Following the cancellation of BREAD & BUTTER for January 2015, the management of BREAD & butter GmbH & Co.KG saw itself forced to file for insolvency on 16th December 2014. On the same day, the attorney Christian Graf Brockdorff (BBL) was appointed preliminary receiver in insolvency. According to BREAD & BUTTER, having been caught up […]
After ending a 23-year relationship with Quiksilver in April this year, Kelly Slater has moved on to create his own lifestyle fashion brand, Outerknown. As we’ve written about before, Outerknown is one of those highly anticipated new brands that’s changing the course fashion for many reasons. First, while surfing is obviously at the heart of […]
On December 16, 2014, PUMA announced that Rihanna had signed a multi-year partnership with the brand starting in January, 2015 to be PUMA global ambassador for Women’s Training and serve as the PUMA Women’s Creative Director, bringing her styling sensibilities and innovation to PUMA’s collections. The same day, reports have surfaced that Kering, which also […]
While many fashion retailers are having a challenging time with changes in consumer spending and trends, H&M continues to perform well. Their recent financial report released today, December 15, 2014, for November sales include an increase by 10% compared with the same time last year. The total number of stores amounted to 3,511 on November […]
The new Olympic Agenda 2020 has been approved as of the last meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne on December 11, 2014. The two main initiatives, which are slated to start at the Tokyo Games in 2020 include the bidding process for Olympic Games which includes how the host city can account for sustainability, […]
The writing was on the wall for Mike Jeffries, CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, as the teen retailer continued to struggle to re-capture its credibility within the youth marketplace. As of today, December 9, 2014 Mike Jeffries will no longer be the CEO. Jeffries, 70, was also stripped of his chairman roll earlier in the […]
Today, December 9, 2014, Bread & Butter Managing Director, Karl-Heinz Muller, sent out a letter to officially announce that Bread & Butter in January 2015 is cancelled. It’s been a challenging couple of weeks for the European urban contemporary and streetwear trade show that first announced it would tighten down to one hall for January. […]
VF, owners of Vans, The North Face, Timberland, and Wrangler, among others, are working with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group to provide loans to 3 Bangladeshi garment factories under a new program for funding fire and building safety improvements. This is obviously a step in the right direction with transparency being a […]
Karl-Heinz Müller has stated that Bread & Butter’s January show is still as planned—the scaled back version of one hall. According to Sportswear International, in a letter from Karl-Heinz Muller released today, December 5, 2014, a letter was sent to exhibitors to reconfirm their registration as soon as possible. But that there was no guarantee […]
News just in, that Bread & Butter’s January show is now canceled. No comments yet from Karl-Heinz Muller, but just last week, he announced the show would be smaller and down to one hall. Meanwhile, some of the original Bread & Butter brands are moving to other shows. Carhartt is headed over to Bright, the […]