Welcome to the Glossy 50, our first annual list featuring men and women contributing to the transformation of fashion, luxury, beauty and technology. In this feature, we dive into their contributions to their industries’ new directions. These are the honorees in the Modern Media category.

Nordstrom is investing in new digital tools through two tech startup acquisitions that will help the company better engage with consumers and bridge gaps in communication across both digital platforms and brick-and-mortar stores.

Once relegated to line sheets and carbon copy paper, the wholesale buying process is finally getting a digital makeover. Platforms like Joor, NuOrder and Buyingshow have popped up in recent years to alleviate the many analog pain points faced by fashion brands and retailers while in market.

Welcome to the Glossy 50, our first annual list featuring men and women contributing to the transformation of fashion, luxury, beauty and technology. In this feature, we dive into their contributions to their industries’ new directions. These are the honorees in the Evolution of Luxury category.

Urban Outfitters has mastered the art of maximizing social media engagement. Here's how.

At Glossy's first Hot Topic event, focused on data strategy, we learned the biggest trends and challenges facing fashion brands and retailers today as they try to understand their customer through data. The takeaway: Customer connections are critical, while attribution remains elusive.

Launched in 2011, Beautycon was once an underground event catering strictly to YouTube beauty influencers, but it's grown up significantly in the last few years. Since 2014, it’s been open to the public and, more recently, it's been leveraging its ample customer data for brand partnerships with the likes of...

Welcome to the Glossy 50, our first annual list featuring men and women contributing to the transformation of fashion, luxury, beauty and technology. In this feature, we dive into their contributions to their industries’ new directions. These are the honorees in the Age of E-Commerce category.

September is undoubtedly the biggest issue of the year for every fashion publication -- and also a source of vital advertising revenue -- but this year is particularly significant for W. Not only does it mark the final work of former fashion director Edward Enninful before ascending to the role...

In China, the flash-sale model still sells, and brands like Marc Jacobs, Guess and Versace are using it to get in front of the 300 million customers on the site Vip.com, the third largest e-commerce site in China behind Tmall and JD.com.

Finding innovative ways to appeal to millennials is certainly not a new challenge for retailers, but H&M is setting out to create a brand where appealing to this lucrative demographic is built into its DNA.

Rebecca Minkoff walked Glossy through a typical jam-packed workday, which included hitting handbag market, enjoying a glam session over lunch and moderating a panel discussion at her Soho store, part of the recently-launched RM Superwomen platform and centered on the work-life challenges of modern moms.