Burberry announced Monday that Christopher Bailey will be ending his stint as both chief executive and creative director at the luxury brand. Céline Chairmand and CEO Marco Gobbetti will take over executive duties in 2017. Meanwhile, Bailey will retain his creative role and take on...
No longer just a men’s sneaker brand, Greats launched four new styles for women this week on its website. The first release for the Greats women’s collection includes the brand’s best-selling Royale and Wooster silhouettes. The women’s Royale is available in two styles, a smooth...
After a few schedule changes and the wrap up of the Couture collections last week, it’s finally time for New York Fashion Week: Men’s. The shows kick off Monday morning and run through Thursday. Big names showing the spring ’17 men’s collections include Coach, John...
July 11, 2016: Marco Gobbetti has been named CEO of Burberry Group, replacing Christopher Bailey, who has been named president. Bailey will retain his role as chief creative officer. Julie Brown has been appointed to the new role of chief operating and financial officer....
If Art Krulish, director of customer success at Setlog, a cloud-based supply chain and vendor compliance management platform, could offer one piece of advice to apparel companies, it would be this: talk. During a Product Innovation Apparel discussion last week, titled “Enhancing Interdepartmental Collaboration and...
So says the latest note — under that same title — from Cowen and Co.’s consumer team, which analyzed consumer momentum for the season. “We acknowledge rising labor costs, promotional cadences in retail and restaurants but overall consumption trends should remain robust,” the team said...
A new study from Bizrate Insights, a division of Connexity, found that 31 percent of online buyers have used in-store pickup in the past year, while 13 percent said they considered abandoning a purchase because in-store pickup wasn’t offered. Whether it’s on a Wall Street...
Confirming a WWD report, the Rome-based group said the designer is “to pursue a new professional experience,” which sources say is to join Dior as its seventh couturier. Pierpaolo Piccioli will become sole creative director of Valentino. Together, the designers presented their swan song Valentino...
Now that the Nike Nightie joke has subsided, on-court competition is heating up. The London tournament wraps on Sunday with semifinals kicking off Thursday and the final matches happening on Saturday (women’s singles) and Sunday (men’s singles)....
Disney’s lost animated fish Dory has been found… on a new pair of shoes by Canadian shoe brand Biion. In celebration of the new Disney Pixar Film “Finding Dory,” this winter Biion will release a new, limited-edition line of unisex shoes, available in both adult...