E-commerce giant Alibaba, the company that made Singles Day the world’s biggest shopping event, broke its own record today by beating last year’s full-day total in half the time. It was helped by some heavyweight celebrity endorsement, including Kevin Spacey also in his House of Cards President Frank Underwood persona. “Here at the White House, there…
Has the world gone mad? John Lewis that perfect example of the British department store is moving to Europe. OK, it’s heading to country-next-door The Netherlands so we’re not talking major cultural mash-up here. But it’s doing it via a deal with de Bijenkorf. Isn’t that the high-end Dutch department store owned by the same…
Luxury watch maker Tag Heuer has unveiled its first ‘smart watch’, an Android Wear device based on its Carrera series that sells for $1,500. It makes Apple’s highest-priced watch look pretty overpriced at $10,000. Let’s face it, most luxury watch buyers would probably rather have a Tag-branded device on their wrists than an Apple one.…
That’s the thing about trends. They’re like buses. You hang around waiting for one then two come along at once. So what has today yielded? First a shift in retailers’ approach to Black Friday, and second the growth of China’s Singles Day as a global event. So, Black Friday. Asda, one of the prime movers…
Nike wants women, lots of them. It certainly needs them if it’s going to achieve its aim of $11bn in women’s activewear sales by 2020 from the current $5.7bn. A little over-ambitious? Perhaps not. The segment grew 20% in Nike’s last financial year, double the rate of its men’s business. Christina Shi, head of Nike’s…
Global shipments of earphones and headphones are expected to reach 336m units by 2016, up from estimated shipments of 324m units this year and reaching a value of over $13bn, according to a new report from Future Market Insights. Obviously Dolce & Gabbana are doing their bit to add value to the market with their…
If you thought the expansion of Spain’s fashion retail chains couldn’t be stopped, think again. Mango has confirmed a report that it’s closing 450 doors in the US next year as it ends a five-year deal with JC Penney. But wait – it’s not the disaster it looks. The in-store shops will close in February…
Last week we had H&M launching a Balmain frenzy. And this week? Topshop has launched its ‘resort’ collection. Yes, you read that right. Topshop (you know, bastion of the high street) has launched a resort collection (you know, those oddly-named collections that stratospherically-priced designer ranges offer to show that they can do commercial as well…
It’s going to be an online Christmas in the UK. Yes, I know analysts say that every year but this time it’s for real. More than half of our Christmas shopping WON’T be through physical stores with an Adobe survey of 400 consumers saying that 57% of shopping will be online instead. Just think about…
You’ve got to love Anne Bernecker’s pre-loved and newly-embellished Levi’s and army surplus jackets. Anne – one of those creative individualists you come across in the fashion industry – is a street style photographer par excellence and now she’s a budding entrepreneur too with a new online shop. The jackets, in indigo, camo and washed-out…
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