Weekend Briefing: Tremaine Emory’s exit puts pressure on Supreme Last week, a fiery end to Tremaine Emory’s tenure at Supreme put the brand on blast. Elsewhere, Meta mulls letting E.U. customers pay to avoid ads, and Kering’s Françoise-Henri Pinault nears a deal to acquire CAA.
Week in Review: Kylie Jenner’s potential new brand, Rolex’s Bucherer acquisition, Lanvin’s struggles This week, we discuss the rumor that Kylie Jenner is allegedly planning to launch a “quiet luxury” brand with Jens and Emma Grede, the executives behind other brands in the Kardashian universe including Skims and Good American. Later, we talk Rolex buying Bucherer and the troubles facing Lanvin.
Brilliant Earth opens another 3 stores, this time in shopping malls All three are located in shopping malls, a first for the brand. One store opened in Roosevelt Field Mall in New York on August 24, another opened in Pennsylvania's King of Prussia on Thursday, and the final one will soon open in Roseville Galleria in California. All are traditional indoor...
Cucinelli’s skyrocketing growth shows quiet luxury is here to stay Brunello Cucinelli has become a poster child for "quiet luxury." And according to Cucinelli’s most recent earnings report, released on Tuesday, the consumer desire for quiet luxury has remained strong. Its profits were up 31.9% in the first half of 2023, and it's now expecting a 10% increase in sales...
‘People are tired’: Fashion brands are lowering prices to bring back price-conscious consumers Wray Serna, the designer and founder of her eponymous brand Wray, said she’s lowered the prices of all the goods at her brand by 15-20% in the last month.
Neiman Marcus reverts to old marketing tactics for new fall campaign The campaign is a multipronged effort, featuring everything from the "Fall Book" — a thick coffee table book replacing the slim catalogs of previous campaigns — to a series of profiles of prominent people in the worlds of fashion, sports and activism.
Weekend Briefing: Retailers report increased shoplifting, but it’s not an epidemic In recent weeks, retailers have spoken out about retail crime affecting their bottom line. So, are we in a crime wave? Not really.
Fashion Briefing: Inside the rise of influencer-driven resale sites In the last few years, another online fashion resale format has emerged. It's based on the idea that customers want to buy clothes from specific people, including celebrities, stylists, influencers and stylish people with an Instagram account. That's due to a combination of factors, including the oversaturation of e-commerce options,...
Week in Review: Abercrombie & Fitch’s comeback and fashion’s community playbook On this week’s episode, we discuss Abercrombie & Fitch's comeback over the last few years, including its ability to shed the exclusive, elitist image it held in the 2000s. Later, we talk about community building in fashion and how brands are using live events to build loyalty.