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2 Mar

Wakanda Eternally’ Lead Hairstylist, Camille Friend, Talks Showcasing Black

When the time to start filming for “Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally” rolled around in 2020, the very first thing director Ryan Coogler did was take the film’s solid and crew to go to Chadwick Boseman’s gravesite.  “Something magical happened there,” said Camille Friend, lead hairstylist for the “Black Panther” film series. “We got to wish and dance and sing, there have been drummers — I feel that moment healed everybody’s heart and allowed us to be like, ‘OK, we’re going to make ‘Wakanda Eternally’ — we’re going to do that for Chadwick.’” Boseman, who passed away in August 2020 resulting from stage-four colon cancer, played the titular role of the Black Panther, or T’Challah, within the series’ first film, which premiered in...
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13 Nov

Fashion, Beauty Brands Lead Race for Physical Retail Space

LONDON — People just can’t get enough of in-store shopping, especially for fashion and sweetness, in response to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest European Retail Radar report. In the primary six months of 2023, fashion brands leased essentially the most shop space in comparison with another variety of retailer. The brands accounted for greater than 40 percent of retail floor space leased across Europe by Cushman & Wakefield. The true estate services firm said it analyzed nearly 1,000 retail real estate transactions across Europe and located that nearly all of the deals were made by mass market fashion retailers. Other brands fast opening doors across the region include the French down-jacket retailer JOTT (Just Over the Top) and the U.S. sportswear retailer Lids. Fashion also accounted for...
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17 Apr

Alvin Liu to Lead Tmall Fashion, Beauty, Global and

LONDON — Tmall, Alibaba’s business-to-consumer platform that has grow to be the go-to China e-commerce partner for many luxury fashion and wonder brands, can have three leaders specializing in specific industries in a fresh round of reorganization after its announcement earlier this month that the Chinese tech and retail giant will likely be split into six business units under the Alibaba umbrella.  Alibaba confirmed with WWD that it's seeking to restructure the Taobao Tmall Business Group after fully integrating the 2 e-commerce businesses just over a yr ago. Under a latest framework, which has been arrange by Trudy Dai — who last April succeeded Daniel Zhang, chairman and chief executive officer of Alibaba, as legal representative of the company entities behind Taobao and Tmall — the Taobao Tmall Business...
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1 Apr

Recent Study Shows Millennials Will Lead Global E-Commerce Spending

In accordance with a recent study conducted by ESW, a direct-to-consumer e-commerce company, Millennials will take over because the lead global spenders this 12 months. The survey sampled 16,000 international consumers in 16 countries and located that 73 percent of Millennial shoppers plan to spend the identical or more online in 2023. The retail categories Millennials will likely be spending their money on include health and wonder, luxury, apparel and footwear and consumer electronics. In comparison with Gen Z, nearly 50 percent of Millennials say they may increase their online looking for health and wonder products. ESW’s study moreover highlights “convenience shoppers” and “power shoppers.” The e-commerce company identifies “convenience shoppers” as shoppers willing to pay full price. “Power shoppers” are defined...
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