If the sun comes out, so will shoppers and their credit cards. While year-over-year figures have not yet entered positive territory, retail traffic for the first week of July was down just 2.2 percent, a solid improvement over the previous week and a general move...
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...
“Everything we do starts with the consumer,” Nike NKE +0.63% CEO Mark Parker told investors during an earnings call in 2015. “It’s our obsession with serving the consumer that sharpens our focus and drives our growth.”...
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....
Dick’s Sporting Goods has adopted new technology to automate and simplify the SRM process, making it easy for sourcing executives to make quick, informed decisions about their suppliers. Learn how Dick’s Sporting Goods implemented a successful supplier on-boarding program to streamline social compliance, product testing...
A foot doctor and shoe designer, Joan Oloff is on a mission to revolutionize luxury footwear. Realizing that women will always chose style first, she set out to design a high heel that would satisfy her patients style needs as well as her medical advice....
For the second year, the U.K.-based company is donating money from the sale of its footwear to Habitat For Humanity. The project kicked off in June with a special-edition Love & Hope flip-flop that incorporates the two meaningful words into the sandal design. While the...
Sports Authority has reached a deal that will allow it to sell pre-banktuptcy goods bought on consignment as part of its ongoing liquidation efforts to maximize value of the estate. Soon after filing for bankruptcy in early March, Sports Authority filed lawsuits against some 160...