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Calzedonia: 56 Intimates Shops Added Since 2016

On the Intimissimi website: Tiziana Lace Triangle Bra ($49) and Heart Beat Lace Bodysuit ($59).

Despite the COVID onslaught, Italy based Calzedonia Group has rapidly grown its retail footprint in the U.S. to 56 intimate apparel shops since opening the very first in late 2016 in New York. The list includes 35 Intimissimi women’s lingerie stores and 21 Calzedonia shops (which offer swimwear, leggings and hosiery for men and women).

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Dreamgirl Offers Many Fetish-Inspired Styles

With fetish-inspired looks rising in popularity across the fashion landscape, Dreamgirl is ready with many ways to capitalize on the trend for retailers.

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memème: Seasonal, Holiday Themed Panties

memème, the comfortable, colorful panty brand from Europe, has been expanding in North America by offering an extremely wide variety of crisply printed images: comics, animals, flowers and psychedelic patterns and more.

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Best Sales Year Ever For Wacoal ‘Americas’

The Wacoal division that covers all of the Americas reported its best sales ever for the year ended March 31, 2022, but continues to be plagued by losses at Lively, the brand it acquired in 2019 for a startlingly high price.

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Rago Finds ‘A Place In Every Intimates Shop’

Rago Foundations, founded in 1945, and manufacturing in its own New York-based facilities, has grown to become a prominent supplier to American intimates retailers by offering an array of unique design and performance features.

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Cosabella Sold To Calida Group For $80 Million

The Calida Group announced today that it had acquired Cosabella, revealing that the brand had 2021 sales of “$29 million and an EBITDA of $4.8 million.”

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Wood Underwear’s Sexier Silhouettes

The “sexier” silhouettes in the Wood Underwear collection — the thongs and jock straps — have won a permanent place at the company, as well as with a wide range of retailers.

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Playboy Earned $5.543 Million In First Quarter

Honey Birdette’s Kukuro Baby Blue Bra and Bottom Set, $195; $315 with garter belt.

In the first quarter, Playboy earned $5.543 million on sales of $69.378 million, compared to a loss of $4.997 million on sales of $42.680 million in the same period last year.

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Adore Me Launches New ‘Smiley’ Collection

Adore Me launched a collaboration with The Smiley Company to produce a “limited-edition collection of contemporary tops and bottoms” designed by the Yarza Twins design agency, “accented with fun colors, bold prints, and maximalist patterns.”

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Meijer’s New Lingerie Brand: Tranquil & True

Meijer, the 241 store chain spread across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin, has launched a new intimate apparel house brand: Tranquil & True.

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ThirdLove Relaunches Kit Undergarments

ThirdLove acquired Kit Undergarments, a company founded in late 2019 by stylists Jamie Mizrahi and Simone Harouche, and “relaunched” it as “Kit Undergarments for ThirdLove” at the end of April.

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Dreamgirl Fall-Holiday-Valentines 22/23

“More than ever fashion and RTW are embracing lingerie in many forms, and Dreamgirl’s upcoming Fall/Holiday/Valentines 22/23 season is not any different,” explained a company spokeswoman, as she provided a sneak preview of the new lingerie styles.

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Joy Bra Customers Praise The Comfort

Many years in creation, the Joy Bra family of wire free, seamless bras from Total Stockroom is winning a place in an ever expanding number of retailers’ shops, based in large part on the enthusiastic reviews of its many consumers.

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French Brand Etam Opening U.S. Shops

Etam’s Amaryllis Embroidered Underwire Demi Bra and Luana Satin Pajama Camisole.

Etam, the French lingerie brand which claims 860 boutiques in 50 countries, opened nine pop-up shops within Nordstrom stores in the U.S. and plans as many as two dozen additional free-standing stores here over the next three years.

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Exquisite Form Adds More Fashion Colors

Exquisite Form has added new fashion colors to both its bra and sleepwear collections.

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What’s New For Starline Costumes And Lingerie

Starline’s new CEO Danielle Fitzgerald, along with the company’s Rob Fitzgerald, talked with BODY publisher Nick Monjo about new directions at the company.

