Yoox launches dedicated Disney fashion boutique

Disney fans who like their merchandise with a designer edge will be pleased to learn that the brand has teamed up with luxury e-tailer Yoox on a new project. The online store now features a special Disney boutique, housing designer collaborations across womenswear, menswear, childrenswear and home accessories. Collaborators include French designer Olympia Le-Tan, accessories brand Codello, knitwear brand Markus Lupfer and Italian footwear company Superga.

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Christopher Kane launches new ‘Limited Editions’ project

The Scottish fashion designer is celebrating the launch of his new online store with the new initiative, which will see one new product released on the first Friday of every other month. The debut accessory, which launches Friday, is an acrylic cube paperweight encasing a suspended dried rose.

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Christopher Kane launches new ‘Limited Editions’ project

Landing with a bump? Germany’s Rocket falls back to earth

By Emma Thomasson and Chijioke Ohuocha BERLIN/LAGOS (Reuters) – When German e-commerce investor Rocket Internet launched Jumia in 2012 as a would-be African Amazon, it was optimistic that a rapidly expanding middle class would quickly shift from street markets to shopping online. Four years on, falling sales for sites like Jumia and slower growth from Nigeria to Russia and Brazil is casting doubt on Rocket Internet's ambition to become the world's biggest Internet company outside the United States and China. The devaluation of Nigeria's naira last week is a new blow for Jumia, which now operates in more than 20 countries in Africa.

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