The Luxury Consumer: Resilience to Inflation
Despite concerns surrounding an impending recession, luxury retailers are continuing to thrive. High-end fashion companies like Hermes,...
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- Aug 29
- 1 min
Giving Middle Market Customers What They Want
Demand for fast fashion and luxury goods are opposing interests, yet both are seen in the middle market consumer. This demographic values...
- Aug 28
- 1 min
The Unexpected Appeal of Costco Fashion
Even in the oversaturated state of the fashion industry, big-box retailer Costco is garnering substantial attention on social media for...
- Aug 27
- 1 min
Can Tailoring Take Over Streetwear in the Mens Market?
With the novelty of streetwear influences in luxury fashion wearing off, tailoring is having a resurgence in men’s apparel. Prominent...
- Aug 26
- 1 min
These Are the Most-Searched Jean Fits In the US
To better understand regional consumer behavior, e-comm fashion retailer Dia & Co analyzed denim Google search queries on a...
- Aug 25
- 1 min
Streetwear and Prep Style’s Hold on Menswear
As more fashion houses begin to dabble in collegiate trends captivating the menswear space, this season’s preppy look gets a sportier,...
- Aug 24
- 2 min
Ghost-Retailers are Silently Transforming the Retail Landscape
Historically, creating a retail store required a team of experts to successfully open tens to hundreds of stores and manage real-estate...
- Aug 23
- 1 min
Uniqlo Sister Brand GU to Enter U.S. With SoHo Pop-up
Uniqlo’s sister brand GU, the lower-priced trend-driven brand owned by parent company Fast Retailing, has chosen SoHo as the site to mark...
- Aug 22
- 1 min
Abercrombie & Fitch Launches Getaway-Inspired Retail Concept
Abercrombie & Fitch launched a new “getaway” retail concept catering to its millennial and Gen-Z customers’ affinity for travel and...
- Aug 21
- 1 min
Price Freezes: the New Inflation Marketing Tactic
With inflation on the rise, retailers like Primark and Old Navy are exercising a new tactic to opt out of raising prices to draw in value...
- Aug 20
- 1 min
J.Crew’s and Gap’s Comeback Playbooks Couldn’t Be More Different. Only One Is Working
J.Crew and Gap defined how Americans dressed for much of the ‘90s and 2000s. Then, during the pandemic, J.Crew filed for bankruptcy, and...
- Aug 18
- 1 min
Gucci Unveils an NFT Gallery With ‘The Next 100 Years of Gucci’
Gucci is cementing its place in fashion history as it unveils the “The Next 100 Years” NFT art exhibit. This exhibit will be displayed in...
- Aug 17
- 8 min
Achieving The Holy Trinity Of Fashion Retailing: Desirable, Affordable and Sustainable
Notting Hill is famous for its colourful houses, colourful markets and colourful characters. So it is appropriate that in one corner of...
- Aug 14
- 4 min
Deadstock Fabric Finds a Second Life
As Givenchy’s fabric buyer, Romain Brabo often visited the French couture house’s fabric warehouses, seeing bolts of leftover silk, lace,...
- Aug 13
- 2 min
Is Sustainability Sustainable in Retail?
Well, the results are in…according to a recent First Insight study, on average 75% of ALL generational groups from Gen Z to Baby Boomers...
- Aug 12
- 6 min
A Radical Solution to Denim’s Climate Cost: Go Direct to the Farm
For the last two-and-a-half years, denim group Citizens of Humanity has struggled with a familiar series of supply chain challenges. The...
- Aug 11
- 2 min
Menswear brand Gomorrah launches compostable fashion collection
Biodegradable fashion could play a key factor in the industry’s fight against waste and climate change. Many fabrics and materials are...
- Aug 10
- 1 min
Sustainability Pop-Up Opens On Regent Street
The Crown Estate has teamed up with independent designer concept store Lone Design Club to open a sustainability-focused pop-up store on...
- Aug 9
- 5 min
Gore-Tex: The new membrane and what Greenpeace has to do with it
When the first products with the new, more sustainable ePE membrane from Gore-Tex hit the market in autumn, the world leader for...
- Aug 8
- 4 min
Sustainable Packaging Solutions for Fashion Industry
The packaging industry accounts for one of the most significant volumes of virgin paper and plastic worldwide. Studies suggest that 50...