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memème: ‘A NEW FORM Of Underwear’

memème, the exuberant panty brand from Europe, has been expanding to stores across North America since its introduction last year.

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NuBra Adds Mocha Color To Its Pasties Line

Front and back NuBra packaging; the full collection (Mocha color in front).

NuBra has just added a new color to its collection of pasties: Mocha.

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Knix & Betsey Johnson: Collaborative Collection

Betsey Johnson and items in her collection on the Knix website.

Knix, best known for its period panties, has launched a new collection in collaboration with Betsey Johnson, that includes sleepwear, bras and panties.

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FTC Fines Stores $5.5M For Fake Bamboo Claim

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is fining Kohl’s ($2.5 million) and Walmart ($3 million) for "falsely marketing dozens of rayon textile products as bamboo."

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Playboy Lost $78M On $247M In Sales

According to a revised statement filed with the SEC on March 25, Playboy lost $58.106 million on sales of $95.687 million in the three months ended December 31, compared to a loss of just $512,000 on sales of $46.327 million in the same quarter last year.

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Lots Of New For Wood Underwear In 2022

Wood Underwear, the men’s brand the sells in a wide variety of retail shops, including women’s lingerie shops, has entered SS22 with new styles, colors and expanded sourcing to offer customers more options than ever before.

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You Lingerie Adds New Minimizer Style

The new You Lingerie minimizer in Black and Nude (style # 100-5100 - Tuval).

You Lingerie, the bra specialist that focuses on the needs of independent lingerie shops in the U.S. and Canada, has just added a new minimizer (style # 100-5100 - Tuval).

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Marena Launches New Maternity Collection

The Marena Group has begun the launch of Marena Maternity, a line of eventually 10 pregnancy and post-pregnancy recovery garments, to add to its existing collection of what it describes as “medical-grade compression and shapewear.”

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Beach Bunny Swimwear Opens Four New Shops

Beach Bunny’s Brooklyn Triangle top and Aubrie Full One Piece.

Yet another brand is emphasizing its brick and mortar presence, with Beach Bunny Swimwear this week pointing to its “retail resurgance” with the recent opening of four new retail stores in Tampa, San Diego, Canoga Park and Houston.

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Growth For Discount Fashion Warehouse

“Brick and mortar is not dead,” declared Jeff Bradshaw, co owner of the Discount Fashion Warehouse chain of off price stores in Ohio, who has announced an aggressive plan to open new locations. “Far from it!”

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Claudel: ‘Order Today, We Ship Tomorrow’

While many sleepwear suppliers are currently complaining that inventories are low or nonexistent due to a variety of manufacturing and shipping delays, Canada’s Claudel Lingerie took aggressive steps in recent months to ensure they would be ready for spring and summer deliveries.

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Soma Sales Rose To $478.1 Million In 2021

Soma sales rose to $130.6 million in the three months ended January 29, 2022, compared to sales of $119.1 million in the same quarter last year. For the full year, sales jumped to $478.1 million, compared to $351.8 million in the 52 weeks ended January 30, 2021.

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Aerie Sales Hit $1.376 Billion In Fiscal 2021

Aerie posted operating income of $20.946 million on sales of $428.418 million in the three months ended January 29, 2022, compared to operating income of $13.438 million on sales of $336.709 million in the same period last year.

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Creative Apparel Concepts, heart & core

Creative Apparel Concepts, a sportswear producing power house, recently partnered with heart & core, a specialist in the category of post surgical bras, to accelerate the growth of the company and expand the product offerings.

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VS: Minority Interest In Frankies Bikinis

Victoria’s Secret has acquired, for $18 million, a “minority interest” in Frankies Bikinis, a swim brand founded in 2012 by Francesca Aiello and her mother, Mimi Aiello, and based in Venice, California.

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New ‘Secret Attraction’ Created By Dreamgirl

“Dreamgirl is on a mission to redefine the way women look and feel in their lingerie foundations,” explained a company spokeswoman,” describing the firm’s new Secret Attraction lingerie foundations collection.

