- Married to the Mob’s Leah McSweeney: Women’s streetwear is an afterthought
Married to the Mob founder Leah McSweeney shares insight on whether or not streetwear's spotlight in the mainstream will help boost the women's business, what Supreme's success means for other brands and why department stores that shunned streetwear brands in the past are now aboard the bandwagon.
- In bid for relevance, American Eagle Outfitters is testing concept stores
In order to avoid the demise of some of its fellow mall brands, American Eagle Outfitters is testing experiential retail with a temporary concept store set to launch in Manhattan’s Union Square.
- Musée Yves Saint Laurent has brought 7,000 pieces of the brand’s history online
The Musée Yves Saint Laurent is digitizing the complete archives of designer Yves Saint Laurent, in order to make it easier to access and appreciate the couture house's history.
- MatchesFashion adds new designer styles to its site every day
MatchesFashion has hit its stride in the crowded pool of luxury e-commerce. Its secret: focusing on exclusive designs and close relationships with nascent brands and designers that get support from the retailer in the form of customer data.
The Dreslyn founder Brooke Taylor Corcia: ‘Data needs to be taken with a grain of salt’ The Dreslyn launched in 2014 as a specialty boutique offering worldwide access to West Coast fashion. Founder Brooke Taylor Corcia joined the Glossy Podcast to talk about staying niche and building two-way relationships with brands, and how data fits into her buying process.
- To maintain growth momentum, Gucci is bringing production in-house
Gucci posted another financial quarter of aggressive growth. To maintain the brand's momentum, Kering is bringing production closer to home by opening a facility in 2018.
- From torching to gifting: How fast-fashion companies are purging excess inventory
It’s an oft-cited statistic that fashion is the second-largest polluting industry worldwide, and fast-fashion brands are among the most egregious perpetrators. Beyond producing mass amounts of product on the cheap, several are routinely accused of burning and destroying excess product in an attempt to prevent brand dilution. We took a...
- How Reformation tackled faster, affordable denim sustainably
Reformation launched Ref Jeans, a faster-paced, more affordable line based on denim and the things that go with it. To fit in with Reformation's sustainable mission, the company produced the line in Los Angeles.
- How Toronto became an unlikely fashion force
In recent years, Toronto has grown into a hub for emerging fashion brands, an experimental playground to test the retail waters before going global. Yet while the Canadian city provides myriad opportunities to test new products and strategies, it’s not without its own challenges.