"If you haven't shopped in a Ralph Lauren store lately, you might be surprised to discover you have to hunt for the brand's popular preppy shirts, sweaters and other sportswear with the polo-player logo." View the full article at WSJ.
The NPD Group's footwear industry 2014 mid year check-up revealed a healthy but distracted business grappling with seasonality issues, interchangeable dress and casual product, and customer demand for unique in-store experiences. Want to continue reading? Join For: Monthly $15 or Yearly $144
During its Q2 conference call Thursday, department store chain, Kohl's Corp. shared the e-commerce strategies it plans to incorporate during 2014.
"Urban Outfitters has found itself at the nexus of a social media storm after a bloodstained sweatshirt appeared for sale on its website. The sweatshirt appeared to be from Kent State University, which is famous for a student massacre in 1970." View the full article at Fortune.
VF Corporation is growing its roster of innovation leaders yet again. On Thursday the company announced the appointment of Sudhakar Puvvada to a newly created role, vice president, global jeans innovation center. Puvvada will lead a well-rounded team…
Technology can be great. After all, it gave consumers the ability to stay at home and shop in their pajamas, and for that same reason, it can also be an infuriating competitor for malls and shopping centers. However, the deft usage of new tech applications is helping these complexes remain relevant so they can continue to woo consumers who might otherwise shop online.
The holiday season is shaping up to be a social time of the year, especially for online retailers. On Monday, ebay Enterprises released its 2014 Holiday Retail Audit revealing that online retailers are focusing less on strategic infrastructure and investing more in consumer facing tactics like social media and customer service.
The International Labor Organization's Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program released its third online transparency report on the working conditions of 248 Cambodian factories on Tuesday. The report found the number of factories conducting regular emergency evacuation drills increased from 57 percent to 76 percent.
This holiday season has seen an uptick in online orders and an accompanying demand for increasingly shorter shipping windows. With Cyber Monday sales topping out at over $2 billion and retailers managing to accommodate the e-commerce demand at record speeds, global management consulting firm Kurt Salmon conducted a study to uncover which retailers are excelling ...
