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Peloton Creates Capsule for Black History Month
Image courtesy of: A look from the Monica Ahanonu collection for Peloton Four Black artists teamed with instructors from the fitness...
Feb 1, 20211 min read


Adaptive Fashion: Apparel Retailers Must Embrace Change in 2021
After a tough year of trading, everyone in fashion and apparel is hoping for a return to sales and revenue growth in 2021. So while the...
Jan 19, 20211 min read


‘Scan and Go’ Technologies Play Key Role in Contactless Retail
As curbside pickup and a demand for “scan and go” and touchless transactions swelled during the pandemic — and remain prominent consumer...
Jan 10, 20211 min read


Activewear in 2021
These days everyone is trying to get into the activewear games. From Target Corp. to American Eagle Outfitters Inc.’s...
Jan 6, 20212 min read


Online Thrifting Becoming A Mainstream Hobby
Online thrift shopping grew during lockdowns as a new batch of archival styles from Missoni, Romeo Gigli and Louis Vuitton become popular...
Jan 6, 20214 min read


How to Build a One-on-One Relationship With Your Customer
Heidi Sax left her store manager position at a luxury intimates brand more than two years ago, but she still keeps in touch with some of...
Jan 6, 20216 min read


How Revolve Pulled Off Its Pandemic Pivot
Revolve had all the signs of becoming one of the pandemic’s early fashion casualties. The coronavirus reached the US just before...
Jan 6, 20216 min read


Fashion Preps for the Longest Summer Ever
Consumers are beginning, tentatively, to plan for a post-pandemic world. That means hope for the fashion industry too after months of...
Jan 6, 20214 min read


Catering to Consumers’ Demand for a Speedy In-Store Experience
Due to the global pandemic, this year has experienced acceleration across the retail industry in ways no predictions came close to...
Dec 23, 20201 min read


Doing the Impossible: Launching a New Product Line During the Holidays
In the latest WWD-produced webinar, Courtney Velasco, industry marketing lead at Oracle NetSuite, and Nathan Newman, cofounder and chief...
Dec 14, 20201 min read


Farfetch Wants to Be the Netflix of Fashion
A year removed from major stock troubles, the aggregator is thriving through the pandemic—and turning itself into a “platform” for...
Dec 11, 20201 min read


TikTok Partners with Shopify on Social Commerce
topsatorTikTok is further investing in social commerce with today’s announcement of a new global partnership with e-commerce platform...
Nov 13, 20205 min read


US Luxury Jitters Amid Election Voting
Lockdowns took on a new dimension in the US as retailers brace for a potentially tumultuous election week following Tuesday’s final day...
Nov 4, 20205 min read


QR Codes and Shielded Santas: How Malls are Updating their Holiday Attractions for the Pandemic Age
Retail has suffered in the last few months, particularly big shopping centers. Malls have seen declining foot traffic, retailers bowing...
Nov 4, 20204 min read


As Online Shopping Soars, Product Reviews Takes Holiday Spotlight
When the COVID-19 pandemic caused global shutdowns in March, the effect that it would have on the upcoming holiday shopping season was...
Oct 16, 20201 min read


Digital Wholesale Marketplaces are Competing for Dwindling Business as Brands Move to DTC
Since March, a consistent theme among fashion brands has been moving away from reliance on wholesale partners, in favor of a setup...
Aug 5, 20205 min read


Back-to-School Sales Could Hit a Record $100 Billion This Year, Even if Kids Stay Home
Parents and children alike are facing uncertainty over schools and colleges opening in the fall. It might seem like that would spell bad...
Aug 5, 20202 min read


Where People Are Actually Shopping
When Ty Gaskins went shopping in SoHo earlier this month, it was his first time entering a clothing store since the pandemic reached the...
Aug 5, 20204 min read


The End of the Department Store Era
When Lord & Taylor filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, along with its owner Le Tote, it became the latest in a long line of department stores...
Aug 5, 20203 min read


LVMH Profits Fall Worse Than Expected In First Half of 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every single industry worldwide, and the fashion industry has been one of the ones hit...
Jul 28, 20202 min read
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