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Can concessions heal the high street?

Published on 02 Jun 2015.

Typically, concessions are used by retailers to incorporate third party brands into their retail space and broaden the range of products on offer to their target consumers.

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Fashioning a market – the impact of London Fashion Week on high street retailers

Published on 05 Mar 2015.

London Fashion Week (LFW) has closed its doors once again for another 6 months before fashion's greatest and most celebrated designers return to showcase their S/S16 collection on 18 September 2015.

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High street consumers grant HMV a second chance

Published on 10 Feb 2015.

Music and entertainment retailer HMV has posted a 17.5 percent increase in sales for 2014, making it the UK's biggest seller of physical music and signalling a triumphant comeback following its decline into administration in 2013.

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Diva's trade mark fever – Rihanna bolsters brand with new applications

Published on 15 Dec 2014.

Having already succeeded in protecting the use of her image in the English High Court Rihanna has now taken steps to broaden the protection of her brand with the filing of 12 separate trade mark applications at USPTO for the word FENTY in conjunction with other words including apparel, beauty, clothing and lingerie.

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Would you like fries with your happy deal? – Moschino and McDonalds unveil unlikely licensing deal

Published on 15 Dec 2014.

When Italian fashion house Moschino unveiled their A/W 14 Collection it turned heads in an unlikely sector… the legal sector.

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A blue print for brand protection – CJEU approves Apple's trade mark for store layout

Published on 15 Dec 2014.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently held in Apple Inc v. Deutsche Patent-und Markenamt that the representation of a layout of a retail store may be registrable as a trade mark under Articles 2 and 3 of the Trade Marks Directive (Directive 2008/95/EC).

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