Despite trialing new marketing tactics, amid recent digital advertising shakeups, apparel brands vying for attention have continued to bet on hit-or-miss product collaborations. Among them is Head Sportswear, which has its sights set on an expanded Gucci partnership and “tremendous” growth this year. 

On Wednesday, Kering released its second Sustainability Progress Report, for 2020-2023. Five days prior, during an NYC press event on Friday, the company announced a new commitment to reduce its absolute gas emissions by 40% by 2035, compared to 2021.

First started as a watch blog by Benjamin Clymer, who formerly worked in finance, Hodinkee has since evolved to encompass an e-commerce platform, a print publication and even watch insurance services. Since joining the company last year, Fowler has been making moves to further fuel its growth.

This year’s SXSW conference proved to be a community of professionals talking about building meaningful communities — mostly of customers, but also of users and employees. Using innovative technology to do so was a common theme in conversations involving fashion, beauty and tech company leaders, both on stage and offsite. 

"In the direct-to-consumer era, the benefit was that anyone could start a brand and say, ‘We make the best.’ But the problem was that there were 100 brands a month that were saying that, or saying, ‘We're disrupting this [product category].’ And sometimes that's not enough. Someone needs to validate...

"There is a heavy weight on us [to figure out] where we want to go, because we know there's so much potential, and we've learned so much. And we've been a bit relaxed on progressive growth,” Haycock said on the latest episode of the Glossy Podcast. “So we're at that...

“We’ve retooled every part of the organization,” said Molly Langenstein, CEO of Chico’s FAS, Inc., which owns the Chico’s, White House Black Market and Soma brands. Those updates have included right-sizing Chico’s store fleet, improving its products, leaning into customer demand for “high-touch” marketing, refreshing its loyalty program, securing advanced...

On Thursday, the 120-year-old department store launched a women’s fashion collaboration with designer Prabal Gurung that it began teasing on February 15. Though the company owns more than 650 stores across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, it invested in expanding its physical retail presence for the line’s debut with a...

When Lanvin Group went public in December, Joann Cheng, chairman and CEO, stressed that, the Group would prioritize long-term, versus rapid, growth. In the two months since, the Group has made a range of back-to-back, high-investment moves.