At Nordstrom, the company’s lower-price Nordstrom Rack stores are underperforming. At American Eagle, the shipping and logistics company it acquired in December of last year, Quiet Platforms, is still a drain on revenue, but is showing signs of growth that executives hope will make up for the price tag. And...
The fashion and beauty industry can be secretive, and the emphasis on surprise and delight and the drop model has led brands to keep things tightly under wraps. But sometimes the opposite can be helpful.
As other investments and assets like NFTs are trending lower than ever, can luxury fashion still hold that appeal as a safe asset to invest in?
Genderless designs aren’t radically different from typical gendered clothing, with only the labels and marketing changing. LGBTQ activists have called out that clothes marketed by brands as genderless is often men's and women's clothing lumped together and designed in a shapeless and unexciting way.
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX exploded last week, causing an ongoing domino effect throughout the crypto world. In this Weekend Briefing, I take a look at the brands still encouraging people into the crypto space despite the volatility.
This week, COP27 revealed the dire need for more urgent action from the fashion industry to reduce emissions. Amid brands' lofty promises, greenwashing is still common and many big brands are raising, rather than reducing, their emissions. Also, Nike launched its big web3 project, called .Swoosh, and retailers in the...
Recent pressures of the pandemic, the supply chain and the economy have made kiosks a tougher prospect than ever. The loss of retail foot traffic due to the pandemic has made malls more strict about kiosk guidelines to maximize foot traffic to stores. And the costs of retail operations have...
Balenciaga and Gigi Hadid have already left Twitter, and marketing experts say other fashion brands should follow suit.
The U.N.’s annual climate conference took place in Egypt last week, presenting a dire case for the need to reduce emissions across the fashion industry and the world. Also: I take a look at how Adidas was able to keep the design rights to Yeezy sneakers and the likelihood that...