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Retail

Why Tariffs Haven’t Led to Soaring Prices – Yet

Fashion brands will eventually need to offset higher costs for imports. But after raising prices again and again since the pandemic, some retailers are more worried about alienating shoppers than how they’ll pay their customs duties.

Retail

Why Tariffs Haven’t Led to Soaring Prices – Yet

Fashion brands will eventually need to offset higher costs for imports. But after raising prices again and again since the pandemic, some retailers are more worried about alienating shoppers than how they’ll pay their customs duties.


Retail

How Retailers Are Bracing for a Potentially Grim Year

Facing uncertainty around tariffs and fears of a potential recession, the strongest and weakest fashion companies alike have issued a cautious outlook for 2025. Even so, low consumer confidence does not guarantee a pullback from spending. For the savviest players, there is still room for growth.

Retail

How Retailers Are Bracing for a Potentially Grim Year

Facing uncertainty around tariffs and fears of a potential recession, the strongest and weakest fashion companies alike have issued a cautious outlook for 2025. Even so, low consumer confidence does not guarantee a pullback from spending. For the savviest players, there is still room for growth.


Retail

Urban Outfitters' Clothing Rental Platform Turns Its First Annual Profit

Rental platform Nuuly reported an operating income of $13.3 million last year, a major benchmark for a concept that’s long been associated with rapid growth and steep losses.

Retail

Urban Outfitters' Clothing Rental Platform Turns Its First Annual Profit

Rental platform Nuuly reported an operating income of $13.3 million last year, a major benchmark for a concept that’s long been associated with rapid growth and steep losses.


Retail

The Retailer That Finally Got Rental Right

Urban Outfitters has spent over $100 million building Nuuly, a competitor to Rent the Runway that stocks more casual clothing. Four years in, the service is growing fast, and its owner says it will soon be profitable.

Retail

The Retailer That Finally Got Rental Right

Urban Outfitters has spent over $100 million building Nuuly, a competitor to Rent the Runway that stocks more casual clothing. Four years in, the service is growing fast, and its owner says it will soon be profitable.


Sustainability

Are Mass Market Fashion Companies Really the Worst on Sustainability?

Levi Strauss and H&M Group rank among the top five companies in The BoF Sustainability Index 2022, but the high street segment also contains the annual assessment’s lowest-scoring company with no points at all.

Sustainability

Are Mass Market Fashion Companies Really the Worst on Sustainability?

Levi Strauss and H&M Group rank among the top five companies in The BoF Sustainability Index 2022, but the high street segment also contains the annual assessment’s lowest-scoring company with no points at all.


Retail

Case Study | How to Build a Customer-Centric Brand

For 50 years, Urban Outfitters has managed to ride the waves of mid-priced apparel retail without succumbing to the steady decline of its competitors. The key to the success of its brand stable — which also includes Anthropologie, Free People and Nuuly — is the company’s belief that the customer should define the product mix, not the merchant.

Retail

Case Study | How to Build a Customer-Centric Brand

For 50 years, Urban Outfitters has managed to ride the waves of mid-priced apparel retail without succumbing to the steady decline of its competitors. The key to the success of its brand stable — which also includes Anthropologie, Free People and Nuuly — is the company’s belief that the customer should define the product mix, not the merchant.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | L’Oréal Appoints New CEO, Macy’s Taps Consultant as CFO

This week, Nicolas Hieronimus takes the helm at L’Oréal, while Macy’s appoints a Boston Consulting Group partner as Chief Financial Officer.

Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | L’Oréal Appoints New CEO, Macy’s Taps Consultant as CFO

This week, Nicolas Hieronimus takes the helm at L’Oréal, while Macy’s appoints a Boston Consulting Group partner as Chief Financial Officer.