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With pay gaps widening and department stores having rental platforms, to fashion brands developing alternative textiles for their luxury goods to help the environment, discover this and more on the latest topics in retail & design.

Pay gap in UK between bosses and workers likely to widen in 2022

FTSE 350 chief executives are expected to collect 63 times the average median pay of workers at their companies , according to the High Pay Centre thinktank, which campaigns for fairer pay structures.

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Liberty London speed up online product launches using software robots from Future Workforce

Liberty and Future Workforce will use UiPath software robotics tools to automate business-critical tasks across the digital and trade teams. This will allow the e-commerce teams to launch products on the website faster than ever.

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Next generation leather is disrupting the textiles industry

Leather goods have long been a key profit driver for fashion and luxury houses and worldwide demand for leather goods such as handbags is only set to grow. 

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John Lewis signs new deal with kidswear rental platform

John Lewis has launched a capsule collection of baby and childrenswear which are available to rent from kidswear rental platform, Thelittleloop. The collection, which includes 51 staple products from its spring/summer 22 John Lewis label, is available to rent as part of a trial.

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The Range partners with Ideal World to reinvent TV shopping through live shoppable content

The Range and Ideal World TV are partnering to launch The Range TV, a new live-shopping initiative. The retailer-shopping-channel partnership will see The Range livestream product demos from Ideal World’s TV studios on social media channels such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, as well as live TV.

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