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We Wear Australian, an initiative created by Showroom X, is activating at New York Fashion Week with an immersive retail activation on 7 February. We Wear Australians first international showroom is designed to not only expose Australian brands to consumers abroad but also international retail and wholesale accounts.
Del Amo in Los Angeles and Fashion Valley in San Diego. Photo: Zach Benson And this is just the beginning, with five additional locations already in development across North America for early 2025 (in markets including Miami, Houston and New York), and 50 stores planned for the region in total. Following the opening of its first U.S.
Active and lifestyle fashion brand Fabletics is expanding into Mexico through a partnership with Liverpool , an omnichannel retail group that has more than 177 years of operating experience in the country.
BJ’s Wholesale Club is testing out a smaller store format called BJ’s market. BJ’s market will serve as an exciting new innovation lab for BJ’s Wholesale Club,” said Bill Werner, EVP, Strategy and Development at BJ’s Wholesale Club in a statement. “We The first 43,000 -square-foot concept store opened in Warwick, R.I.
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Australian footwear brand Frankie4 will establish its first flagship store in the US in September and is expanding its wholesale agreement with Nordstrom and J. This will be a permanent location, following the success of its Bellevue Square pop-up facility, which opened this past April.
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Located in the heart of the Meatpacking District, the Hudson Street location features a clean lily white backdrop and lily green accents that combine to create an inviting yet elegant atmosphere. Lilysilk , a sustainable specialty brand of silk products, has opened its first concept store in New York City.
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The location will serve as the new U.S. in addition to more than 250 single-brand and franchised stores globally, and approximately 1,500 wholesale sales outlets. PINKO , known for its prêt-à-porter collections for women, is planning a U.S. expansion and has signed a lease for a three-level retail space in New York’s SoHo district.
Starting with a single sneaker launch in 2014, the brand has expanded into other retail categories, including outerwear, streetwear and accessories to become a lifestyle brand for all ages — from children barely old enough to pronounce the name of the business to veteran fashion consumers.
The fashion retailer – which sells more than 100 ‘trend-led’ apparel, footwear and accessories brands including Champion, Perfect Stranger, Tommy Jeans, Thrills, and Wrangler – forecasts annual group sales to rise 9.7 per cent, followed by Cheap Thrills Cycle wholesales at 5.4 per cent from last year to $288.5
Inside Retail : Cue is one of Australia’s longest-standing fashion brands and it has such a rich history. Upon arriving home and sensing a gap for youth-driven fashion in the market, he decided to capitalise on that and started printing The Beatles t-shirts for the group’s fan club in Australia.
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Thailands mashup of Smiggle, Daiso and Miniso now has a foothold in 158 locations in 59 of Thailands 76 provinces plus Greater Bangkok. Indeed, 2025s business plan includes piloting large-format stores in such locations. million baht ($3.5 million), up a shade under 30 per cent from the third quarter in 2023.
Australian fashion brand Aje has committed to further international expansion, potentially including a dedicated bricks-and-mortar presence in the United States, after spending the last year and half focusing heavily on its international retail partners. Beyond the US. The US isn’t the only overseas market the business is focusing on.
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The British-born fashion brand has been dressing celebrities and 1 per cent shoppers, ranging from David Bowie and Jenna Ortega, for the past 54 years. After starting with a single, quaint location in Nottingham, England, in 1970, Paul Smith now has 130 stores in over 60 countries. DP: Well, we have Sir Paul himself.
Her most recent job was as SVP of Global Merchandising and Strategic Partnerships at The Children’s Place , where she was responsible for creating and delivering product strategies for all brands across multiple channels of distribution, as well as leading operations for the wholesale and international franchise businesses from 2014 to 2023.
With a strong focus on sustainability, Robin Valley is known for its crafted wooden fashion jewellery, designing and selling earrings, necklaces, key chains and more. The business now supplies over 100 well known retailers, including the English Heritage, National Trust, WWF-UK, Sealife Centres, and Science Museum Group.
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G-III Apparel Group is expanding its global footprint with the purchase of the remaining 81% interest in Karl Lagerfeld that would make the apparel design, sourcing and manufacturing firm sole owner of the luxury fashion house. The brand also includes a wholesale distribution network in the U.S., Vince Camuto , Levi’s and Dockers.
