Coronavirus: Tracking Its Ongoing Impact to Retail (4/1)
Highlights: -Luxury discounting is down in the US from one week ago. -Discounting in active and sportswear continued to increase. -US specialty retailers have slightly increased proportion of merchandise marked down from last week, but average discounts are holding steady.
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Coronavirus: Tracking Its Ongoing Impact to Retail (3/25)
Highlights: -Luxury department stores in the US have increased discounting over the past week. -Amount of active and sportswear on discount also went up, but average discount increases were minor. -While a discount is the norm, specialty retailers also dialed
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Corona and Your Customer: Best Practices
As we've been inundated with coronavirus messages in our respective inboxes over the past few weeks, it's clear that retailers' customer-facing responses to coronavirus have been all over the map. As brands have checked off the 1) operational and 2)
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Coronavirus: Tracking Its Ongoing Impact to Retail (3/18)
"Extraordinary," "unprecedented," and "once-in-a-lifetime," are all phrases we've summoned over the past weeks as business as usual becomes anything but. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it's a difficult time for us all, so we want to first send our warmest
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Should Online Matter to Off-Price?
Last week, Burlington announced that it would be exiting the e-commerce business. It might seem a strange and counterintuitive announcement, were it not for the category that Burlington operates in: off-price. While nearly every other retail vertical has moved online
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3D Printing Goes Mainstream
Image courtesy of Mango When we say "3D printing," what comes to mind first? Is it something you think takes place in a high-tech lab, or perhaps you consider it tool of choice for that hobbyist who's always trying to
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These Are A Few Of Our Favorite Things: MFW/LFW
Images courtesy of Vogue Runway, Gorunway.com While all eyes may now be on Paris, we'd be remiss if we skipped over the highlights of London and Milan. It's a bit like picking your favorite kid, but below you'll find
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You Might Be Seeing These Trends Soon
Images courtesy of Vogue Runway and Getty Images We'd be honest when we say we thought twice about putting together a New York Fashion Week summary. Fewer of the designers we've come to expect at New York Fashion Week either
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