October 24, 2011

Sixty Group names Michel Lhoste as general manager

Michel Lhoste is the new general manager of Italian Sixty Group. He is going to strengthen the international presence of the group and its brands Miss Sixty, Energie, Killah, Murphy & Nye and Refrigiwear.

Michel Lhoste (photo by DR)

Prior to this, Michel Lhoste has held positions at Slowear, Salvatore Ferragamo, Mantero, Rémy Cointreau, L'Oréal and Clarins. He also served as general manager of Clothing Company (Belstaff) from June 2010 to July 2011 and as commercial director of Fashion Box Industries from June 2009 to June 2010.

By Elena Passeri

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2/13/12
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...around sixty exhibitors from China, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, as well as Europe with Italy and Portugal represented. Launched in September, the show dedicated to clothing and accessories will be dedicated in larger...
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1/16/12
More shoppers open to giving personal info: survey
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12/13/11
S.Koreans go mass-market, online for luxury goods
...Sixty years ago, war-torn South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world. Now it is the world's 13th largest economy and a magnet for luxury goods, prying open the wallets of its wealthy people as...
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12/3/11
Pop-up shopping centre Boxpark opens in London
...rent. The sixty containers of 12 X 2.3 metres, which have been adapted in order to look like boutiques from the inside, can be easily adjustable and moved around. Besides retail outlets, the site also contains art...
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10/17/11
New Look opens its e-commerce site to other brands
...such as Miss Sixty, Energy, Gola, Firetrap and even Calvin Klein socks for men. Lee’s denim pieces will also be added to the e-store next week. New Look's e-store Each brand will offer from just a few to up...
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9/22/11
Gaspard Yurkievich works for Sebago
...France and sixty multibrands that meet our criteria."
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9/14/11
Who’s Next and Première Classe see a decline in...
... fair Sixty Days, organised together with Eurovet, saw a total of 3,000 visitors present at its launch edition held at the Porte de Versailles. In spite of all the criticism it received, organisers have said that...
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9/7/11
Sixty Days: back to the drawing board
...As Sixty Days closed the doors of its first-ever edition, participants and organisers reflected on the disappointing launch of the new Parisian fast-fashion trade show.
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9/6/11
Xavier Clergerie and Bertrand Foäche talk about the creation of...
... fair Sixty Days in the midst of all of this? XCBF: We'll see. Sixty Days has only just had its first-ever edition. We are going to talk to Eurovet, who are organising Sixty Days with us, to discuss where we...
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7/19/11
Fila trusts Marzio Coizzi with European market
...company from Miss Sixty Footwear, will supervise the brand’s development in the zone, which was put in the hands of partners in June.
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7/18/11
Pure launches new 'close-to-season' show
...concept Sixty Days, a Parisian trade fair organised by Who's Next (WSN) and Eurovet for the first time this September. Pure Close to Season, held the following month in October, has been created in order to...
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5/31/11
Xavier Clergerie: “We want to build an international platform...
...Eurovet and Sixty Days fit into all this? Are you still going forward with it? Xavier Clergerie: Well, I am not the only one making these decisions since we are partners with Eurovet. This is a separate concept...
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5/9/11
Clothing firms 'sexualise' pre-teen girls
...sexiness. Sixty-nine percent of the clothing assessed in the study had only child-like characteristics. Four percent had only sexualising characteristics, while 25 percent had both sexualising and childlike...
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4/21/11
Chinese shoemakers eye EU high-end market
... like Sixty, Camel, and Wortmann, have shown great interest in cooperating with Aokang," Li said. "We want to focus on some orders with high standards, otherwise, the export of our products will...
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4/11/11
Wal-Mart sharpens low-price focus
...costs. Sixty percent of Americans have changed their behavior in response to soaring gasoline prices, while 48 percent made changes due to higher food costs, according to a recent survey from the American...
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4/8/11
Gant relaunches the classic Yale Co-op shirt
...students Sixty years ago, Gant was mainly a shirt manufacturer for American university students. The company even operated a boutique inside Yale University in New York, but time had somewhat erased this heritage....
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4/1/11
Fast Retailing: Uniqlo store March sales fall 10.5%
...hundred and sixty stores were forced to close after the March 11 disaster with 14 still shuttered at the end of the month, the company said in a statement. Although there were fewer people in its stores, the...
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11/4/10
Calvin Klein launches make-up with Coty
...Guess, Miss Sixty ...) Coty, which also owns Calvin Klein perfumes, strengthens its partnership with the brand by announcing the development and commercialisation in 2012 of a complete line of makeup. "Calvin...
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10/18/10
Clariant relocates to Asia
...about sixty sales and marketing people. Original by Matthieu Guinebault. Translated by Rosie Hart
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