#fashion-retail
#fashion-retail

European startups

Shein Buying Everlane Actually Makes Perfect Sense

E-Commerce

How generative AI is redefining fashion

European startups

fromWIRED

Shein Buying Everlane Actually Makes Perfect Sense

Shein’s acquisition of Everlane merges “radical transparency” branding with ultrafast, low-cost Chinese ecommerce scale.

#mergers-and-acquisitions

E-Commerce

How generative AI is redefining fashion

more#e-commerce

fromwww.npr.org

Arts

Shein buys Everlane, which sold millennials the dream of ethical, affordable luxury

fromTNW | Investors-Funding

1 week ago

Shein buys Everlane at $100M, and the radical-transparency brand becomes a fast-fashion asset

Shein is acquiring Everlane from L Catterton in a deal valuing Everlane at about $100m, with common stockholders receiving no payout.

fromwww.npr.org

Arts

Shein buys Everlane, which sold millennials the dream of ethical, affordable luxury

fromTNW | Investors-Funding

1 week ago

Shein buys Everlane at $100M, and the radical-transparency brand becomes a fast-fashion asset

Shein is acquiring Everlane from L Catterton in a deal valuing Everlane at about $100m, with common stockholders receiving no payout.

more#mergers-and-acquisitions

Social media marketing

fromWWD

1 week ago

New Era of Fashion Commerce Defined by Instant Conversion as Social Platforms Become the New Storefront

Social media has compressed fashion shopping into instant, in-app purchases driven by influencer recommendations and conversion-focused algorithms.

E-Commerce

fromEntrepreneur

2 weeks ago

How to Turn $850 Billion in Retail Returns Into Protected Profit

Treat returns as a predictable workflow with defined intake, triage, and fast evaluation to protect margins and reduce warehouse burden.

Design

fromDezeen

2 weeks ago

SO-IL completes "clean, precise, audacious" Issey Miyake store in NYC

A Brooklyn studio redesigned a neo-gothic New York Life interior into an Issey Miyake flagship that keeps architecture subtle and lets changing garments lead.

Doris Fisher, co-founder of the Gap, dies at 94 in San Francisco

Doris Fisher, co-founder of Gap, passed away at 94, leaving a legacy in fashion, retail, and philanthropy.

fromABC7 San Francisco

3 weeks ago

San Francisco

Doris Fisher, San Francisco businesswoman and Gap co-founder, dies at 94

Fundraising

fromSFGATE

3 weeks ago

Doris Fisher, co-founder of the Gap, dies at 94 in San Francisco

Doris Fisher, co-founder of Gap, passed away at 94, leaving a legacy in fashion, retail, and philanthropy.

fromABC7 San Francisco

3 weeks ago

San Francisco

Doris Fisher, San Francisco businesswoman and Gap co-founder, dies at 94

Popular clothes rental service makes bold new AI move

Rent the Runway is expanding into a marketplace and advertising platform to enhance growth and adapt to changing consumer preferences.

Brooklyn

fromBrooklyn, NY Patch

2 months ago

Uniqlo To Open Massive New Store In Brooklyn - Here's What To Know

UNIQLO opens its Brooklyn flagship store in Williamsburg, marking a significant expansion milestone as the Japanese retailer continues growing its U.S. presence despite competitors reducing physical retail footprints.

Business

2 months ago

Billionaire Zara founder Amancio Ortega to receive 3.23bn dividend

Amancio Ortega receives a record 3.23 billion euro dividend from Inditex as the fashion retailer increases payouts by 4% following strong 2025 performance.

East Bay food

fromwww.berkeleyside.org

2 months ago

Shop Talk: Barnes & Noble College takes over Cal student stores; Free People opens on Fourth Street

Barnes & Noble College now operates UC Berkeley's student stores, while Free People opened a new bohemian fashion store on Fourth Street in Berkeley.

fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Topshop returns to UK high streets via John Lewis Partnership - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Topshop returns to UK high streets via a full rollout in all 32 John Lewis stores, marking its first large-scale physical re-entry since Arcadia's collapse.

fromThe Business of Fashion

Why Fashion Needs to Stop Sleeping on YouTube

Long-form, authentic YouTube content can build community, drive sales, and become a competitive marketing advantage for fashion brands willing to invest in original video.

