Danny Parisi

Danny Parisi

Danny Parisi

  • How Dressbarn is faring as an online-only retailer

    Last year, Dressbarn, a women’s retailer founded in 1962, went bankrupt, closing hundreds of stores and going dark. But the company was purchased by Retail E-commerce Ventures and has found new life in the last six months, reinventing itself as an online-only retailer under new management. 

  • Vogue Runway relaunches as traditional fashion weeks break down

    The traditional fashion week structure is fracturing as designers ditch New York Fashion Week in favor of their own events. So third-party s and sites that collect every look from every show in one location are becoming the go-to source for runway content.

  • Why Century 21 went bankrupt, while other off-price retailers remain resilient

    The pandemic, despite wreaking havoc on much of retail, has had a few winners. Off-price and discount retailers have seen their fortunes grow under recent pandemic conditions, with TJ Maxx seeing its sales between May and July exceed the same period from the year before. Revenue fell to $6.67 billion, which...

  • Fashion brands are eschewing neutrality around the election

    A diverse range of brands and retailers -- including Gap, Old Navy, American Eagle and La Ligne -- are launching prominent voting-rights-themed collections and campaigns in the coming weeks, particularly with a progressive bent.

  • How NYC malls prepared to reopen

    Malls have been embattled for long before the Covid-19 pandemic began, with high rent prices, brands' move away from wholesale to direct sales and the rapid growth of online shopping eating into their prominence. The long gap in which those malls had to remain closed -- nearly six months --...

  • Pop-ups are back: How a months-old fashion brand is tackling physical retail

    Normally, summer is the biggest season for pop-ups, with brands lining up to fill storefronts in buzzy neighborhoods like NYC's SoHo. After largely being on-hold since the pandemic began, they're finally starting to reopen -- after extra work on the part of brands.

  • Huda Beauty chose a resale company for its first fashion investment

    The choice of a resale company, rather than a fashion brand or retailer, as HB Investments' first fashion investment is significant and emblematic of how prominent the category has become in the last few years, particularly since the pandemic began. The Luxury Closet is not the only resale company getting...

  • Why fast-fashion brands are thriving on TikTok

    Aldo svp Daianara Grullon Amalfitano said costs of advertising on TikTok are higher than other platforms (a sponsored hashtag challenge can be about $150,000 per week, according to TikTok), but it's worth it due to the high return of engagement. 

  • Louis VuittonLouis Vuitton joins TikTok

    It’s the latest way Louis Vuitton and parent company LVMH are targeting the Gen Z cohort, an audience that both have expressed desire to cater to in the past, along with hiring youth-oriented leaders like Virgil Abloh and Delphine Arnault. In November of last year, Bernard Arnault said that catering to...