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.
Global fashion marketplace Lyst is tapping into the profitability of the resale market with a new partnership with Vestiaire Collective that's designed to expand its brand base.
Birchbox Man launched five years ago to reach men with a monthly sampling of grooming and skin care products. After bringing on hundreds of brands, the company's business model has helped drive education and conversion in a previously untapped space.
Walmart, after purchasing ModCloth, Moosejaw and Shoebuy already this year, is in talks to acquire menswear retailer Bonobos for $300 million. Customers of the digitally native brand have expressed disdain on social media.
Plus-size retailer Eloquii said that after SNL star Aidy Bryant shared an Instagram of her custom-made Emmy dress the site had a 500-person waitlist for the dress in just one day.
Following a major U.S. push, online fast-fashion retailer Boohoo has seen its American revenue grow 145 percent in the past year. As other retailers with big regional ambitions scale back, the online retailer is seeing success with temporary retail spaces and a razor-sharp focus on college-aged women.
Designer Christian Siriano is taking his body positive message to the runway after featuring five plus-sized models at his show on September 10, and the internet has taken notice.
Gucci — always one to be at the cutting edge of culture (well, ever since Alessandro Michele took control of the brand) — is now launching a meme campaign.
While many have been suspect of Amazon’s ambitions in the fashion space, and whether it can really pull them off, L2’s founder Scott Galloway believes the company has effectively declared war in the space. But there are a few insights, outlined here, that brands can use to either leverage Amazon’s...
Covet Fashion users were reporting that racial biases were growing pervasive on the app, which pits user-designed ensembles against one another to score points. Blair Ethington, vp and general manager at Covet Fashion, said users had started to abuse the skin tone feature, which allows players to customize the look...
Today’s faster delivery times are no doubt a response to more shoppers buying online. Retailers are competing for their business, and as time goes on, they’re getting more competitive. In 2015, about half of all packages were delivered within three days, up from about a third in 2013. But three...
Like the rest of the fashion industry, the modeling world has undergone great change in recent years: Today, bloggers-turned-influencers are being featured in high-fashion campaigns, an increasing number of non-white, other-than-a-size-2 models are walking top runways, and models’ Instagrams have widely replaced their portfolios. Joel Wilkenfeld, who launched Next Models...