to raise €540m in IPO
Global Digital Niaga, the parent company of the Indonesian e-commerce company Blibli, aims to raise as much as 8.17 trillion rupiahs (€540m) in its initial public offering next month, according to the company’s prospectus. The company plans to sell up to 17.77 billion shares, or 15 percent of its total ...
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Nice Footwear sets up a joint venture with Avirex
Nice Footwear is creating a joint venture with Avirex, a brand known for its leather jackets and chinos pants. Nice Footwear, which specializes in the production of sneakers, has held over the past years the license to produce footwear under the Avirex brand. Under the agreement, Nice Footwear will create ...
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ArticleSante + Wade plans to expand to physical stores
Sante + Wade, a premium British women’s footwear brand offering large sizes and fits, is planning to distribute its models in physical stores, with a focus on the U.S. and some large European markets. The company created by Shola Asante and Agnès Cushnie started operating in 2019. The brand, which ...
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ArticleFuture Fashion enters a new financing round
Future Fashion is raising about €1.3 million to finance product development and expand its sales network. The Italian company owns the namesake omnichannel platform offering fashion brands to “virtualize and customize” their collections in 3D using SaaS (Software as a Service) technology and Design Italian Shoes (DIS), which sells customized ...
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ArticleSpartoo H1 GMV falls 1.6% as demand slows
Spartoo saw its gross merchandise volume (GMV) in the first half ended June 30 decrease by 1.6 percent compared to the year earlier to €104.3 million, as consumer demand slowed in the face of accelerating inflation and uncertainty tied to the war in Ukraine. GMV from B2C services was the ...
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ArticleZalando increases its fleet of Magazino robots
Zalando has purchased 29 additional order picking robots from the German start-up Magazino, increasing its fleet to 57 units. The German online fashion retailer, which has invested in Magazino, initially bought two of the robots called Toru in 2018, before increasing the fleet by six units in 2019 and a ...
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ArticleBoohoo issues profit warning as H1 sales slump, product returns increase
Boohoo has issued a profit and sales warning after a 10 percent fall in first-half revenues driven by the cost-of-living crisis. The fast-fashion online retailer, whose brands include Pretty Little Thing and Nasty Gal, said revenues fell to £882million (€986.7m) in the six months to Aug. 31 and forecast annual ...
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Sales of Russian e-tailers surge
Russian online marketplaces are continuing to enjoy a surge in sales. Wildberries, Ozon, AliExpress Russia, SberMegaMarket and Yandex.Market jointly processed 400 million orders in the second quarter of 2022, up by 80 percent year-over-year. In value, turnover hit an all-time quarterly high of 500 billion rubles (€8.2bn), Moscow-based analytical agency ...
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ArticleSecondhand online marketplaces on the rise
Cross-border marketplaces are developing fast, and the C2C trend is one of the drivers.
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Alibaba’s Tmall Luxury Pavilion enhances metaverse experience
Tmall Luxury Pavilion, the Alibaba luxury shopping platform, introduced a so-called Meta Pass and hosted an augmented reality fashion show in Shanghai. As Alibaba reported, Luxury executives tried on AR glasses, held a virtual item (such as a digital luxury bag), and placed it in a gift box. When they ...
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ArticleGörtz and Surf4Shoes file for bankruptcy amid uncertainty, soaring inflation
Görtz and Surf4Shoes are among the latest companies caught in a wave of bankruptcies that appears to be gathering pace in Germany. Heightened consumer uncertainty, sky-rocketing inflation and rising energy prices are seen as the main destabilizing factors, as the war in Ukraine rages and the European Union’s sanctions against ...
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ArticleHotter Shoes lifts sales but notes pressure on consumer spending
Hotter Shoes’ owner, Unbound Group, reported higher half-year sales and margins driven by strong demand, despite the tougher economic outlook. Unbound, formerly known as Electra Private Equity, said revenues rose to £27.6 million (€31.60m) from £25.0 million, driven by its multi-channel sales model. It posted a pre-tax loss of £2.14 ...
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Instagram makes changes to its e-commerce options
Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has announced another change to Instagram’s e-commerce options. According to an internal memo quoted by The Information, it plans to remove the platform’s “Shopping” page due to “shifts in company priorities.” Instagram plans to pivot toward a less personalized version of the ...
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ArticleAsos cuts FY guidance on weak August sales
Asos has cut its guidance for the full year ended on Aug. 31 as sales slowed down in August. However, it noted that sales, adjusted pre-tax profit and net debt are anticipated to be within the range of financial analysts’ expectations. According to a consensus compiled by the British fashion ...
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Apple now competes with Google, Meta in digital advertising
Apple is making strides in advertising adoption and is now competing with Google and Meta, according to a report released by appsumer. Apple Search Ads (ASA) has “joined the duopoly of Meta and Google at the top table of advertiser adoption as it grew adoption nearly four percentage points YoY ...
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ArticleAlibaba unit Lazada to enter the European market
Alibaba’s unit Lazada plans to enter the European market and take on its online rivals such as Amazon and Zalando. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Lazada’s CEO, James Dong, highlighted that Europe is a “very big market” and that ”for most of the European brands, their largest retail partner ...
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ArticleHow a Serbian shoemaker is benefiting from Russia’s need for new suppliers
The huge exodus of Western brands out of Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 24, has created a void benefiting to companies from countries non abiding to Western sanctions. Thanks to tight historical and cultural ties, Serbia continues to trade with Russia, even though the country has ...
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Ferragamo partners with Farfetch
Salvatore Ferragamo has entered into a partnership with Farfetch as part of its plan to widen its audience and engage with younger consumers. The commercial agreement will enable Ferragamo to benefit from a global audience through Farfetch Marketplace and benefit from the services of Farfetch Media Solutions. Marco Gobbetti, Ferragamo’s ...
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Rebag expands into shoes
The luxury re-commerce platform Rebag is expanding into two new categories, shoes and apparel. The company said that the move will enable it to offer ”all luxury accessories for both men and women.” Rebag will buy and sell shoes, including sandals, sneakers, heels, boots, and loafers, as well as select ...
