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From New York Fashion Week and showrooms to the National History Museums filled with homeware collections and vegan range approved sofas, discover this and more with the retail industry's need-to-know headlines this week.

 

DFS launches 100% vegan range approved by PETA

DFS has launched DFS Vegan, a new range of upholstery that is both 100% animal free and approved by PETA, the charity dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals.

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New York Fashion Week show staged with 7-foot-tall holographic models

Designer Maisie Schloss' digitally-crafted psychedelic prints and chic cyber-inspired partywear feel right at home within a fashion industry that is looking towards the possibilities of a virtual future. During New York Fashion Week, she leant into this digital fantasy, presenting her latest collection for her label Maisie Wilen on 7-foot-tall holographic models.

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What are the metrics of store performance today?

Retailers including Kick Game, Gymshark and Dr Martens are using factors such as the "halo effect" to calculate the return on investment of physical stores.

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Dunelm teams up with Natural History Museum for homewares collection

Dunelm has launched a homewares collection with the Natural History Museum celebrating the natural world. The new collection, which went on sale today, includes furniture, soft furnishings, wallpaper, bedding, upholstery and home accessories, and has been inspired by everything from the museum’s famous architecture to its exhibitions, from botany and palaeontology.

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Nottingham brand enters London market with dedicated showroom

Contemporary menswear brand Universal Works has launched its first dedicated showroom in London’s Camden Town as part of its rapid growth.

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Floral knitwear that’s perfect for updating your cold weather kit

Now that the moths have nibbled their way through the best of your cashmere, and the remainders of your knitwear arsenal are threadbare to say the least, it’s high time we turned our attention to investments of the knitted variety.

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