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851RetailFiserv: What The 2019 Holiday Shopping Data Says About 2020 Spend
’Tis the season for … looking back at 2019 holiday sales trends, and figuring out what they mean for payments and commerce...
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2.4KRetailBeyoncé Relaunches Ivy Park With Adidas Collaboration
With her new adidas x Ivy Park activewear collection, which gets its start online and in Adidas stores at midnight, Adidas is...
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2.4KRetailASOS Debuts Augmented Reality Online Shopping Tool
Augmented reality (AR) can now be a factor in one of the most traditional, physical aspects of clothes shopping: trying the items...
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1.1KRetailGap To Keep Old Navy In-House
Iconic modern retailer Gap officially stated this week that they will keep the Old Navy brand and will not spin it off...
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2.8KRetailH&M Customers Can Buy Now, Pay Later With Klarna
H&M customers will be able to shop now and pay later with a new payment option. According to a press release, the...
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2.3KRetailAs Amazon Re-Enters High Fashion, New eChallenges Abound
It’s all the fashion these days to battle it out online for more market share when it comes to selling clothes to...
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2.2KRetailWhy The Road To Retail Innovation Often Runs Through Apparel
When it comes to retail innovation, you can usually count on consumers’ constant need for clothes to help drive new trends. At...
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6.0KRetailHow AI Will Decide What You Wear
At the start of the 2010s, retail merchandising was, at base, a lot of guesswork. The fashion industry made decisions on its...
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3.4KRetailWhy Rent The Runway Wants To Become The Amazon Prime Of Retail
A decade ago, the concept of building a retail operation around shopping in other people’s closets was something of a hard sell....
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3.4KRetailHow TikTok ‘eGirls’ Helped Create A Multi-Million-Dollar Fashion Brand
If one were to make a list of products for a cutting-edge fashion brand aimed at capturing the emerging Generation Z market,...
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2.4KRetailAnalyst Sees $40B Market Cap For Lululemon
Cowen believes Lululemon could be the next Nike, as it raised its price target on the stock to $250. “Assuming LULU can...
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2.5KRetailHow ‘Circular Sourcing’ Powers Renewable Retail
There are plenty of firms in the shoes and apparel sector that are “going green” to some extent. But new shoe startup...
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3.8KRetailUniqlo’s Quiet Retail Robot Revolution
In the life of any brand, a pivot – or even a series of pivots – is normal. Times change, tastes expand...
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2.6KRetailInnovating The Stink Out Of Athletic Wear
The problem with most athletic wear is that no matter how well it works, no matter how comfortable it is and no...
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4.8KSecurity & FraudJustice Department, SEC Investigating Under Armour
Baltimore-based Under Armour is being probed over its accounting practices by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Department...
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4.0KRetailSock Subscriptions To Simplify Office Outfit Coordination
When Southern Scholar Socks Founder Kevin Wohlman started working full-time after college, he noticed that almost everyone in the office had something in common....
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2.2KRetailDoes Destination Maternity Chain Bankruptcy Signal Larger Trends?
Another one seems ready to bite the dust. Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. 21), the latest...
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2.1KRetailPUMA To Capitalize On eSports Trend With Cloud9 Partnership
PUMA has announced that it is signing a multi-year deal with eSports brand Cloud9 to make clothing for gamers in the same...
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2.8KRetailAthleisure 2.0 And Standing Out With (CBD) Innovation
Athleisure is a large and growing market. As of 2016, the industry generated around $46 billion in U.S. sales, and by next...
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2.3KRetailApparel, Embracing Digital, Drives Innovation In Retail
Apparel used to be mostly a brick-and-mortar retail experience, but that has changed drastically over the last few years – and has...
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4.5KRetailUsing Data Tech To Create A Modern Lingerie Marketplace
For American women, there is plenty of friction built into the process of purchasing lingerie. Cost, sizing, styling, access and lack of...
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1.9KRetailStylitics Notches $15M In Series B Funding Round
With Series B funding, outfit-based shopping recommendation startup Stylitics has raised $15 million. The company was first known for a mobile app...
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4.6KRetailMastercard Teams Up With Fred Segal Sunset And MADE
Mastercard has teamed up with retailer Fred Segal Sunset and Made to sell limited-edition products that showcase female artists and designers, as...
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3.2KRetailCreating Customized Fashion Online, And (Nearly) On-Demand
For years, it was thought that apparel, if not an eCommerce-proof area of retail, was at least an eCommerce-resistant one. For ultra-casual...
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2.5KRetailAmazon Unveils Personal Shopping Service
To provide consumers with fashion advice, Amazon has debuted Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe. The new service offers recommendations for clothes as...
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2.5KRetailRethreading How Apparel Gets Made
The apparel industry is famous, or perhaps more appropriately infamous, for its high and growing level of environmental impact. Globally, consumers purchased 60...
