- ‘We are in the business of excitement’: A Glossy+ Slack Chat with MatchesFashion CEO Ulric Jerome
Ulric Jerome, the CEO of luxury fashion retailer MatchesFashion, joined Glossy+ members for a Slack Chat on October 30. The e-commerce veteran discussed how the company is approaching physical retail, competing in the crowded online luxury space and tackling the Chinese market.
- Glossy+: Inside the relaunch of a luxury brand
Everyone loves a comeback story, and luxury leather goods brand Mark Cross has been working toward a strong rebuild since its return to retail in 2012.
- Squeezed by the market, contemporary brands are fighting back
For shoppers, the contemporary category's longstanding value proposition of “quality clothing at accessible price points” is losing out to the speed, beliefs, backstories and cachet being offered by direct-to-consumer brands and those at farther ends of the price spectrum.
- How Eileen Fisher’s Tiny Factory became an incubator for young designers focused on sustainability
On Thursday, Public School and Eileen Fisher launched a four-style collaboration at Eileen Fisher’s Brooklyn-based Making Space concept store. The zero-waste four-piece collection, sold exclusively at the store, was made at Eileen Fisher’s Irvington, New York-based Tiny Factory, using pieces obtained through the company’s take-back program.
- ‘Being a fashion brand doesn’t feel that relevant anymore’: Alexander Wang on his new outlook and next steps
Leading up to the launch of his new collaboration with Uniqlo, Alexander Wang spoke with Glossy about how he's connecting with customers, taking advantage of his platform and building a brand with purpose.
- ‘The idea of brand is going away’: Investor Chris Burch on the future of fashion and luxury
Burch spoke with Glossy about the current wave of copycat brands and the first-to-market companies he’s interested in now.
- Glossy+: Fashion retailers are betting that time is the new luxury
Serving up fashion with a side of beauty and wellness is trending for retailers. Today, luxury online marketplace Orchard Mile pressed go on its first loyalty program, a multi-tier, point-based initiative granting regular customers complimentary services from a range of outside companies, largely in the beauty space. Co-founder and CEO...
- Rent the Runway is teaming with WeWork to boost subscription services
In a new partnership with WeWork, Rent the Runway is taking a page from Amazon’s playbook, facilitating easier merchandise returns by rolling out a number of convenient drop-off locations.
- ‘Retail as a service’ platforms want to answer new demand for physical stores
As brick-and-mortar earns back its reputation as an essential retail channel, companies are popping up to give digitally native brands a smooth transition to offline. On Wednesday, retail platform Fourpost announced its first two retail locations. It’s one of many new companies marketing itself as “the Shopify of physical retail,”...