As Saks Global closes more stores, fashion brands weigh alternative sales channels For many years, the value proposition of a large department store like Saks Fifth Avenue is that the brands would benefit from the company's scale and exposure to its audience across the country. But with Saks scaling back its business and cutting regions outside of already-saturated markets like New York...
Fashion Briefing: As war engulfs the Middle East, fashion brands are already feeling impacts on stores and foot traffic While the political and humanitarian impacts of large-scale war in the Middle East are still playing out, the region's fashion and luxury market is already affected. Over the last few years, countries like Qatar and the UAE have positioned themselves as glamorous luxury destinations, courting heritage European brands and wealthy consumers...
Nuuly is leading the fashion rental resurgence, with 70% of its subscribers being new to the market Key to Nuuly's success hasn't been taking existing market share away from other rental platforms. Instead, nearly 70% of all Nuuly subscribers have never rented from any platform before, according to Nuuly's customer research. That means Nuuly has succeeded in expanding the addressable market and creating a new cohort of...
Fashion Briefing: Meta is auto-generating AI ads for its advertisers, causing headaches for image-conscious fashion brands Despite opting out of every possible AI feature Meta offers, one fashion brand found that Meta had started to use AI to alter 5% of the ads that a given advertiser puts out on the platform.
Off Season taps into the NBA’s growing merchandise sales with new licensed fashion collection Off Season, the fashion brand founded by designer Kristin Juszczyk, has been primarily focused on the NFL through Juszczyk's connection — her husband is San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk. But on Tuesday, Off Season idebuted its first NBA-centric ready-to-wear collection as it seeks to both expand its business and...
Fashion brands are ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the Supreme Court striking down many of Trump’s tariffs On Friday, the Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to the administration's efforts to enact sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every country in the world. The Court's 6-3 ruling found that tariffs enacted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which covers many but not all of the tariffs,...
A buyer’s take on New York Fashion Week, with Printemps New York’s Silvano Vangi This week, with New York Fashion Week wrapped up, the Glossy Podcast is joined by Silvano Vangi, creative and merchandising director at Printemps New York, to get a buyer's perspective on this season's NYFW.
Fashion Briefing: Fashion designers spoke out against ICE at New York Fashion Week One of the most commonly spotted accessories at New York Fashion Week this season wasn't a handbag or a pair of sunglasses — it was a small black-and-white pin featuring the words "ICE OUT."
Fashion brands hope the fall of department stores leads to a ’boutique boom’ Wholesale may be struggling, but at New York Fashion Week, designers are hoping for a "boutique boom" to revitalize fashion retail.