This week, a look at the Western-style standoff between customers and brands for the best BFCM discounts, and the ways customers are getting savvier.
This year’s AI boom has improved the availability of real-time data analytics, while generative AI has provided new tools for content and design. At the same time, brands that previously dominated fast fashion, in terms of market share, like H&M and Zara owner Inditex, have been losing out to companies...
This week, a look at eyewear brand Selima Optique's strategy for creating sell-out glasses in collaboration with the Oscar-winning film "Poor Things." Plus, the trends inspired by Beyoncé’s "Cowboy Carter" album and the executive shifts announced this week.
As much of the industry braces for the end of shopping as we know it, based on Google’s AI news, some insiders are calling out AI search’s shortcomings. Namely: It doesn’t facilitate discovery like, say, an afternoon in SoHo or a good ol’ trip to the mall. What’s more, it’s...
Most people reading the room would agree that wearing a trend flaunting one’s wealth — logomania, for one — would be in poor taste considering the state of the economy. Plus, as consumers get more thoughtful about their discretionary spending — leading more with cost-per-wear than #OOTD, for example — fashion styles offering...
This week, an in-depth look at brands' Olympics strategies, plus, the current challenges around AI, the latest funding rounds, new executive shifts and other news to know.
This week, we take a look at how Bob's Watches, one of the biggest secondhand watch exchanges in the world, is using IRL activations to grow. We also look at the expansion plans of activewear brand Rhone and dig into some stats from ThredUp's annual resale report.
This week, we delve into H&M's retail strategy in the U.S. which has seen some shifts as the brand aims to evolve its retail presence.
In this week’s briefing, a look at the growing repair space in footwear and the opportunity for customer loyalty through in-store repairs.
There's a growing industry of “sneaker labs” and “incubators” that are redefining sneaker ideation, production and distribution. This comes at a time when the sneaker market has become fragmented, with big brands partnering with cooler names to create demand.
When Grammy-winning singer Rihanna revealed her pregnancy during this year's Super Bowl halftime show, she became an instant maternity influencer. This week, her lingerie brand Savage x Fenty leveraged that influence, launching its first maternity capsule. Centered on bras made to be convenient for breastfeeding, the included styles feature the...
Kurt Geiger and Levi’s are just two of the fashion brands who are recognizing the growth potential of Latin America as a retail market. The whole region is expect to grow as a retail market by around 9% annually over the next four years. The French government agency Business France...