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Business Wars Daily

Walmart Debuts Its First Designer Collections

Business Wars Daily

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Business, Business News, News, Daily News

4.6717 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today is Monday, February 28, and we're looking at Walmart vs. Target.

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You don't often hear Walmart and designer in the same sentence, but that's about to change.

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The world's largest retailer has unveiled two, quote, elevated fashion brands called Free Assembly and Scoop,

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and they dug deep into their pockets to get some design help.

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The lines that are appearing in stores this spring are the first by designer Brandon Maxwell,

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who's a judge on Bravo's Project Runway. Maxwell also has his own luxury apparel and accessories brand.

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Last spring, Walmart hired the designer as creative director to oversee its posher private label brands.

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It was a move that raised eyebrows at the time. Maxwell has dressed Lady Gaga,

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Blake Lively, and Michelle Obama. His lines are sold for big bucks at retailers like Neiman Marcus.

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Now, as the red carpet designer takes on the big blue mass market retailer, he will be involved

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