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4.1KRetailPop-Up Retail Gets A Pop Of Fresh Energy
The best joy is often fleeting. So go some views of philosophy, religion and psychology. We at PYMNTS don’t mean to burden...
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2.5KRetailDressbarn To Close 53 Stores This Summer
Ascena Retail Group has announced it is closing 53 additional Dressbarn stores by the end of August. The news follows the May...
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3.1KRetailLululemon Brings Experiential Store To Chicago
As Lululemon looks to compete with Amazon and differentiate itself, the fitness apparel retailer is opening a massive store in Chicago. The...
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2.4KRetailThe RealReal Notches $300M In IPO
In its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), eCommerce luxury reseller The RealReal Inc. has notched $300 million. The company priced its shares...
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3.5KRetailWhen Clothing Shopping Is All About The Experience
In the digital age of shopping for clothes and accessories, modern-day consumers don’t want retailers to entertain them: Instead, they want these...
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1.4KRetailLululemon Introduces Personal Care Line
As it moves into new categories for growth, athletic apparel company Lululemon has started to sell products for personal care through eCommerce...
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2.2KRetailBringing The Great Outdoors Into The Average Buyer’s Price Range
While getting out into nature is highly recommended as a way to boost one’s physical health and mental state, it can be...
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2.2KArtificial IntelligenceAmazon Launches Image Search For Fashion
The Amazon Re:MARS conference in Las Vegas has been churning out technology news for the company. First, it was the announcement that...
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4.5KRetailRetail Clothing Sales Down 24 Percent, Worst Since ‘08
Clothing retailers like the Gap, Canada Goose and Abercrombie & Fitch are all experiencing troubling sales reports, the likes of which haven’t...
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2.0KRetailEntertainment Firms Tap Amazon For T-Shirt Printing
To help move their merchandise closer to the point of supply in their worldwide supply chains, entertainment firms are increasingly tapping a...
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2.8KRetailHow Trendy Butler Is Breaking Rules To Build A Better Subscription Box
Consumers signing up for any kind of subscription box these days knows the drill. They fill out a brief questionnaire establishing their...
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2.9KRetailH&M Tops Ranking Of Most-Visited eCommerce Fashion Sites
In a study of the most visited eCommerce fashion websites, online visibility management platform company SEMrush found that H&M was the most...
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2.5KRetailUrban Outfitters To Roll Out Clothing Rentals
In an effort to take advantage of one of fashion’s fastest growing areas, Urban Outfitters is tapping into the clothing rental market....
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4.1KRetailIs eSports The Next Great In-Store Experience?
While the majority of people over the age of 35 are likely less than inclined to think of video game play as...
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5.4KRetailOlsen twins, Elizabeth & James Rises At Kohl’s
The Olsen twins’ fashion empire has had a rather twisty and turny path through the world of retail apparel. Their first entry...
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4.5KRetailCan Retailers Find Secondhand Success With Luxury (And Other) Items?
The second time is the charm — that holds true for Neiman Marcus, and the hot retail trend the chain is tapping...
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4.0KPartnerships / AcquisitionsNeiman Marcus Expands Into Resale With Stake In Fashionphile
In an attempt to capitalize on a growing trend in retail involving the buying and selling of secondhand clothing and accessories, Neiman...
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6.7KInnovationRetail, RFID And Real-Time Sales
Probably every shopper knows the thrill of the retail treasure hunt — that odd, unexpected, but perfect product discovered on a shelf;...
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4.4KRetailBeyonce And Adidas Partner Up For Apparel, Shoe Line
Soon all the single ladies (and the non-single ones) will be able to buy Adidas-branded Beyoncé clothes and shoes. Bloomberg reported on...
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4.2KRetailH&M Reports Narrower Profit Decline Than Expected
H&M, the world’s second-largest retailer, reported a smaller than expected decline in profit for the first quarter. According to a report in...
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3.4KRetailKhloé Kardashian’s Good American Plans Mall Of America Pop-Up
To showcase its “body positive” selection of clothing, Good American plans to open its first pop-up shop in the Midwest. The store...
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6.3KRetailA&F Co. To Close Up To 40 Stores Within A Year
The A&F Co. has announced it is closing up to 40 stores by next February. According to CNBC, most of the stores...
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7.2KRetailGap Inc. Plans Big Channel Changes Amid Evolving Retail Landscape
As Gap Inc. looks to improve the channel mix of its eponymous brand and shutter specialty stores, the retailer beat analysts’ earnings...
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5.3KRetailAmerican Eagle Tests ‘Style Drop’ Subscription
To let shoppers access clothing for a fixed fee on a monthly basis, American Eagle Outfitters is testing out an American Eagle...
