Weekend Briefing: Fashion retailers slash earnings forecasts, bracing for a tough year This past week saw retailers slashing their earnings forecasts as industry challenges — rising inflation, continued supply chain delays, the loss of the Russian market and lowered demand — have continued to pile up.
Week in Review: Kourtney Kardashian’s D&G wedding, Emily Weiss’s Glossier departure, Balenciaga’s NYSE show On this week's episode: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's Dolce & Gabbana-branded wedding showed the natural next step for the endlessly monetized life of an influencer; Emily Weiss's departure from Glossier spotlighted the evolution of a DTC brand pioneer; and finally, Demna's vision for Balenciaga recently resulted in a run...
These are the brands that have called for action on gun regulation Here is a list of all fashion and beauty industry responses to the U.S. mass shootings and the issue of gun regulation. They run the gamut from simple statements announcing the pausing of upcoming collections or events to full-throated calls to action on gun regulation policies. Glossy will update this...
Fashion briefing: The Outnet aims to own the off-price luxury menswear market After more than a decade in only womenswear, since The Outnet was founded in 2009, the brand is launching its first major foray into menswear on May 31. After soft-launching and testing menswear in a few markets like EMEA and APAC earlier this year, The Outnet’s managing director Emma Mortimer...
Skims launches warehouse robots in the race for faster delivery As Amazon’s Prime and standard two-day shipping has become the norm, fashion brands are looking for ways to improve the speed and efficiency of their online orders and fulfillment.
Brands are ‘planning for the worst’ as economic downturn looms With rising inflation, ongoing supply chain issues and a forecast of reduced sales, fashion brands are making contingency plans for a potentially rough season of sales.
Weekend Briefing: Where does the CFDA go from here? This past week saw some changes in the leadership of the CFDA, raising the question of where the organization goes from here. Also in this weekend's briefing: acquisitions in the intimates space, exotic leather on its way out, cryptocurrency payments on their way in, dispatches from the Glossy E-Commerce Forum...
Week in Review: Tom Ford steps down as CFDA chair, Gucci’s ‘Cosmogonie’ show, Nike x Jacquemus On this week's episode, Tom Ford stepped down from his role as chairman of the CFDA after three years, leaving the organization at a crossroads; Gucci's "Cosmogonie" show in Puglia was an example of extravagant, idiosyncratic fashion not dictated by data and algorithms; and Nike's collaboration with Jacquemus was yet...
After Burberry drops exotic leathers, will more brands look for leather alternatives? While luxury fashion brands have embraced both fur and leather for decades, the last five years saw demand for fur sharply fall off. Brands like Armani, Alexander McQueen, Oscar de la Renta and even conglomerates like Kering all dropped the use of fur. Still, restricting the use of leather is...