‘We’ve always been about pushing other people’s stuff’: Highsnobiety begins its e-commerce transformation Highsnobiety, the streetwear media company founded by David Fischer in 2005, is finally making the move from a pure media brand to a full-fledged e-commerce platform.
‘The power is now with the consumer’: Overheard at the Glossy Summit At the Glossy Summit in Miami, executives from across the fashion, beauty and luxury worlds converged in Miami to discuss how the industry is evolving and transforming.
Richemont’s costly e-commerce investments lead to a tenuous boost Net-a-Porter and Watchfinder have been significant boosts to the company’s overall earnings, but have only begun to justify the massive costs associated with acquiring and operating them.
‘It’s more expensive not to do it’: DTC brands are using wear testing to get feedback and avoid mistakes Not long ago, customers had little input on what brands made, according to Ministry of Supply’s Aman Advani. But now, thanks to new technological tools and programs that involve consumers, like wear testing, that relationship is totally different.
‘They have one goal, take over the world’: How independent eyewear brands compete with EssilorLuxottica Back in March, tensions between Essilor, the massive French lens manufacturer, and Luxottica, the equally massive Italian frame manufacturer, erupted over a dispute regarding the merging of the two companies that was established in 2017. Both sides publicly accused the other of trying to unfairly dominate the joint company in...
How fitness brands Peloton, SoulCycle and Equinox are cashing in on clothes Fitness companies and gyms are launching apparel labels and, at the same time, evolving into bonafide lifestyle brands. They're collaborating with brands both big and small, as well as launching their own lines and partnering with major retailers. This is how the fashion ambitions of Equinox, SoulCycle and Peloton stack up.
‘It’s about making the brand more agile’: 100-year-old Haspel shifts to DTC The tastes of fashion consumers can change quickly, with trends going in and out of style within months. But even the most agile fashion brand has lead times between when a product is conceived and when it is actually available to sell. The friction here is one of the primary...
Cheat Sheet: How LVMH and Kering are going after Gen Z On Friday, LVMH confirmed the longstanding rumor that it will be launching within weeks a bonafide luxury fashion brand headed by Rihanna, called Fenty. The new brand builds on Rihanna’s previous work on Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty, her lingerie line. It will be sold mainly through digital channels...
‘If it ends up in a landfill, we haven’t done our job right’: Inside Adidas’ sustainability ambitions Adidas is looking to make sustainability a more “holistic” part of the brand’s overall strategy, instead of just being sequestered to a few lines.