The coronavirus pandemic has meant all non-essential businesses have been closed since lockdown began on 23 March. It’s had a detrimental impact on fashion shops across the UK. B2B magazine, Drapers reported in-store sales have dropped 84 per cent compared to 2019, and – despite online grocery sales surging – […]
Day: June 11, 2020
What will a shopping trip to H&M look like when stores reopen?
Like many non-essential retailers across England, H&M has confirmed that stores will be reopening on 15th June. It will be welcome news for fans of the fast fashion behemoth’s affordable, trend-led clothing, especially now that the days are getting warm enough to stock up on easy sundresses and sandals. Of […]
18 Online Shopping Traps and Scams To Watch Out For
Online shopping can help you save money and access a wide variety of products, but there are downsides, too. Hackers and other online criminals are constantly trying to scam shoppers by offering fake deals and discounts. In fact, according to a recent Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker report, online purchase […]
Adaptive clothing for women and men that is stylish and functional
For a very long time, the fashion industry left people with disabilities behind. The few clothing options available were shapeless, drab and closer to hospital garb than anything that could come off a New York runway. “There’s been this stereotype that we can’t take care of ourselves, which means we […]
Fashion’s Big Lifestyle Push
Click here to read the full article. LONDON — Fashion has always flirted with homeware, but COVID-19, an accelerator for many industry trends, has pushed the category to new heights. Lockdown has forced some fashion diehards to swap their outfit-of-the-day photos for interior-of-the-day ones, filling their homes with fantastical tablescapes, Gucci […]
Why new quarantine rules are ‘disastrous’ for the West End
With nonessential retailers now given the green light by the Government to reopen on Monday June 15, one of the UK’s most famous shopping destinations is on the final countdown to getting back to business. In the West End – which incorporates Oxford Street, Regent Street, Bond Street – around […]
These Brands Are Offering Up Pride Fashion With A Capital P
Last year’s Pride celebration marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, culminating in worldwide marches, parades, demonstrations, and weekend-long celebrations. This year, however, with protests prompted by the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and more Black people at the hands of the police, and stay-at-home orders still in […]
Inditex invests in technology to merge online with in-store shopping
Health CBC Twenty-two doctors from outside New Brunswick have worked for the Vitalité Health Network since the COVID-19 pandemic began without fully self-isolating for 14 days after travelling, says president and CEO Gilles Lanteigne.Almost all of the doctors, known as locums, who fill in on a temporary basis, have worked in the northern part […]
crisis puts the brakes on fast fashion
Zara, H&M and Gap may be slowly reopening their stores but the coronavirus epidemic has had a devastating financial impact on the fast fashion sector, which needs a radical overhaul if it is to recover, experts say. Nearly 40 percent of businesses in the sector are expecting the impact to […]