- How Chinese platform JD.com is attracting luxury brands to its $10 billion fashion business
JD.com's president of fashion Xia Ding is building out the fastest-growing category of the business by partnering with Western brands. Most recently, the company sponsored the 3.1 Phillip Lim fashion show as the brand considers how to best enter the Chinese e-commerce market.
- Rebecca Minkoff is investing in mobile payment tools to attract global customers
Rebecca Minkoff is adding Alipay to its stores and site, and will add Amazon Pay and Apple Pay down the line, in an effort to make transactions seamless for customers across channels and regions.
- Fashion industry leaders are teaching young designers how to sell their collections
The Fashion Institute of Technology, Infor and Harper's Bazaar have teamed up to host a student design competition that judges not only the aesthetics and craftsmanship of the young designers, but also their ability to successfully sell a collection.
RO NY founder Rony Zeidan: ‘Fashion’s not what it used to be — I blame Instagram’ At the start of New York Fashion Week, and fashion month, RO NY founder Rony Zeidan joined the Glossy Podcast to discuss his predictions ahead of this season's events.
- Gap Inc. wants to turn Athleta into a billion-dollar brand
During a talk with investors at the Goldman Sachs Retailing Conference, Gap Inc. CEO Art Peck focused on the good, rather than the bad — namely Athleta and its trajectory to becoming a billion-dollar brand. Through a competitive production cycle, more stores and increased e-commerce capabilities, the company believes the brand...
- After the flash sales gold rush, Gilt focuses on mining customer data
Under its new parent company, Hudson's Bay, Gilt is pushing flash sales aside and zeroing in on personalization. With a new website, the e-commerce brand is hoping to stay independent from Saks Off 5th by introducing a more individualized shopping experience to its 10 million active members.
- Jason Wu will make its debut as lifestyle brand at NYFW
The inspiration for Jason Wu’s first foray into lifestyle products was, of course, a means to expand the brand’s reach, but his love for Sharpies undoubtedly came into play.
- ‘The wardrobe gap’: Clothing brand Brass is out to change officewear for women
Shortly after Katie Doyle and Jay Adams began offering in-person styling services for their e-commerce womenswear company, Brass, they noticed an influx of shoppers candidly sharing their challenges dressing as modern women in the workplace.
- Networking site for creatives looks to prove its worth at NYFW
Determined to establish her networking site SohoMuse as the LinkedIn of creatives, co-founder and president Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin is turning to New York Fashion Week to provide business opportunities for designers in order to make her case.