Foot Locker’s new retail concept reflects deeper investment in brick-and-mortar For Foot Locker, the new store concept is both a preview of how it hopes to design its stores in the future and a reflection of an overdue rethinking of its retail priorities. More than 80% of Foot Locker's revenue is driven through its thousands of physical stores.
Wrangler’s women’s business is growing thanks to the cowboy trend Wrangler's current focus is capitalizing on the cowboy trend with a series of collaborations. The latest is a partnership with Diamond Cross Ranch, an iconic ranch and event space in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Weekend Briefing: Trade disputes and reduced spending hit luxury hard last week Last week, a series of sales drops, regulatory decisions and trade disagreements hampered the plans of several companies across the luxury industry.
Week in Review: Women’s basketball players are the new fashion icons Viewership of women’s basketball skyrocketed last year, with the women’s NCAA championship game eclipsing the men’s counterpart. So, on this special episode, Sara and Tatiana give a report from the Orange Carpet at the WNBA Draft. We also talk about the growing popularity of women’s sports and the potential impact...
Luxury Briefing: Luxury resale saturation is changing how people shop For the last five years, resale has been growing tall. A few major platforms like StockX and The RealReal grew rapidly and became publicly traded. Now, resale is growing wide. New resale channels are popping up both physically and digitally, showing up everywhere from physical locations like Disney World to...
Weekend Briefing: Prepare for a wave of luxury fashion house feature films Luxury brands are already the subject of feature films and prestige television series — like the 2021 film “The House of Gucci” and the 2018 TV show “The Assassination of Gianni Versace.” But increasingly, they're also getting involved behind the scenes by producing films.
Week in Review: Allbirds’ struggles, Hermès’s watch expansion, Beyoncé’s cowboy moment This week, we talk about Allbirds' precarious financial situation, including how it got there; Hermès’s efforts to expand its watch business and the impact of “Cowboy Carter” on fashion's cowboy and Western aesthetics.
Fashion Briefing: The glut of applicants is making hiring good fashion talent a difficult task Companies across industries are taking advantage of the strong labor market and working to fill out their teams. But as Glossy spoke to fashion brand executives over the last week, it became clear that finding good talent is an increasingly difficult task. The executives agreed that we’re in an employer’s...
One-on-one clienteling is still a brand’s best friend The best way to sell a product is often one-on-one. Doing so has been a key strategy for high-end luxury brands for centuries. And in recent years, with e-commerce booming and emerging technologies including AI chatbots putting more distance between brands and customers, those connections are more important than ever.