Philip Green is treading boldly. His popular fashion retailer Topshop has announced a giant deal with Beyoncé to make athleisure and streetwear. But this is no ordinary collaboration – after all, when you hook up with one of the world’s most famous women, it to be something more than the kind of deal you’d do…
M-commerce rules! Yes really. It’s not just the heir apparent of retail shopping channels, it’s about to be crowned king. An IBM Watson study says that this Black Friday shopping week more US shoppers will browse online using their smartphones than traditional computers. It’s the first time that’s happened. Significantly, more people will use smartphones…
You know times are tough when high-end brands rein-in their store opening plans and start talking up their web strategies instead. The latest to do so? Hugo Boss. Because the Chinese and US markets will remain challenging next year, the only locations to get shiny new stores will be top global ones. Meanwhile, the digital…
“Short-term turbulence” is what Billabong’s CEO is calling it. But investors saw it differently. The surfwear specialist gave a trading update and the news wasn’t good. So what did CEO Neil Fiske have to say (and bear in mind that with the share price plunging 23% it must have been pretty bad)?
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