Digital effect, Jaeger’s future, ASOS invests in Covetique, Pop-up revolution, Kate Phelan

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"Dog'' from Nick Knight's Photo/Paintings | Source: IHT

In a Click, a Vivid Fashion Garden (IHT) “The effects of this digital age seem to reverberate beyond computers and smartphones… In the fashion world, it may take a sophisticated designer to work those patterns of burning bright blooms into something stylish and wearable, yet the actual process is just another computer click. The floral effects are rarely just sketched, more probably manipulated. The British designer

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Week in Review | Chinese brands look West, Aquascutum’s strategic errors, Red hot founder

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Week in Review August 27-31

Global Briefing | Chinese Fashion Brands Look West (Insight & Analysis) “It’s nearly impossible to go a week without reading about international fashion brands expanding their operations in China. But what about Chinese brands targeting the West?” Op-Ed | What Went Wrong at Aquascutum? (Opinion, Insight & Analysis) “In April of this year, at a time when Burberry posted an 11 percent increase in sales,

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Op-Ed | What Went Wrong at Aquascutum?

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Aquascutum Fall 2010 Campaign | Photo: Willy Vanderperre

It was a luxury brand that dressed the military through two world wars, but seemingly couldn’t make it through the recession. Today, in a guest Op-Ed piece, fashion market intelligence provider EDITD digs into the data to try to understand where Aquascutum went wrong. LONDON, United Kingdom — In April of this year, at a time when Burberry posted an 11 percent increase in sales, fellow British heritage brand and trenchcoat maker

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Wobbles in China, Aquascutum acquisition, Tod’s up on US strength, Luxup launch, Curating cool

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Aquascutum Autumn/Winter 2012 | Source: MyDaily

Europe’s Luxury Rally Founders as China, Greece Hurt LVMH (Bloomberg) “The biggest rally in three years for luxury-goods makers in Europe is fizzling on concern slower economic growth in China and renewed euro-area political turmoil after Greece’s inconclusive election will choke off demand.” China’s YGM takes Aquascutum off the shelf (Reuters) “YGM Trading Ltd has agreed to buy Aquascutum, the failed luxury

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LVMH tops estimates, Trench warfare, Clean up in China, Debating TOMS formula, Lace’s grace

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Burberry Spring/Summer 2012 | Source: Design Scene

LVMH First-Quarter Sales Top Estimates, Defying Slowdown (Bloomberg) “LVMH, the world’s largest maker of luxury goods, reported first- quarter sales that beat analysts’ estimates as demand for its products accelerated, defying an “uncertain” European economy.” Trench warfare: Burberry vs Aquascutum (Independent) “Two of Britain’s most well-known fashion labels found themselves at rather different ends of the spectrum

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