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International VM Awards 2018

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The International VM Awards recognise the very best examples of visual merchandising across all sectors, globally.

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Allbirds creates the world’s first zero-carbon shoe

Inside Retail

Dubbed “the world’s first zero-carbon shoe,” Mo.onShot is made from carbon-negative materials such as merino wool, sugarcane-based foam, and bioplastic eyelets manufactured from a polymer formed from converted methane. According to Allbirds, the product has a carbon footprint of 0.0

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Victoria’s Secret CEO Amy Hauk resigns as Adore Me takeover settled

Inside Retail

Hauk has led Pink since 2018 and she was named CEO of Victoria’s Secret last July. In 2021, Victoria’s Secret broke away from L Brands to form a standalone business. Hauk’s position is not expected to be replaced.

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What is an ‘everything app’ and why does Elon Musk want to make one?

Inside Retail

These mega apps are widely used in Asia because mobile is the main form of access to the internet for many people in the region, wrote Scott Galloway, a New York University professor of marketing and co-host of tech podcast “Pivot,” last year. Have other US tech companies tried this?

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Off White, Louis Vuitton artistic designer Virgil Abloh passes away

Inside Retail

In 2013, he founded Off White, and became the Men’s Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton in 2018. Abloh’s official Instagram said he had battled a rare, aggressive form of cancer known as cardiac angiosarcoma, and chose to keep his battle private.

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Five years after Shark Tank, sportswear startup ONTHEGO collapses

Inside Retail

ONTHEGO partnered with Workwear Group , a subsidiary of Wesfarmers, in 2018, with Wesfarmers taking a 5% stake in the business. The deal never actually passed the due diligence stage, but thrived in the 12-months following anyway, increasing its valuation by some 250%.

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As more jewellery brands embrace lab-grown diamonds, some fear oversupply

Inside Retail

In 2018, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shifted its definition of what could be marketed as a diamond, stating that it “is no longer accurate to define diamonds as ‘natural’ when it is now possible to create products that have essentially the same optical, physical and chemical properties as mined diamonds”.

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