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PARIS — European fashion platform Zalando has tapped Lily Collins as its first global brand ambassador, as the online retailer expands its entertainment and lifestyle positioning. Collins,…
Orva, an e-commerce accelerator with an expertise in , is looking to grow. To get there, Orva brought in Jason Short as senior vice president, general merchandise manager. He has over 30…
The Saudi Arabian capital’s rapid transformation shows no signs of slowing down. This time the Saudi Fashion Commission is playing a key role in enhancing Riyadh’s global appeal, as a part…
The SIL is getting a refresh. The platform, founded by Natalie Bloomingdale and launched in 2017, is pivoting toward reselling and showcasing vintage items sourced from the closets of a…
MILAN – Style Capital is exiting luxury retailer LuisaViaRoma after four years, WWD has learned. Sources said that current chief executive officer Tommaso Maria Andorlini is acquiring the…
MILAN — When Michael Chalhoub took over the company his grandfather, also named Michael, started 70 years ago, he found himself at the helm of the Middle East‘s biggest luxury retail…
Lululemon and Fanatics are expanding their partnership with the National Hockey League by expanding their fan apparel collection to all 32 teams for the upcoming 2025-26 season. Last fall,…
In an era where fashion e-commerce is being reshaped by social media shopping and massive global platforms, Place des Tendances, the French multibrand retailer owned by Printemps Group, is…
PARIS – As it celebrates its fifth anniversary, Industrie Africa is expanding into the B-to-B segment with the launch of a retail consultancy for the luxury hospitality industry, paving…
The first half of the year was a learning curve for everyone. The economic uncertainties with the ever-changing tariffs put in place, rapid accelerations in artificial intelligence,…
Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda), the thirtysomething protagonist of the mesmerizing Japanese thriller “Cloud,” is never more content than when he’s in front of his computer. Some will surely…
This year’s Prime Day, aka “Black Friday in July,” occurred in an unsteady retail market: the ever-changing tariffs, the cost of living continuing to rise and a volatile changing stock…
On Sunday morning, as Holly LaFavers was preparing to go to church, a delivery worker dropped off a 25-pound box of lollipops in front of her apartment building in Lexington, Ky. And…
PARIS – Zalando‘s ecosystem strategy is paying off with a strong first quarter, rebounding from losses in 2024. In the three months to March 31, revenue at the German online shopping giant…
Less than a year ago, executives from FedEx and UPS were talking about how they were handling a flood of packages from China to American consumers. “Explosive” is how Carol Tomé, UPS’s…
Liu Miao has sold clothing on Amazon to wholesale buyers in the United States for the past five years. That trade has come to an abrupt stop. Mr. Liu owns a small factory in Guangzhou,…
The expansion of the loophole for tariff-free shipments of goods nearly a decade ago gave rise to Temu, Shein and other low-cost online retailers offering items straight from Chinese…
The Trump administration on Friday officially eliminated a loophole that had allowed American shoppers to buy cheap goods from China without paying tariffs. The move will help U.S.…
When Congress raised the threshold for imported goods to enter the United States tax-free to $800 from $200 nearly a decade ago, it threw open the door to the American consumer market.…
As much as Amazon may have wanted to dodge the spotlight in President Trump’s trade war, there was no avoiding it for America’s largest online retailer. First, the e-commerce company was…
Small-ticket items shipped to the United States from China will no longer be exempt from tariffs starting on Friday, when a decision by President Trump to shutter a shipping loophole he…
UPS said on Tuesday that it would cut 20,000 jobs this year as part of a long-term plan to reduce costs and bolster profit. The cuts come as President Trump’s tariffs are prompting some…
President Trump’s 100th day in office started with what seemed to be a fresh and fast-escalating spat between the White House and Amazon. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary,…
A loophole that has allowed American shoppers to buy lots of cheap goods from mainland China and Hong Kong without paying tariffs and filling customs forms is closing on Friday. Prices…
