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TOKYO—Uniqlo said Thursday that it will be entering the Vietnamese market next fall. It is the latest of several similar announcements that the Japanese apparel retailer has made just this year, as it continues its aggressive worldwide expansion. The first Uniqlo store in Vietnam will be located in Ho Chin Minh City, and the company said it will focus on establishing its presence and brand in that region before considering expansion to other areas within the country. “Our entry into Vietnam is an exciting milestone for everyone at Uniqlo. The Southeast Asia region has been an important driver of growth for us, and we are pleased and optimistic about our opportunity to be a part of such an exciting economy and retail market,” Tadashi Yanai, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Fast Retailing, Uniqlo’s parent company, was quoted as saying in a release. “We look forward to introducing Uniqlo and our high quality, affordable LifeWear apparel in Vietnam, and to making a positi...

Beauty and pop culture are more intertwined than ever, with celebrities such as Rihanna, Jessica Alba and Kylie Jenner solidifying themselves as major players in the space. Brands are increasingly turning to celebrities for campaigns and collaborations in an effort to reach new audiences — and drive sales — and celebrities, keen on expanding their own personal brands, are game. Here, WWD highlights five female celebrities who are free agents in the beauty space. Whether they’re making waves in film or producing hit songs, the following group are the ones to watch. Lana Condor Social stats: 2.9 million on Instagram, 149,000 on Twitter Lana Condor is the star of the summer’s much-talked about teen romance film “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” Netflix’s adaptation of author Jenny Han’s 2014 novel. Condor previously played Jubilee in “X-Men: Apocalypse,” but it was her role as Lara Jean Covey in the Netflix film that has led to buzz from entertainment publications, as well as beaut...

In the last year, cannabis has popped up as a hero ingredient for many indie and natural brands, which are harnessing the plant’s extracts for its healing, nourishing and anti-inflammatory claims. Now, more mainstream brands have jumped on the bandwagon with innovations across skin and hair care that combine cannabis’ benefits with easy-to-use formats and Instagrammable packaging to attract the younger, trend-driven consumer. Here, a look at the latest cannabis-infused beauty launches this fall: High Beauty High Expectations Cannabis Facial Oil, $54 Launching in September, High Beauty is Sephora’s first cannabis-based beauty brand. It is first introducing a moisturizer and this facial oil, which is said to reduce inflammation and support skin function because of a blend of adaptogens and antioxidants, like cannabis sativa seed oil, bioflavonoids and plant oils. Emera CBD Haircare, $25 to $35 After creating four brands based on hemp seed oil, Earthly Body founders Kevin and Mare Wachs a...

Things are not looking up for mass beauty. Sales in mass market channels continue to decline — a trend that has been consistent for at least a year. The lag, which has most acutely been seen in makeup, is expected to continue through the back half of the year and into 2019. Overall, mass beauty sales are down 1.1 percent year-over-year, and tracking flat in the last four weeks ending Aug. 11, according to the latest data from Nielsen. Cosmetics sales are flat year-on-year, and decelerated to a decrease of 0.7 percent in the last four weeks. IRI data from the last 52 weeks ending Aug. 12 shows that every key category within color cosmetics is experiencing losses. Foundation is down 3.3 percent, powder is down 5.5 percent, lipstick down 1 percent, bronzer down 11.6 percent, mascara down 0.6 percent and eye shadow down 8.9 percent. There are some significant gains in a few highly trend-related categories: The body accessory category, which includes face mists and setting sprays, is up 25 ...

LONDON — Browns is taking its show on the road and preparing to launch its first retail project outside its home turf in Los Angeles. But in line with its ongoing quest to redefine what luxury means today, Browns’ upcoming L.A. pop-up has a 21st-century spin. In what is a retail first, the famous British boutique is joining forces with Fred Segal and opening a store-in-store in the famed L.A. retailer’s Sunset Boulevard space. This is the next iteration of Browns’ fluid retail “nomad” concept — introduced last year with a new space in East London — and the aim is to keep piquing customers’ curiosities and evolving the shop floor experience. “Everybody’s ideas about what luxury retail should look like have started to shift and I feel that we have to be forbearers of that [evolution],” said Holli Rogers, Browns’ chief executive officer, in an exclusive interview. Partnering with another retailer, instead of competing with them, was a way for Rogers to stay true to the ...

New York Fashion Week begins next week, and the city will host over 100 fashion shows and presentations. These events will feature hundreds of items of clothes, samples actually, many of which were sewn by people working in local factories. The garment industry needs people who can sew but that population continues to shrink. Libby Mattern, production director, swimwear and ready-to-wear at Malia Mills, a company that manufactures its collections in New York and Los Angeles, knows the trend all too well and wants to change it. She established the nonprofit Course of Trade, at Malia Mills’ Brooklyn headquarters, to train people in sewing and get them jobs. “I’m always in and out of factories, working hand-in-hand and talking with factory owners. Once our production ramped up, or if they got a new client, finding ways to expand their workforce was always a challenge,” Mattern explained. “They would end up having to slow down production because they could not find people to fill the void ...