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Thinx for All Period Underwear At Walmart

Thinx, is now offering its Thinx For All period underwear at 558 Walmart stores and Walmart.com.

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You Lingerie: Popular With Specialty Stores

“Our DNA is affordable , comfort and functional items,” explained Avishai Navon, president of You Lingerie, an established bra specialist that is widely popular among independent lingerie shops in both the U.S. and Canada.

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Taryn Winters On Cover Of March BODY

Designer Taryn Winters, who produces all her “modern luxury lingerie” in New York City, is on the cover of March BODY Magazine. The digital, page turning magazine can be found here: https://indd.adobe.com/view/5a158c9c-e58a-4bcf-9c63-182e7d10dcaa.

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Van De Velde Sales +28.2%, Profit +117.7%

Van de Velde sales rose to 195.3 million euros (m€) (about $220 million at current exchange rates) in 2021, up 28.2% over 152.3 million euros (about $171 million) in 2020.

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NuBra: Solving A Wide Range Of Challenges

Adhesive bras, and in particular NuBra bras, have gradually won a place in the repertoire of many retailers over the last 20 or so years. But not every consumer — or store owner — may know all of unique benefits and solutions that these bras offer.

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Intimately: Lingerie For Disabled Women

Intimately, a lingerie collection designed for disabled women, announced at the start of February that it had received $1 million in funding from several investors.

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Dreamgirl: A New Focus On Loungewear Styles

This season Dreamgirl puts the spotlight on loungewear.

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Taryn Winters: Modern Luxury Crafted In NYC

Designer Taryn Winters, who produces all her “modern luxury lingerie” in New York City, will be showing her collection at the upcoming Curve show.

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Delta Galil 4th Quarter Sales +26%, Profit +92%

Delta Galil net income in the fourth quarter jumped to $45,468,000 on record sales of $577,986,000, compared to a profit of $23,740,000 on sales of $459,679,000 in the same quarter last year.

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Apilat: Luxury Bridal Lingerie Brand At Curve

Apilat, a luxury bridal lingerie brand launched seven years ago in Kyiv, Ukraine, will present its designs at the Curve show later this month.

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Claudel: Curve Show Discounts Of 10%-20%

Stores that are already fans of Claudel Lingerie and the company’s Comfort & Co label, will be able to take advantage of discounts of 10% (on bookings of $1000) and 20% (on order of $2000 or more) at the upcoming Curve show in New York later this month.

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Love and Swans: New Embroidery From Russia

Love and Swans offers a collection of lingerie pieces, made in Russia and often elaborately embroidered, that will be showing at the upcoming Curve show in New York. BODY publisher interviewed the brand’s Ivan Kukkoev

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Calida Acquires German DTC Brand Erlich Textil

Lingerie styles offered on the Erlich Textil website.

Calida Group, in keeping with CEO Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart’s recent pledge to “now be looking to strategic acquisitions to further grow our strong market position in the underwear and lingerie segment,” acquired a 90% stake in German lingerie brand Erlich Textil at the start of February.

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Honey Birdette To Open 8th U.S. Shop In Miami

Honey Birdette will open its eighth store in the U.S., and the only one on the East Coast, at the Aventura Mall, in Aventura, Florida on February 17th. The chain currently numbers 56 locations in all according to its website.

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17-Year-Old Chloè Pearl’s New Lingerie

On February 11, as part of New York Fashion Week, 17-year-old TikTok and Instagram personality Chloè Pearl is presenting a runway show of her new “Marie Antoinette Collection,” which includes 11 different sets. BODY publisher Nick Monjo discussed the launch with the designer.

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Wacoal 9 Month Sales, Profits Rise In Americas

In the first nine months of its current fiscal year (April 1, 2021 to December 31), the Wacoal division that includes all the Americas recorded a sales increase to 19,331 million yen (about $166.8 million at current exchange rates), compared to 12,790 million yen (about $110.4 million) in the same period last year.

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MRC Creations Takes Over Frederick’s License

MRC Creations, in early February, took over the Frederick’s of Hollywood license that had been controlled by Naked Brand Group until the end of last year.

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