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NewsFrasers Group Buys Harvey Nichols. So What Happens to Its GCC Stores?
Frasers Group has bought Harvey Nichols out of a pre-pack administration, ending 35 years of Dickson Poon family ownership. The question the...
NewsThe EU De Minimis Rule Is Now Live: What UK Fashion Brands Shipping to Europe Must Do Now
The EU scrapped its €150 duty-free threshold on 1 July 2026, and every UK parcel now carries customs duty. What the change...
RetailTwo-Hour Delivery Is the Expectation: Why Fulfilment Speed Decides GCC Expansion
Ounass averages 89-minute delivery across the UAE. For fashion brands entering the GCC, fulfilment speed is not a logistics detail, it is...
MarketingOne Partner, One Plan: Why Fashion Brands Are Consolidating Agencies in 2026
Most GBP2m+ fashion and footwear brands run five or six vendors at once, and nobody owns how they perform together. Here's the...
AnnouncementsLoake Launches on Level Shoes: English Heritage Arrives in Dubai
English heritage shoemaker Loake is now live on Level Shoes, Dubai's home of luxury footwear, in a deal brokered directly by Fabrik...
AnnouncementsOliver Sweeney Launches on Ounass with Fabrik and FNAD
British footwear house Oliver Sweeney is now live on Ounass, the Middle East's leading luxury destination. A partnership between Oliver Sweeney, FashionNet...
AnnouncementsFour Brands, One Paris Showroom: Fabrik's Men's Fashion Week Debut
Oliver Sweeney, Loake, Only The Blind and Formerly Known As shared Fabrik's first Paris showroom in Le Marais, timed to Men's Fashion...
RetailThe €2 EU Handling Fee: What UK Fashion Brands Need to Know
A new per-parcel handling fee on EU-bound orders from the UK adds friction and eats into margin. Here's what it means for...
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