Fashion
Brick-and-mortar retail isn’t dead, but it is changing. Fashion brands are increasingly trading traditional storefronts for temporary pop-ups, no-inventory showrooms and modern markets, while others are updating their spaces to offer customers exclusive experiences. At the same time, Amazon is continuing to expand its vast retail empire, forcing brands to offer faster, personalized service to compete.
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JAN 21, 2019
Net-a-Porter continues expansion into new categories with first multibrand luxury kids collection
Today, Net-a-Porter is taking its biggest step into the world of luxury kidswear with its first multibrand collective aimed at children.
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JAN 18, 2019
'Why do they even exist?': What's next for the Fifth Avenue flagship
This spring, Calvin Klein will shut down its Madison Avenue flagship store facing declining sales and low foot traffic. Gap is closing down its flagship store on Fifth Avenue next week, and Ralph Lauren closed its Fifth Avenue location in April. All around, it is a tough time to be a brand operating a massive flagship store in one of the most expensive real estate markets in the world.
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JAN 18, 2019
Where the slower growing Chinese economy leaves American retailers
After three decades of breakneck growth that steered China into becoming the second largest economy in the world, the country has now descended into steady economic unrest. What started of as feeble whispers anticipating the crash of the Chinese economy has become a central point of concern for investors and brands across the world.
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JAN 17, 2019
‘We’ve turned the traditional retail model upside-down’: How Lulus is redefining fast fashion
Lulus wants to give fast fashion a better name. The 23-year-old, California-based fashion company has largely avoided the backlash of fellow trend-chasing brands by taking a data-driven approach to buying. Each of the 50 styles hitting its site daily goes through a rigorous testing process, ensuring it sells.
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JAN 17, 2019
Nordstrom expands its DTC brand roster with new Thinx retail partnership
Period underwear brand Thinx is partnering with Nordstrom to bring its signature underwear the retailer's online and physical stores.
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JAN 16, 2019
'We are drowning in data': Retailers are getting smarter about data collections
For years, retailers were hungry for every source of data they could get their hands on, stockpiling massive amounts of it. But now, retailers are starting to understand that more data is not necessarily the best goal to strive for at all times.
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JAN 16, 2019
Digital Brands Group co-founder Mark Lynn: 'Scale heals a lot of wounds in the DTC space'
On this week's episode of The Glossy Podcast, Hilary Milnes sits down Mark Lynn, Digital Media Group's co-founder and chairman, to talk about the complexities of the DTC ecosystem, the choice to take DSTLD public and the next steps for his growing group. Below are excerpts from the conversation, edited for clarity.
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JAN 15, 2019
'The day-to-day is the priority': Why Neiman Marcus's innovation strategy is falling short
In 2012, Scott Emmons launched iLab, Neiman Marcus’s in-house innovation lab, intended to evaluate and integrate progressive technologies across the retailer’s operations. Now, following his recent resignation from the company, he’s calling out luxury retail for impeding its own evolution.
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JAN 15, 2019
How Guess sees AI as much for mundane tasks as glitzy innovation
In July of last year, Guess partnered with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to completely revamp its retail strategy with an eye toward artificial intelligence. Now, just over half a year later, Guess is feeling just as confident about its AI ambitions.
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JAN 14, 2019
How Hatch is using community-building to support 10 new stores in 3 years
Hatch is the latest DTC brand to go all in on physical retail. While the maternity brand opened a flagship store in 2017 in SoHo and another store in L.A. this year, founder Ariane Goldman is now planning on making an ambitious play toward rapidly expanding the brand’s physical retail presence with 10 new stores over the next three years.
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