11 April 2013
Is Navy Blue the new Black?
LONDON, 10 April 2013 – WGSN (www.wgsn.com), the world’s leading fashion forecaster launches Catwalk Analytics; an industry first providing retailers with quantitative catwalk reporting that highlights the styles, colours, shapes and prints that will influence key design and buying decisions across the global fashion industry.
Published after each Fashion Week season,...
2 May 2012
London, 02 May 2012: Montagu Private Equity LLP ("Montagu"), one of Europe's leading private equity firms, has reached an agreement to acquire CAP from Top Right Group (formerly Emap International). CAP is a market leading provider of vehicle valuation data, new vehicle information and business solutions to the automotive industry. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close later in May...
5 April 2012
New York, 5 April 2012: Building on the success of their recent collaboration at Interiors UK, WGSN-Homebuildlife and Obsessionistas team up to present MAKE//SHIFT, an installation at Designers Block at MOST, during Milan Design Week 2012.
WGSN-Homebuildlife is the leading global website for trends and design inspiration, created exclusively for the industrial design, home and interiors markets....
3 April 2012
Paris and London, April 3, 2012 – Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—textiles, leather, industrial fabrics and composite materials— and WGSN— the world’s leading trend forecaster—are pleased to announce a new global partnership.
Several events to unveil the partnership are planned over the next few months,...
28 March 2012
Emap unveils major restructuring aimed at global expansion and top-line growth
CEO Duncan Painter announces creation of three standalone operating businesses and immediate rebranding of group
28 March 2012: Emap International Limited (“Emap”), the multi-platform events, information services and b2b publishing group, has today announced a major restructuring and rebranding exercise.
Three new...
31 January 2012
Glenigan, our construction data business, has been based in Bournemouth for all of its 39 year history. From 6 February the 90 staff will relocate to the Lansdowne area of the town into 9,800 sq ft of refurbished office space. Work has been underway at the site since November last year with the refurbishment works benefitting local businesses for the duration of the project.
The purpose built space will enable...
25 January 2012
Emap, the global business to business media group, today announced that Stephen Wilson is joining the company as CEO, Insight, starting on April 9th 2012. Insight’s award winning products provide intelligence, analysis and forecasting on the Retail, Fashion, Automotive, Built Environment, Media and Political industries.
Stephen joins from Thomson Reuters, where he was...
24 January 2012
NEW YORK, NY—January 24, 2012—WGSN (www.wgsn.com), the world leading fashion forecaster, has been named the Official Trend Sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2012 Collections.
WGSN CEO, Julie Harris, commented, “Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York is thehighlight of the seasonal show calendar and a must-attend event. We are delighted to be embarking on this exclusive...
21 November 2011
Emap, the global business-to-business multiplatform media group, today announced Julie Harris has been promoted to Global Managing Director, WGSN. WGSN is the world’s leading trend forecasting service for the fashion and design industries, providing current and forward looking trend analysis and real-time global intelligence updated every hour.
Julie has led the strategic development of WGSN...

