Uniqlo.com’s US launch, Coach rebounds, Puma profits slump, Pinault’s POV, Nicola Formichetti

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Uniqlo.com screen shot | Source: Uniqlo.com

Uniqlo.com to the Rescue of Middle America (Business Week) “Uniqlo, the Japanese clothes giant, launched an online shopping site in the U.S. this week. This may not seem like important news to many, but to a certain American consumer—think very well-dressed, without much money, and living between the coasts—it is like a food drop from a Marshall Plan plane in 1940s Berlin.” Coach bags an earnings rebound (FT)

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Amazon mantra, Stake in Osklen sold, Burberry confirms slowdown, Uniqlo’s fight, The Shot

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Amazon screen shot | Source: Amazon.co.uk

Fashion tests Amazon mantra of low prices (FT) “Amazon’s well-drilled executives can usually be relied on to repeat the company’s mantra of eliminating costs and waste to offer consumers lower prices. Cathy Beaudoin gets to be different… So instead, in a striking departure from Amazon’s usual talking points, she says: ‘Price is not really a differentiation for us … We maintain the pricing integrity that our

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Clothing the world, Service with a smile, Berluti in London, Donatella Versace, What’s in a name?

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Tadashi Yanai by Eric Chung | Source: WSJ Magazine

This Man Wants to Clothe the Planet (WSJ Magazine) “Yanai is refreshingly open about his goals these days: making Uniqlo the number-one apparel retailer in the world. His target—$50 billion in yearly revenue by 2020—will require whiplash gains above Uniqlo’s current revenue of $12 billion, driving the company ahead of front-runners Inditex.” Service with a smile, J. Crew CEO Drexler says customers should expect it

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Vintage couture, Winning with Weibo, Myntra money, Uniqlo’s mass pinning, Viva Fashion

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Thom Browne Spring 2013 | Source: Glamour Goddess

Vintage for Today? (IHT) “‘New vintage — for today,’ said Mr. Lagerfeld, referring to a flow of high-waisted, wide pants that might have come from hazy photographs of a mademoiselle in Deauville but were, in fact, invented in one of the designer’s gouache drawings” Fashion Industry Aims To Corner the Chinese Market With Weibo (Fashionista) “If you’ve heard of Weibo, you’ve probably heard it described

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Luxury brand hotels, Zara’s speedy secret, Uniqlo ambition, Ideeli investment, Game time

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Aldo Shoe Paradise Screenshot | Source: Aldo

Hautel Check-In: Luxury Labels Extend Brands to Hotels (Brand Channel) “The U.S. economy is sputtering, and the European continent isn’t looking very bullish at the moment. But none of this seems to be terribly concerning to the luxury hotel market. There has been a spate of recent openings — hotel extensions of luxury brands — to prove it.” Polka Dots Are In? Polka Dots It Is! (Slate) “If you’ve ever

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