Fashion

Skechers’ AI shop assistant is friendly, chatty—and watching what you wear

The physical store is not dead, but it is being reprogrammed. Skechers, the U.S. footwear company known less for fashion cachet than for functional comfort, is attempting a digital leap forward with the launch of Luna—an AI-powered retail assistant installed at its new flagship in Singapore’s Punggol Coast Mall. Described as a “personal stylist,...

7 hours ago

People

End. appoints former Trussardi and Givenchy CEO to helm

End. has announced new leadership. The Newcastle-born streetwear retailer has appointed Sebastian Suhl as its new chief executive officer. He will succeed Parker Gunderson, who stepped down from the helm position on May 1. Suhl was appointed after what the company said was a “comprehensive global search”, with his role being “unanimously...

12 hours ago

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Cindy Crawford and family invest in Vuori

Southern Californian performance lifestyle brand Vuori has announced a partnership with the Gerber-Crawford family, which will see supermodel Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber, alongside their model children Presley Gerber and Kaia Gerber become long-term collaborators of the brand. In a statement, Vuori said that the Gerber-Crawford...

13 hours ago

Fairs|REPORT

In Hong Kong, Fashion InStyle aims to make ‘Made in Asia’ rhyme with sustainability

As the global economy was disrupted by rising US tariffs, many Asian fashion players met in Hong Kong from April 27 to 30 to attend the Fashion InStyle trade show and the first edition of the Next@Fashion InStyle space. FashionUnited was on site to gauge the pulse of ‘Made in Asia’. It was crowded in late April at the huge Convention and...

16 hours ago