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Fashion sector struggles to adjust to life under coronavirus
Some stores in Europe begin to reopen with safety protocols, but textile sector expects to lose 37% of annual turnover due to health crisis
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Number of firms planning temporary lay-offs continues to shoot up
More than 210,000 jobs at stake, the vast majority of which are in the Barcelona area
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Fashion retailer Desigual replaces its CEO Manel Jadraque with President Thomas Meyer
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Desigual, one of the highlights of 080 Barcelona Fashion Week
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Barcelona is ready for 4 days of fresh talent and style at the annual 080 Autumn/Winter Fashion Week
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Barcelona-based Desigual launches its own stores in Mexico and Canada
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Barcelona-based fashion company Desigual increases profit by 50% in the first half of the year
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Barcelona fashion company Desigual increased profit by 70% in 2013
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The Born Cultural Centre, catwalk for the 2014 edition of the 080 Barcelona Fashion Week
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Clothing company Desigual unveils its new world headquarters on Barcelona’s seafront
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Multi-million euro support for internationalisation of Catalan fashion label Desigual
The fashion label Desigual based in Barcelona has obtained a €200 million line of credit from different banks. This financial support will be used to finance international expansion as well as plans for a new logistical centre in Vilamoura (Barcelona). Leading this investment is the Catalan bank CaixaBank, mostly owned by La Caixa. Under the slogan “Desigual – It’s not the same” the label wants to focus on continual improvements, innovation, engagement, tolerance, positivism and fun. Within this slogan now Desigual is trying to attain a more international status, enlarging its current team of 2,900 people from 72 different nationalities.
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080 Barcelona Fashion turned the Catalan capital into top design catwalk
From the 28th to the 31st of January, Barcelona became the capital of the fashion world as the eleventh edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion took place in the brand new DHUB building, the city’s new museum and professional centre for design. For four days, companies, independent designers and young fashion promises met on the Barcelonan catwalk.
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Old tanneries became fashion stores in Igualada, Central Catalonia
In Igualada, some 50 km west of Barcelona (in Central Catalonia), the neighbourhood called Rec is characterised by its old tanneries and textile factories which were forgotten after years of great activity. Now, the organisers of ‘Rec Stores’ have transformed these spaces into fashion shops. For three days, brands such as Sita Murt, Custo Barcelona and Desigual have sold their latest fashion clothes and accessories. One of the organisers, Jordi Ribaudí, explained that the objective of ‘Rec Stores’ is to “unveil the neighbourhood, giving life to it and structuring it as a part of the city”.