URBN achieves the retail-resale-rental trifecta with launch of Nuuly Thrift On Tuesday, URBN’s Nuuly rental service added a resale service called Nuuly Thrift, making URBN one of the first major fashion companies to house retail, resale and rental businesses under one roof. Unlike other companies that have employed outside platforms to power their resale, Nuuly created the Thrift program in-house....
‘It’s all part of the puzzle’: Strategies for alternative commerce channels On Day 2 of the Glossy Future of Fashion Summit in Miami (October 4-6), brands from across the industry met in working groups to talk through how they're navigating new challenges and opportunities in different areas of their business. One group focused on the commerce channels, outside of the typical...
How Thousand Fell is looking to eliminate friction from circular fashion Oftentimes, the greatest friction around circularity comes from getting a product back from the customer before it winds up in a landfill. Co-founders Stuart Ahlum and Chloe Songer are looking to solve that. They've made circularity a core focus of their 1-year-old DTC sneaker brand, Thousand Fell.
The RealReal’s next upcycled collection will be designed in its new innovation lab The second collection, made from scraps and materials upcycled from damaged products taken in by The RealReal, is being designed right now under the purview of the company’s newly established innovations lab, called the Circular ReSource Lab. The pieces are more radically transformed than the first collection, with no indication...
Saks Fifth Avenue added 60 new brands to its children’s category in 2021 Children’s fashion, particularly in the luxury and streetwear categories, has been growing in popularity. The childrenswear market grew faster than men’s and women’s fashion in the last two years, reaching $252 billion globally and $34 billion in the U.S. last year. Saks Fifth Avenue alone added 60 new brands to...
Week in Review: Fendace, Tom Brady’s new menswear brand and the Garment Workers Protection Act This week, Danny Parisi and Jill Manoff discuss the fashion crossover of the year, Fendace. They also spotlight Tom Brady's new menswear brand, developed with Frame's Jens Grede and Public School's Dao-yi Chow, and the passing of California's Garment Workers Protection Act, which guarantees a livable wage for California's 45,000...
The modernization of James Bond’s brand partnerships James Bond, super spy and embodiment of British sophistication, is no stranger to product placement. From the very first Bond film, the character has always been dressed in Savile Row suits and driven British cars like the famous Aston Martin. With one of the character’s defining features being his exquisite...
Suitsupply’s Fokke de Jong: ‘Don’t expect supply chain costs to normalize for another year’ Fokke de Jong, CEO of Suitsupply, said the brand has seen shipping costs increase -- in some cases, quadruple -- and also delays in shipping, across the board.
Nike lost 10 weeks of production to Vietnam, Indonesia factory shutdowns Nike's revenue growth has come at a time of increased supply chain complications that even a behemoth like Nike hasn’t been able to totally avoid. In an earnings call on Sept. 23, CEO John Donahoe spoke about some of the issues facing Nike’s global supply chain and how the athleticwear...