For consecutive seasons, designers have been indirectly begging for an updated fashion calendar. A resounding message: Shifting the February and September fashion months to June and December will alleviate many festering frustrations.

As Amazon continues to become a private-label player, mass retailers that have long been in the in-house collection game started to find it wasn’t enough. As a result, brands like Walmart, JCPenney, Kohl’s and Target are ramping up their efforts in an effort to to identify ways to beat the...

All this see-what-sticks schedule shifting is indicative of the industry’s ongoing sea change: Customers are in charge, and the traditional fashion calendar, which prioritized wholesale relationships, is out of sync with their behavior. So the designers -- more in charge of their own decisions, sales and destinies, thanks to digital...

Very Good Light, which has grown 200 percent year-over-year to over 1.7 million impressions a month across it website and social channels, sees the limited sale as an opportunity to not only test its own brand equity but also as a proof of concept for the genderless beauty category.

Customer data is a critical force driving fashion’s e-commerce evolution, and the companies that can make sense of intel like search habits, trend forecasting and the online purchase cycle are becoming increasingly valuable. Just look at the eight-year-old e-commerce aggregator Lyst, which facilitates online purchases of mass, contemporary and luxury...

In this episode of The Glossy Beauty Podcast, beauty editor Priya Rao sits down with Scalamandre to discuss the challenges of overseeing such different brands, the benefits of working with influencers and the future of technology in beauty. Below are excerpts from the conversation, edited for clarity.

Same themes, different week? Almost — but unlike New York Fashion Week, which was widely deemed boring, London was filled with excitement.

The move comes at a time when the worlds of streetwear and luxury are increasingly coming together and Stadium Goods has been at the center of this convergence. The reseller previously received significant funding from LVMH’s investment arm. Both companies stand to gain from the move, each offering access to...

Tisci’s new spin on Burberry is nothing if not decidedly younger-feeling than the brand has ever felt before. While Bailey introduced graffiti prints and bold colors to Burberry in his last few collections and started the brand on its path toward being a digital dominator, Tisci’s commitment to all things...

The retail landscape is in a state of flux, with DTC brands taking on wholesale partners and wholesale brands realizing the value of selling direct to consumer. As brands adjust their business models to strike a more modern DTC-wholesale mix, Joor is looking to eliminate the friction long associated with...

At the center of the business strategy for Chinese designers’ international growth is Tmall. Under Jessica Liu, Tmall’s fashion and luxury president, the company is aiding brands in manufacturing, fabric sourcing, production development, data strategy, marketing, immediacy and -- in culmination of all the above -- global expansion.

The new Guess store in Hong Kong is outfitted with Alibaba’s FashionAI technology, which combines in-store shopping with a digital infrastructure. Every customer who walks into the store checks in with their Taobao mobile IDs, used to track items that are tried on and saved for later, scan items to...