With a long trajectory on his back as area manager for several retail companies, Álvarez has worked for many years now as retail consultant. He defines himself as storeologist and has recently published his book ‘Retail thinking’.
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Consumption evolves towards a more digitalised, online and technological environment. Nevertheless, besides adding these new tools, points of sale will have to be reshaped in order to answer to the demands of consumers.
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Amazon, L’Óreal and LVMH are some of the companies that appear too in FutureBrand’s last ranking, occupying the positions number 21, 56 and 70 respectively.
Atwood ensures that the future of industry is based on sustainability, expected both by consumers and investors.
The general manager of Spanish luxury hub Puerto Banús sustains that there is still room for a bigger development of luxury market in the country.
The Spanish port, one of the districts with a higher purchasing ticket in the country, has created the first sales department to attract more brands.
With Desigual’s collaboration, Modaes.es analyses for a third consecutive year the ten global trends that transform fashion business in the report Global Fashion Drivers, presented yesterday in Barcelona.
Digitalisation advancements will allow companies to offer new sales opportunities, according to a new report by market research firm Euromonitor.
Fast Retailing’s chairman explained that this region, home to four billion people, “is the engine of the world and I’m assuming this is the biggest trend.”
The French group, owner of brands like Gucci and Balenciaga, takes a step forward in sustainability and will control the cotton supply chain used by all its brands for product manufacturing.
The chief innovation officer of this Spanish institution, which is a business school, a headhunter and a coworking space, believes that to be innovative, companies can’t just appoint a digital director.
Fast fashion has reduced the industry timings. In just two weeks, mass market retailers are able to design a collection, manufacture and distribute it without going through intermediaries.
The largest encounter for fashion industry professionals in Southern Europe will be held once again in Barcelona’s Teatre Nacional de Catalunya. Last year, the event gathered over 850 people from across the industry.
The group has introduced this morning in Barcelona the five finalists to join Tenkan-Ten, the company’s accelerator program for growth stage startups, which was announced last March.
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