Vestiaire Collective’s Max Bittner: ‘Customers are looking beyond traditional e-commerce’ At the end of June, luxury resale platform Vestiaire Collective announced a funding round to the tune of $45 million, along with a new CEO, Max Bittner.
How Grailed used Apple Airdrop to build buzz at Paris Men’s Fashion Week At Paris Men’s Fashion Week, attendees at the Louis Vuitton show, along with a few other shows, were greeted to a strange notification on their phones: an Airdropped invitation to a Grailed pop-up showroom nearby.
‘Flexibility is everything’: Ken Downing sheds light on the fluid design strategy behind new retail location American Dream American Dream has been in development since the early 2000s with numerous delays and setbacks since it was first proposed, but now the opening is imminent.
‘There are a lot of uncertainties’: The impact of the first direct-to-consumer brand IPO Late last year, DTC footwear brand Allbirds surpassed a $1 billion valuation, making it one of the largest DTC success stories of the last decade. But while an eventual IPO from either Allbirds or one of the other comparable DTC juggernauts like Warby Parker seems inevitable, it won't necessarily open the...
DTC jewelry brand AUrate announces new funding and plans for international expansion DTC jewelry brand AUrate just received a $13 million funding round from investors Bluecrest Capital, among others. The next priority after securing this funding: international expansion.
While see-now, buy-now wavers in the West, emerging fashion markets are embracing it The see-now, buy-now business model, allowing customers to buy items as they hit the runway, is undergoing a transformation.
Vera Bradley’s modernization plan enters next stage after Pura Vida acquisition After several quarters of successful growth, Vera Bradley is attempting to turn its positive earnings into long-term success with the acquisition of millennial jewelry brand Pura Vida.
‘Competing for mindshare and market share’: W Concept aims to popularize Korean fashion in the states W Concept, a Korean ecommerce company dedicated to selling and promoting Korean fashion brands to U.S. customers, just added a new brand to its roster: the buzzy streetwear brand System.
Madewell partners with small-scale artisans in bid to grow local audiences On Tuesday, Madewell launched the second iteration of its Hometown Heroes Collective, a project that sees the brand partnering with small artisanal brands to help give them a boost in visibility and scale. From ceramics to jewelry, products made by these artisans can be bought from Madewell’s online store. I...