"There's a lot of inventory out there, and people are looking to marketplaces to move it for them -- especially because traditional wholesale models are struggling so much," said Naadam founder Matt Scanlan. "For brands, you look for more places to get distributed because there are few other options out...

A growing segment of small batch manufacturers are trying to satisfy emerging and indie beauty brands.

Shopify has a bevy of competitors, like Magento, WooCommerce, Salesforce, Microsoft Amazon and BigCommerce, which filed for a proposed IPO this week. But no one company yet has emerged as the biggest threat to Shopify's position as the go-to e-commerce platform for DTC brands. Shopify's dominance says a lot not...

This week Skims, the shapewear company founded by Kim Kardashian West, announced its move into wholesale with an exclusive partnership with Nordstrom. Skims is the latest buzzy DTC company to partner with the retailer.

Fashion brands are increasingly taking to resale platforms, both to compensate for the current lack of physical sales channels and to minimize losses on excess inventory. In doing so, they’re also getting in on the sustainability conversation at a time when brands’ processes are under a microscope. 

Fashion resale often gets lumped in with fashion rental in discussions of how the market is changing, particularly since they both represent departures from the standard models of fashion consumption. But as the coronavirus pandemic has worn on, the two are becoming increasingly delineated. While rental is suffering resale is...

At the beginning of the year, Birdies co-founder and CEO Bianca Gates had a thorough plan for the year focusing on outdoor shoes and the slogan “Travel boldly.” Birdies, like many fashion brands, has had to shift priorities.

Looking at Simon's earnings and forecasts offers a good read on where retail in the U.S. is headed in the coming years. We've transcribed the company's fourth-quarter earnings call and annotated it with thoughts, comments, clarifications and links to relevant stories.

In the latest edition of Glossy+ Talks, an exclusive series for Glossy+ members, Divya Gugnani, Wander Beauty co-founder and CEO, discusses how customer conversations offer troves of data, why transparency and honesty with customers are always required, and how Wander Beauty is discussing today's racial inequality conversation internally and externally.

Saint Jane, which is less than a year-old, first made an appearance on Sephora.com in May. After its online debut, the brand's Luxury Beauty Serum that contains 500 milligrams of CBD and retails for $125 has been a top 5 best-selling product within the CBD category and a top 15...

Hashtag hijacking occurs when TikTokers use a brand’s hashtag on an irrelevant video in the hopes they can “hijack” the TikTok algorithm and gain more exposure.

Despite venture capital and private equity firms being called out for the part they play in perpetuating inequity and inequality, there are signs change is coming. Soon-to-be-launched, Black-owned beauty brand Topicals is one company bucking the odds.