Since its launch in 2015, Vuori has grown to serve customers across 18 countries through a growing network of brick-and-mortar locations and a robust ecosystem of distributors. We also use qualitative feedback to learn — for example, store notes with people visiting a wholesale door, learning about us and then shopping with us in retail.”
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Started on a whim in 1999, Ksubi has grown into a globally recognised fashion brand worn by the likes of Kendall Jenner and Travis Scott. They had the licence for an eyewear company called Blind, and they took a stall at Sydney Fashion Week in 1999. The founders didn’t follow the traditional fashion trends. Ksubi CEO Craig King.
American fashion brand Brooks Brothers has relaunched in the Australian market with its new Autumn/ Winter 2023 collection. With the relaunch of the brand this year, Brooks Brothers has introduced a new Australian dedicated e-commerce website and will develop a strategic wholesale relationship with David Jones.
The lingerie and sleepwear brand is also set to expand its wholesale offering. After flourishing on social media, with influencers sharing the product, the brand focused on developing its online and wholesale channels. From pop-ups to a permanent location.
After 10 years of building its brand through retailers like David Jones and The Iconic, Australian women’s fashion label Nude Lucy is going direct-to-consumer with the launch of its own bricks-and-mortar stores and further investment in its online business. Wholesale still a big part of the business. From t-shirts to a total offer.
Inditex The world’s largest listed fashion retailer was founded in 1985 in Spain by Amancio Ortega as a holding company for the Zara brand and its manufacturing plants. C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC The US-based supply chain solutions provider and wholesale grocery supplier was founded in 1918.
Intricate family ties have shaped this company throughout its eight decades in business and continue to drive the direction of Naot today, along with these basic tenets: Sustainable sourcing and manufacturing (Naot shoes are still completely handmade, with 50 people working on each pair); An unwavering focus on comfort through a fashion lens ; and.
The cost base of the stores is reasonably high because most are located in premium malls where rental costs are high.”. The company told Reuters that the closure dates of the stores will vary based on the store locations but customers will be notified by in-store signage. This move does not signal an end to Amazon’s store ambitions.
Co-founded by longtime friends Nyakio Grieco and Patrick Herning, the CEO of plus-sized fashion brand 11 Honor, the idea for the business came about during the height of the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement. Thirteen Lune is an e-commerce platform that sells beauty products from primarily Black-owned brands.
Doubling down on stores: Like many executives helming omnichannel businesses, Louvet emphasized the continued importance of physical locations. Assessing wholesale partnerships: As with many brands, wholesale partnerships play an important role in Ralph Lauren’s growth strategy. But we’ve seen that isn’t sustainable.”
In recent months, Spanish fashion brand Mango has been hitting the accelerator on its international bricks-and-mortar presence. We began the expansion plan in 2022 with the opening of the Mango flagship store located at 711 Fifth Avenue in New York. IR : In your opinion, what sets Mango apart from other brands in the fashion industry?
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As the head of retail at Hype DC, The Trybe and Subtype, Bronson has landed flat on her feet after leading teams in some of Australia’s biggest women’s fashion brands from Sportsgirl to Sussan. This involved a redesign of store fit-outs for both existing and new locations, and then Covid-19 hit. I thought, why the hell not?
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Kizik has generated over US$100 million in sales after experiencing over 250 per cent growth year-over-year in 2022, thanks to online sales growth and increased exposure through its wholesale partnerships with Nordstrom, Scheels, and Von Maur.
“Despite anticipated headwinds in the domestic wholesale market, we successfully navigated the challenges and achieved record quarterly sales in addition to a new second-quarter earnings record,” added John Vandemore, CFO of Skechers. The company says it will achieve sales between US$1.95 billion and $2.0 billion and $8.1
The partners came together in April 2024 with a buyout offer for the fashion retailer — which includes the Express , Bonobos and UpWest brands — following Express’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Bonobos’ wholesale operations also continue uninterrupted. now has a name: Phoenix Retail. according to Bloomberg. .”
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