After acquiring two supply-chain start-ups last year, the teen retailer wants to build an ‘open source’ shipping and storage network it thinks can someday be a bigger business than selling clothes.
After acquiring two supply-chain start-ups last year, the teen retailer wants to build an ‘open source’ shipping and storage network it thinks can someday be a bigger business than selling clothes.
Parade founder Cami Téllez and Ben Clymer, founder of Hodinkee, join BoF retail correspondent Cathaleen Chen to discuss the challenges of building digitally-native, direct-to-consumer brands capable of chipping away at mainstays’ market share as performance marketing costs rise.
Parade founder Cami Téllez and Ben Clymer, founder of Hodinkee, join BoF retail correspondent Cathaleen Chen to discuss the challenges of building digitally-native, direct-to-consumer brands capable of chipping away at mainstays’ market share as performance marketing costs rise.
Apps and site blockers are seeking to curb compulsive shopping, but they’re battling an e-commerce apparatus fine-tuned to make it easier to buy stuff than ever before.
Apps and site blockers are seeking to curb compulsive shopping, but they’re battling an e-commerce apparatus fine-tuned to make it easier to buy stuff than ever before.
Following a management reshuffle, leaders at the e-commerce giant are developing services to revitalise sales for brands in the troubled China market.
Following a management reshuffle, leaders at the e-commerce giant are developing services to revitalise sales for brands in the troubled China market.
The marketing value of digital fashion and NFTs may now be clear, but fashion brands will need to separate hype from the concrete opportunities to generate sustainable revenue streams from the metaverse.
The marketing value of digital fashion and NFTs may now be clear, but fashion brands will need to separate hype from the concrete opportunities to generate sustainable revenue streams from the metaverse.
Facing a possible recession, private investors are tightening their purse strings. This means fashion and beauty start-ups must preserve cash and undertake creative tactics to secure capital.
Facing a possible recession, private investors are tightening their purse strings. This means fashion and beauty start-ups must preserve cash and undertake creative tactics to secure capital.
The former professional MLB baseball, Canadian hockey player and American ballet dancer are launching a new fitness apparel brand, Greatness Wins, together with Chris Riccobono, a co-founder of the menswear brand Untuckit.
The former professional MLB baseball, Canadian hockey player and American ballet dancer are launching a new fitness apparel brand, Greatness Wins, together with Chris Riccobono, a co-founder of the menswear brand Untuckit.
Alo Yoga, a yoga-wear and accessories brand, is allowing its corporate employees to convert part or all of their checks to crypto and will accept the currency on its e-commerce site, too.
Alo Yoga, a yoga-wear and accessories brand, is allowing its corporate employees to convert part or all of their checks to crypto and will accept the currency on its e-commerce site, too.
High-profile athletes used to make money by inking licensing deals with retailers that use their names on jerseys and shorts. Today, sports stars like Russell Westbrook and Megan Rapinoe are launching their own labels, with full financial and creative control.
High-profile athletes used to make money by inking licensing deals with retailers that use their names on jerseys and shorts. Today, sports stars like Russell Westbrook and Megan Rapinoe are launching their own labels, with full financial and creative control.
Even if brands overcome low consumer confidence during this year’s 618 shopping festival, a spike in online orders could worsen already congested logistics networks.
Even if brands overcome low consumer confidence during this year’s 618 shopping festival, a spike in online orders could worsen already congested logistics networks.
After a hard pivot to e-commerce during the pandemic, many brands are back to working with retailers. This time, they say the terms have changed in their favour.
After a hard pivot to e-commerce during the pandemic, many brands are back to working with retailers. This time, they say the terms have changed in their favour.
Luxury brands and startups are making apparel for fast-growing sports like pickleball, rugby, skiing and boxing.
Luxury brands and startups are making apparel for fast-growing sports like pickleball, rugby, skiing and boxing.
In a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company’s management has approved a plan for organisational changes expected to cost the brand nearly $300 million. One analyst posited the target could be its struggling subsidiary.
The decline in nonfarm payrolls reported by the Labor Department in its employment report on Friday was the sixth since January 2025 and the second largest.
The Japanese sportswear brand is accelerating global expansion by acquiring race-registration platforms to deepen engagement with runners.
The brands Gap and Banana Republic beat comparable sales estimates.
Christine Hunsicker admitted she falsified financial statements to promote CaaStle Inc. as a valuable, growing business when in reality it was struggling.
The underwear company is anticipating net sales of at least $6.85 billion in the current fiscal year, exceeding analyst estimates and marking the highest revenue since its split from L Brands Inc in 2021.
The Japanese brand is accelerating its expansion in India to capture a greater share of the rapidly growing apparel market and affluent consumer base.
Activist fund Oasis Management Co. is calling on the Japanese personal care company to convene an extraordinary general meeting, seeking a probe into its supply-chain risk management and internal control.