Week in Review: Lunar New Year, fashion x sports, Capri Holdings and Zegna In this week's episode, they take a look at fashion brands' attempts to get in on Lunar New Year and capitalize on big sporting events, including the Olympics and the Super Bowl. They also provide an update on Capri Holdings and Zegna, based on the companies' latest earnings reports.
How fashion brands are scouting for metaverse talent Brands can’t just ask for “five years experience” with a concept that’s barely a year old. To find the right talent, fashion companies are broadening their search horizons, seeking people with a mix of tech skills that they hope will help them adapt to a rapidly growing, and rapidly changing,...
Clothing repairs are brands’ easier, cheaper path to circular fashion While luxury brands like Dior and Chanel have offered repairs for decades, mainstream brands like Uniqlo, Arc’teryx and Madewell have all begun offering quick repair services in-store in the last six months.
Nordstrom launches first podcast, The Nordy Pod Nordstrom is the latest of several retailers and brands in the industry to launch podcasts in the last three months. They include Victoria’s Secret, MAC Cosmetics and Lyst. Nordstrom hopes to set The Nordy Pod apart by letting Pete Nordstrom’s personal interests and connections guide the content and creation, rather...
Week in Review: NYFW cancellations, Nigo’s first Kenzo show and Fashion Nova’s FTC fine This week, a number of brands canceled or postponed their traditional NYFW shows. Nigo, the streetwear designer recently named artistic director of Kenzo, showed his first collection with the brand in Paris. And Fashion Nova was fined by the FTC for blocking bad reviews from appearing on its site, making...
Fit technology is getting a boost from the new iPhone and Savage x Fenty Savage x Fenty is arming its store associates with body-scanning technology to aid in finding the best fit for customers. Fitting rooms will also have this technology available, so the scan can be done in private, if desired.
Kate Spade pulls out of NYFW CEO Liz Fraser said the brand will not be showing in February, in favor of doing a presentation later in the spring outside of NYFW. Fraser said that the decision was not new, but had been planned for some time.
Competition between resale-as-a-service providers heats up as brand demand grows As more brands bustle into the resale space, the resale-as-a-service (RaaS) world is growing more competitive. Archive, a RaaS platform that powers the resale businesses of brands including Dagne Dover, M.M.LaFleur and Oscar de la Renta, got a boost this week when it announced an $8 million funding round led by...
Baby boomers are coming to resale, answering Gen Z’s demand for vintage According to data provided by several resale companies, there has been a generational exchange happening on their platforms, particularly in the last year. Older users are selling the clothes they’ve collected over the years, and younger users are buying them up. According to January data from The RealReal, more than...