Shop Closures and Job Losses: Debenhams Is Purchased By Boohoo
The online fashion retailer Boohoo has purchased the Debenhams brand and website for £55m. However, the agreed deal will still put up to 12,000 jobs at risk— with Boohoo stipulating that they only wanted the labels, not the Debenhams high street units. This poses yet another threat to the survival of traditional bricks-and-mortar retail in the UK. At Fashion Roundtable we are incredibly concerned to hear of the continued loss of fashion retail jobs—an unemployment situation that will disproportionately affect women due to the higher number female retail workers.
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Brexit & Fashion: An Open Letter to the UK Government
We are currently collating names of signatories for our open letter to the Government regarding Brexit and the UK fashion industry. Please sign by emailing Sarah at Fashion Roundtable with confirmation of your name and job title.
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Government Resources: GB-NI Trade; Road Haulage; Trade Sanctions
The latest information and updates for your businesses or members and supply chains including hauliers. The resources cover: GB-NI trade, International Road Haulage and Rest of World trade: Sanctions.
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Sojo: The New Deliveroo-style App For Clothing Alterations And Repairs
Sojo is on a mission to help make our relationship with fashion more sustainable by ensuring that getting our clothes altered or repaired is a hassle-free process. Deliveroo but make it fashion.
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Fashion Week Has Changed Beyond Recognition. What Next?
Last season, we saw Fashion Week embrace a new normal— cutting down on jet setting emissions, nearly eliminating the front row, or using deadstock material. Many brands even pulled out of Fashion Week altogether. The circus that Fashion Week became is now a digital offering that is helping to nudge fashion toward a more sustainable and equitable future.
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Fashion Roundtable Unites the Industry
Join Fashion Roundtable as we unite the sector during these troubling and challenging times.
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HMRC Support Information; Northern Ireland; Non-EU Trade
Contact information for the support provided by HMRC.
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Podcast: The First Lady of Fashion Activism Katharine Hamnett CBE
Fashion Roundtable's Tamara Cincik in conversation with the iconic Katharine Hamnett CBE - the First Lady of fashion activism and a loyal supporter of Fashion Roundtable. In this episode, Hamnett and Cincik talk about everything from Brexit to sustainability.
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State of Play: Is This The End Of Retail As We Know It?
According to the Centre for Retail Research an estimated 180,000 retail jobs were lost in the UK in 2020. As retailers continue to face rent-charges and a cash-flow crisis, 200,000 more jobs are also in jeopardy as we enter 2021. This has been accelerated by the Arcadia Group’s administration which put thousands of jobs at risk on-the-spot, highlighting the death of the traditional high-street as we know it. It’s now fundamental for the surviving stores to provide what consumers want and need, as we learn to live in this new era.
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New Year, New You: Fashion's Narrative of Self-improvement, Wellness & Dieting
A ‘New You’ has long been synonymous with a slimmer version of yourself — one that befits fashion’s historically rigid body standards. In the last few years the fashion industry has tasked itself to become more inclusive and diverse. Changes have therefore been made when it comes to the promotion of diet culture in fashion. But is the pivot to ‘wellness’ and ‘fitness’ just the same old agenda wrapped up in a different package?
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Donate to the Emergency Designer Network
Since March 2020, the Emergency Designer Network (EDN) have been working with a team of volunteer London-based designers to produce PPE and key garments for hospitals. Fashion Roundtable alongside other groups is supporting EDN. Here’s how you can help…
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UPDATES: Northern Ireland summary links; Customs; Public Procurement Policy; Haulage/freight; Information for EU/EEA staff
Please see the below, published or updated today, of relevance to your businesses/members, supply chains, hauliers/freight forwarders, and EU/EEA nationality staff.
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The Inequality of Lockdown
Last night the Prime Minister announced another UK national lockdown. Whilst we understand this decision, we are concerned by its unequal impact on families and businesses.
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Second Hand Craft: A Kenyan Conversation
The United Kingdom sends $42 million worth of second hand items to Kenya every year, but unfortunately many of them are ending up in landfill. As Kenya attempts to open up its own manufacturing capabilities for local fashion designers, one of the greatest challenges has been the sourcing of fabrics. So what if we employed African creatives to re-fashion these unwanted clothes into new items to sell back to European markets?
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UPDATES: UK-EU AGREEMENT; Customs, VAT, NI; Goods regs; Goods movement; info for EU staff; info for EU trading partners; procurement; services; and non-EU trade
Please see below relevant updates for your businesses/members and supply chains including your EU workforce, trading partners, and hauliers.
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Fashion Giant Pierre Cardin dies at 98
Fashion Roundtable are saddened to learn that the French fashion giant Pierre Cardin has died at the age of 98.
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