Warby Parker grapples with profitability despite spike in 2021 revenues, active customers Warby Parker In 2021, the company increased its active customer based by 21.5% to 2.2 million year over year, with average revenue per customer increasing 13% to $246…
PrettyLittleThing launches its first ‘virtual’ model The social network-based 3D virtual world — better known as the metaverse — has been grasped whole-heartedly by PrettyLitteThing. PrettyLittleThing’s ‘Virtual Girl’ Bridging the gap between real life and fashion in the virtual world,…
WGSN owner acquires Sellics software business that aids Amazon traders UK-based specialist information and analytics company Ascential has signed an agreement to acquire German software specialist Sellics for an undisclosed sum. Reuters Sellics provides a mix of advertising spend optimisation,…
H&M Man launches ‘Essentials’ curation of star pieces H&MMan H&M Man Available from next month it will be an “ever-expanding range of perfect products that never go out of style”, we’re told. The ongoing concept pulls together “the most popular…
Puma taking orders from wholesalers, including those with Russian presence By Reuters API German sportswear maker Puma Archiv “We have started the sell-in process with our global wholesale partners for Spring/Summer 2023. Some of these partners are international groups with…
Benetton scion Alessandro takes helm of family holding company Alessandro Benetton The appointment comes as Edizione looks to turn a page following the deadly collapse in 2018 of a bridge operated by the Italian motorway unit of its Atlantia infrastructure arm.…
WhatsApp has until July to comply with EU consumer law, EU says By Reuters API Meta’s WhatsApp The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the European Network of consumer authorities said WhatsApp had not explained the changes in plain and intelligible…
Amazon and Stellantis partner to deploy smarter cars, cleaner vans By Reuters API Amazon Reuters The agreements expand Amazon’s efforts to get a bigger foothold in the transportation industry, and could help Stellantis close the gap with Tesla Inc in…
Minerva Hub, Italy’s newly created luxury production consortium Translated by Nicola Mira At a time when luxury industry giants are busy snapping up Italy’s most advanced manufacturers and workshops, and many of the sector’s highly specialized SMEs are clustering together,…
French couturier Michel Goma dies Translated by Nicola Mira French couturier Michel Goma died on April 18 2022, aged 90. He was buried on April 22 in his native village of Moncrabeau, in south-west France. Michel Goma – DR Goma…
