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Zalando Reports Positive Start to 2019, But Doubts Linger
The German fashion e-commerce giant celebrated an increase in revenues, customers and partners in the first…
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The German apparel group confirmed its guidance for full-year 2019.
German Government Plans to Force Textile Sector Into Sustainable Supply Chains
Voluntary codes of conduct have not been enough, so now Germany is following France and the U.K. in trying to…
The German Start-up Turning Consumers’ Rags Into Designers’ Riches
A young Berlin-based software company has ambitious plans to change the world, by connecting European garment…
H&M Subsidiary to Start Trialing Secondhand Sales Next Week
A six-month collaboration between & Other Stories and a Swedish secondhand platform has ramifications for the…
Rick Owens Furniture Finally Comes to Germany
High-end Berlin retailer Andreas Murkudis will turn much of his unique central city outlet over to Rick Owens…
STREET SIGNS: Is Berlin the ‘Truest’ Streetwear Capital?
Designers and retailers see the potential to exalt the grittier, casual side of the city's fashion scene.
At H&M’s Berlin Conference, Sustainability Meets AI, Algae and Rollerblades
Swedish fashion chain Hennes & Mauritz showed off high-tech and sustainability projects in Berlin, and also…
German Retail Giant Plans World-First With Sustainability Bond Issue
Up until now, it has been mostly banks, governments and utilities issuing bonds on the financial markets to…
Street Signs: The New Underground: Arab-Influenced Streetwear in Europe’s Fashion Capital
A Paris-based label is subverting Middle Eastern stereotypes, styles and motifs to make a fresh statement on…
Signa Group Unveil Plans for Retail Project in Berlin
The 450 million-euro project flies in the face of retail trends that have seen department stores shrinking or…
Kering, PVH, Zalando in Organic Cotton Project
A European project using blockchain technology wants to help find an answer to organic cotton's "integrity…
EXPERIENCE MATTERS: Hamburg’s Bonprix Takes Retail Tech to a New Zenith
The German fashion e-tailer's pilot store blends technology with real-life shopping.
Gerry Weber Files for Insolvency as Apparel Sales in Germany Weaken
One of the country's biggest middle-market brands, it faces a host of challenges.
Germany’s Fashion Industry at Crossroads
Berlin Fashion Week was a testament to the German fashion industry's search for direction.