Dick’s Sporting Goods Cuts Annual Forecasts as Demand Weakens
The sports retailer cut its full-year sales and profit forecasts as a cautious consumer environment hit demand for athletic apparel and sporting goods.
Opinions
Luxury
Peering Over the China Peak
Chinese consumers remain the largest driver of global luxury growth, but there may be bad news ahead for European luxury brands.
Peering Over the China Peak
Chinese consumers remain the largest driver of global luxury growth, but there may be bad news ahead for European luxury brands.
News & Analysis
Op-Ed | Burberry's New Fashion Directive: Get On Trend With Pay
The company may face a backlash from shareholders at its annual general meeting on Thursday over awards to chief creative director Christopher Bailey, and new finance director Julie Brown.
Op-Ed | Burberry's New Fashion Directive: Get On Trend With Pay
The company may face a backlash from shareholders at its annual general meeting on Thursday over awards to chief creative director Christopher Bailey, and new finance director Julie Brown.
Retail
Op-Ed | The Cost of Dead Inventory: Retail’s Dirty Little Secret
Among the many problems facing today's retail market, unsold stock might be one of its biggest handicaps, argues Haley Smith Recer.
Op-Ed | The Cost of Dead Inventory: Retail’s Dirty Little Secret
Among the many problems facing today's retail market, unsold stock might be one of its biggest handicaps, argues Haley Smith Recer.
News & Analysis
Op-Ed | A Bad Brexit Would Pull the Fashion Industry Apart at the Seams
As the UK negotiates its exit from the EU, it must remain in the customs union and introduce new trademark protections, talent visas and tax breaks, or risk disaster, argues Tamara Cincik.
Op-Ed | A Bad Brexit Would Pull the Fashion Industry Apart at the Seams
As the UK negotiates its exit from the EU, it must remain in the customs union and introduce new trademark protections, talent visas and tax breaks, or risk disaster, argues Tamara Cincik.
News & Analysis
Op-Ed | The Cynical Realism of Demna, Gosha and Lotta
Underneath its tongue-in-cheek rejections of Western fashion norms, the realist ‘new Russian aesthetic’ of Demna Gvasalia, Gosha Rubchinskiy and Lotta Volkova is neither real nor new.
Op-Ed | The Cynical Realism of Demna, Gosha and Lotta
Underneath its tongue-in-cheek rejections of Western fashion norms, the realist ‘new Russian aesthetic’ of Demna Gvasalia, Gosha Rubchinskiy and Lotta Volkova is neither real nor new.
News & Analysis
Tomes of the Times: Summer Reading 2017
Colin McDowell shares his essential summer fashion reading list, featuring books on Rei Kawakubo, Irving Penn, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent’s Dior years and more.
Tomes of the Times: Summer Reading 2017
Colin McDowell shares his essential summer fashion reading list, featuring books on Rei Kawakubo, Irving Penn, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent’s Dior years and more.
Retail
Op-Ed | How Small Will Beat Big and Save the Fashion Industry
The status quo spells certain death for design-driven brands unless they tap new technologies and Economies of Small, argues Lawrence Lenihan.
Op-Ed | How Small Will Beat Big and Save the Fashion Industry
The status quo spells certain death for design-driven brands unless they tap new technologies and Economies of Small, argues Lawrence Lenihan.
Technology
Op-Ed | The Age of Digital Darwinism
What does it take to survive and prosper in a luxury market where digital is becoming the new centre of a brand's gravity?
Op-Ed | The Age of Digital Darwinism
What does it take to survive and prosper in a luxury market where digital is becoming the new centre of a brand's gravity?
Luxury
Op-Ed | Bring Back the Burberry Check
Burberry should build on its collaboration with Gosha Rubchinskiy to make some brave creative choices, argues Andrea Felsted.
Op-Ed | Bring Back the Burberry Check
Burberry should build on its collaboration with Gosha Rubchinskiy to make some brave creative choices, argues Andrea Felsted.
News & Analysis
The Truth About Ready-to-Wear
Designer fashion was once a real business. Now, high exposure to ready-to-wear is a structural weakness for luxury players, argues Luca Solca.
The Truth About Ready-to-Wear
Designer fashion was once a real business. Now, high exposure to ready-to-wear is a structural weakness for luxury players, argues Luca Solca.
News & Analysis
What Olivier Saillard’s Ephemeral Museum Reveals About Fashion, Fragility and Decay
Olivier Saillard talks to Angelo Flaccavento about his latest project, a reflection on the ephemeral and morbid qualities of fashion, set to open on the first day of Pitti Uomo.
What Olivier Saillard’s Ephemeral Museum Reveals About Fashion, Fragility and Decay
Olivier Saillard talks to Angelo Flaccavento about his latest project, a reflection on the ephemeral and morbid qualities of fashion, set to open on the first day of Pitti Uomo.
News & Analysis
Op-Ed | As Shoppers Look Elsewhere, Topshop Needs Philip Green's Cash
Topshop has been quick to embrace social media and other technologies to engage with consumers. But it needs to do more. Asos and Boohoo aren't standing still.
Op-Ed | As Shoppers Look Elsewhere, Topshop Needs Philip Green's Cash
Topshop has been quick to embrace social media and other technologies to engage with consumers. But it needs to do more. Asos and Boohoo aren't standing still.
The News in Brief
Essilorluxottica Founder’s Son Quits Management Roles After Reported Rift With CEO
Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio is stepping down as chairman of the Ray-Ban brand and as chief strategy officer, the company said, after reports of tensions with CEO Francesco Milleri.
Avon North America Acquired By Regent, Appoints New CEO
The legacy beauty brand's US and Canada divisions will join the investment firm's portfolio, which also includes Avon International.
Shein’s Purchase of Everlane Faces US National Security Review
A review by an interagency panel led by the US Treasury Department began after the $80 million transaction was completed in May, according to the people familiar with the matter.
Shein Sets IPO Date, Targets Up to $27 Billion Valuation
The company is set to debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Sept. 1 and is seeking to raise as much as $1.8 billion in its long-awaited IPO, according to a filing.
Marquee Brands to Acquire Roots in Go-Private Deal
The brand management company will add the Canadian lifestyle label to a growing portfolio that includes Roberto Cavalli and BCBG.
UK Retail Sales Drop for the First Time in Three Months
Scorching weather and fewer discounts discouraged shoppers and ended a recent rebound in consumer spending as retail sales fell for the first time since April.
Fashion CEO Hunsicker Gets Five Years for $300 Million Fraud
Christine Hunsicker, founder of the fashion-rental and technology company CaaStle Inc., was sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding investors out of $300 million.