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Entrepreneurship

What It's Really Like to Be an Independent Fashion Brand During the Pandemic

A fledgling ready-to-wear label, a wholesale-dependent contemporary player and a venture capital-backed start-up share honest details as they battle for survival.

Entrepreneurship

What It's Really Like to Be an Independent Fashion Brand During the Pandemic

A fledgling ready-to-wear label, a wholesale-dependent contemporary player and a venture capital-backed start-up share honest details as they battle for survival.


China

5 Lessons for Brands in Post-Pandemic China

How can the recent performance of giants like Hermès, LVMH, Kering, Li-Ning and L'Oréal help other brands prepare for the next phase of China’s post-pandemic recovery?

China

5 Lessons for Brands in Post-Pandemic China

How can the recent performance of giants like Hermès, LVMH, Kering, Li-Ning and L'Oréal help other brands prepare for the next phase of China’s post-pandemic recovery?


Retail

Department Stores Offer Curbside Service as Stores Reopen

Saks Fifth Avenue stylists and personal shoppers are sending messages to clients in Texas, telling them they can schedule appointments to shop online and collect merchandise curbside or make returns.

Retail

Department Stores Offer Curbside Service as Stores Reopen

Saks Fifth Avenue stylists and personal shoppers are sending messages to clients in Texas, telling them they can schedule appointments to shop online and collect merchandise curbside or make returns.


Global Markets

Gulf Retailers Will Suffer During Ramadan

With the most important sales period of the year wiped out across the Middle East, luxury brands could be hit hard in key markets like the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia due to mall closures and lockdown.

Global Markets

Gulf Retailers Will Suffer During Ramadan

With the most important sales period of the year wiped out across the Middle East, luxury brands could be hit hard in key markets like the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia due to mall closures and lockdown.


Retail

Fast Retailing to Reopen Two Uniqlo Stores in Berlin

The clothing retailer will be the first in Europe to resume business after all but one of its stores in the region shut due to the coronavirus.

Retail

Fast Retailing to Reopen Two Uniqlo Stores in Berlin

The clothing retailer will be the first in Europe to resume business after all but one of its stores in the region shut due to the coronavirus.


Global Markets

Luxury’s Future Depends on China’s Recovery. Will it Come Fast Enough?

China’s unprecedented GDP contraction suggests that a global recovery could be more prolonged and painful than previously anticipated. Like the economy they rely upon, most luxury brands are now in uncharted waters.

Global Markets

Luxury’s Future Depends on China’s Recovery. Will it Come Fast Enough?

China’s unprecedented GDP contraction suggests that a global recovery could be more prolonged and painful than previously anticipated. Like the economy they rely upon, most luxury brands are now in uncharted waters.


Retail

What to Do With All That Excess Inventory

Brands and retailers are sitting on mountains of spring and summer collections that they need to clear in what will likely be the biggest markdown season ever.

Retail

What to Do With All That Excess Inventory

Brands and retailers are sitting on mountains of spring and summer collections that they need to clear in what will likely be the biggest markdown season ever.


Retail

Sweatsuits and Yoga Pants Are Selling Like Crazy. What Happens When Lockdowns End?

Post-pandemic, activewear and loungewear brands are going to have to work harder than ever to attract customers in a ballooning market.

Retail

Sweatsuits and Yoga Pants Are Selling Like Crazy. What Happens When Lockdowns End?

Post-pandemic, activewear and loungewear brands are going to have to work harder than ever to attract customers in a ballooning market.


Retail

Report: Neiman Marcus to File for Bankruptcy This Week

The retailer will become the first major US department store to succumb to Covid-19's economic fallout, sources say.

Retail

Report: Neiman Marcus to File for Bankruptcy This Week

The retailer will become the first major US department store to succumb to Covid-19's economic fallout, sources say.


Luxury

LVMH's Q1 Results: What You Need to Know

How the luxury giant is preparing for a difficult year, and where it sees signs of growth.

Luxury

LVMH's Q1 Results: What You Need to Know

How the luxury giant is preparing for a difficult year, and where it sees signs of growth.