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Lidl Teams With Heidi Klum As Discounter Raises Fashion Stakes

By Steve Wynne-Jones
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Lidl Teams With Heidi Klum As Discounter Raises Fashion Stakes

German discounter Lidl has enlisted model and fashion designer Heidi Klum to develop a new clothing range as it expands a push beyond the low-priced groceries for which it’s better known.

The collection, described by Lidl as its most premium range to date, will be sold across stores in Europe and in the U.S. later this year, the company said in a statement Tuesday.

Collaboration

The celebrity collaboration marks an expansion of Lidl’s efforts to attract more affluent shoppers, which has seen the discounter begin selling finer fare such as lobsters and macaroons. It’s another potential challenge to Europe’s established fashion retailers, which are already struggling to lure shoppers into stores as consumers switch more of their spending toward leisure activities.

Lidl said it will continue to sell other, entry-level fashion ranges intermittently throughout the year on a “while stocks last” basis.

The discounter plans to open its first 20 U.S. stores this month and to have as many as 100 outlets on the East Coast by the summer of 2018.

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