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1 week ago | 
theindustry.fashion | Tom Bottomley
Womenswear brand Monika the Label is relaunching today, 19 June, with a new brand identity and accompanying campaign. After a year of "quietly rebuilding her label, and her life", founder Monika Young is reintroducing Monika the Label with "a renewed sense of clarity, emotion, intention and a new visual identity".
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1 week ago | 
theindustry.fashion | Tom Bottomley
British menswear brand Charles Tyrwhitt is gearing to open its 40th UK store on 27 June at Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex, with "several new store openings planned in the coming months". The new 1,200 sq ft Lakeside store will offer a curated range of formal tailoring, "smart-casual staples", knitwear and accessories.
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1 week ago | 
theindustry.fashion | Tom Bottomley
Italian sportswear brand Macron, which significantly raised its UK profile by kitting out Crystal Palace – who beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley in May - as well as recently adding Gloucester Rugby to its sponsorship roster, is fast becoming a serious challenger to the likes of Adidas and Nike in the UK sports kit market.
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1 week ago | 
theindustry.beauty | Tom Bottomley
ASOS has appointed Aaron Izzard as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Director, succeeding Dave Murray, who is stepping down "to pursue other opportunities". Izzard was most recently Director of Group Finance at ASOS and brings more than two decades of experience in senior finance roles across the retail and e-commerce industry. He will begin his new role on 1 July 2025. Murray will remain with the company for a short handover period.
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1 week ago | 
theindustry.fashion | Tom Bottomley
ASOS has appointed Aaron Izzard as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Director, succeeding Dave Murray, who is stepping down "to pursue other opportunities". Izzard was most recently Director of Group Finance at ASOS and brings more than two decades of experience in senior finance roles across the retail and e-commerce industry. He will begin his new role on 1 July 2025.
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1 week ago | 
theindustry.fashion | Tom Bottomley
British shirtmaker and menswear brand TM Lewin is planning a raft of new UK store openings, following its return to the high street in early April 2025 with a store at 44 Bow Lane in the City of London. That came five years after TM Lewin closed its entire estate of 150 stores as the pandemic struck in 2020 and it fell into administration. It then fell into administration again before a successful digital relaunch in 2022.
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1 week ago | 
theindustry.fashion | Tom Bottomley
Renault CEO Luca de Meo is stepping down to pursue new challenges outside the automotive industry and is rumoured to become the new CEO of luxury fashion group Kering, according to newspaper Le Figaro. Shares in Kering, which owns brands like Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga, reportedly gained around 5% on trading platform Tradegate in wake of the news, while Renault shares fell around 3%.
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1 week ago | 
theindustry.fashion | Tom Bottomley
Crocs will be opening a 1,456 sq ft store at the London Designer Outlet (LDO) in Wembley later this year. The new outlet store will feature Crocs’ extensive range of products for adults and kids, including its iconic clogs, sandals and "more on-trend" styles. The store will also feature a wide variety of Jibbitz charms for personalisation opportunities.
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2 weeks ago | 
theindustry.fashion | Tom Bottomley
Californian quiet luxury brand Vince has opened a two-storey 2,300 sq ft flagship store at 87 Marylebone High Street in London. It marks Vince’s 44th store worldwide, and its second outpost in London – its first being a 1,400 sq ft boutique on Chelsea’s Draycott Avenue, which opened its doors in 2019.
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2 weeks ago | 
theindustry.fashion | Tom Bottomley
Net-a-Porter has announced key new appointments to its leadership team, following the luxury fashion destination’s acquisition by Mytheresa in April 2025, and the forming of the new LuxExperience group. Heather Kaminetsky comes in as the new CEO of Net-a-Porter, responsible for defining and driving a re-energised customer proposition. Kaminetsky joined Mytheresa in 2021 as President North America and helped to drive "tremendous growth" in the US and Canada.
