Both eBay and Rebag have launched consignment models on their respective platforms in the last month. Consignment differs from the original selling models of both platforms. EBay is primarily a peer-to-peer marketplace, where sellers sell directly to buyers and use eBay to host the listing. Rebag, on the other hand,...

Kate Kenner Archibald, Chief Marketing Officer, Dash Hudson Born from the days of traditional advertising, when views and reach delivered results, virality has long been considered the gold standard of success on social media. In today’s landscape, however, going viral is no longer what’s driving business success. The rise of...

Publicly traded luxury companies like LVMH and Hermès are flying higher than ever, but their non-luxury counterparts are struggling. Read more below, along with analyses of Inditex abandoning its Russian business and Zegna’s plans for the future.

Now that we can begin to think beyond Covid-19, what kind of beauty industry are we building? The Glossy Beauty Forum on May 4 checked in with industry leaders, founders and experts to ask what’s on their minds at this inflection point. We heard how Gen Z founders are shaking...

In the last year, Carol Hamilton helped L'Oréal acquire Youth To The People and Skinbetter Science. She also took the reins of the company's second, California-based U.S. headquarters, poising it for more West Coast transactions.

Kim Kardashian has decidedly been successful at charting her own course: When launching Skims, the designs were entirely based on her own preferences. Less than three years later, Skims was valued at $3.2 billion.

Throughout the day on Friday, shows and presentations from brands including Landeros, Sivan and Y Chroma, among others, showed that men’s fashion is fully embracing two somewhat contradictory trends: old-school tailoring and a very modern view on genderless fashion.

In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Summer Fridays launched its first merch: a tie-dye sweat set, with the brand's name embroidered on each piece. It sold out in three minutes. "We were panicking on the phone with our merch vendor. We ended up having to do a second...

After leaving social media in 2021, the 30-year-old brand began to rethink how it educates its customers about its products and mission. Today, the 30-year-old brand is remodeling its 260 U.S. stores using old-school grocery store tactics to inform and entice customers. The mall bath-and-body brand’s strategy includes the streamlining...

As brick-and-mortar openings and in-store shopping rebound, I look at why indie brands are sticking with digital post-pandemic. 

With over a decade's worth of experience in funding and retail technology, XRC Labs partner Diana Melencio is excited about the future of retail and the new brands and founders that will arise as a result.

With roles at Target, The Home Depot, Family Dollar and now Ulta Beauty, Kecia Steelman, Ulta Beauty chief operating officer, can legitimately affirm, “Retail is in my DNA."