E-Commerce

fromAlleywatch

fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Flock AI Raises $6M for AI Platform Generating Diverse Product Imagery Across Every Body Type

Flock AI generates unlimited, brand-accurate, diverse product imagery with AI, cutting photography costs up to 90% and boosting conversion rates by 30%+.

CCS McLays and Retail Economics reveals 276m blind spot in UK fashion retail - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

A new research report launched today by leading retail consumables specialist CCS McLays, in partnership with Retail Economics, has uncovered a £276m hidden cost opportunity in UK fashion retail, driven by widespread mismanagement of Goods Not for Resale (GNFR). The report, From blind spot to retail advantage: How GNFR is reshaping profitability in UK fashion retail reveals that UK fashion retailers could achieve an average 7% reduction in GNFR costs through a more systematic and strategic approach.

Fashion & style

fromBusiness Matters

Poundland owner Gordon Brothers buys LK Bennett out of administration

Gordon Brothers bought LK Bennett's brand, likely shifting to an asset-light model and risking closure of nine UK shops and around 380 jobs.

fromForbes

fromThe Business of Fashion

Whatnot And Live Shopping: Fashion's Product Page Becomes A Person

Live shopping channels for fashion are growing fast, with over 500,000 hours being viewed per month in the UK

E-Commerce

4 months ago

How Integrated Technology Is Reshaping Retail Operations

The technology underpinning retail operations is under scrutiny in 2026 as fashion executives look to streamline systems with the aim to unlock efficiency, cut costs and meet consumer expectations for speed and personalisation in the shopping journey. At the retail event Lightspeed Edge on 12 January, Lightspeed - the unified point-of-sale (POS) and payments platform for SMEs such as Apricot Lane Boutique and Neal's Yard Remedies - convened industry leaders to explore the strategic imperative for integrated technology ecosystems over siloed systems.

E-Commerce

fromBusiness Matters

4 months ago

Fashion brand LK Bennett on brink of collapse for second time putting upto 280 jobs at risk

The upmarket fashion retailer LK Bennett is on the brink of collapse for the second time in six years after filing an application to appoint administrators. Court filings show the business submitted papers to the High Court on Tuesday, signalling that efforts to secure fresh funding or a buyer may have failed. The move puts around 280 jobs at risk across the group.

Fashion & style

fromBig Think

How one key obsession can build and drive a legacy brand

Legacy brands sustain relevance by innovating around foundational equities; Coach must expand aesthetics and price points beyond its Signature C to achieve lasting growth.

E-Commerce

fromThe Verge

Google's AI try-on imagines your feet in new shoes

Google offers AI-powered virtual shoe try-on on Google Shopping that shows different shoes on uploaded photos without requiring feet pictures.

fromVogue Business

Do you want to be your own e-commerce model?

This technology is now really good enough to do something that the fashion industry has wanted to do for about 30 years. The Clueless comparison comes up a lot, and so it's been in the public consciousness for some time, but the tech has never really been there yet,

Fashion & style

fromBusiness Matters

Samantha Cameron to wind down Cefinn after years of losses

Samantha Cameron's womenswear brand Cefinn will be wound down after years of losses and trading challenges, with stores closing and staff receiving redundancy.

Ralph Lauren's new AI app is paving the way for a shopping revolution

"I'm looking for a black cardigan for the fall,"

E-Commerce

fromVogue Business

Inside Ralph Lauren's new white-label AI styling tool

Ralph Lauren released a multimodal generative-AI shopping tool trained only on its imagery that provides real-time, inventory-accurate personalized outfit recommendations via natural language.

Are US fashion brands at risk of growing anti-American backlash over Trump policies?

Rising anti-American sentiment could hurt sales of US-associated fashion brands like Levi's in overseas markets.

9 months ago

Victoria Beckham brand gets 6.2m loan from stars and backer as its losses grow

Sales rose 26.5% to 112.7m in 2024, the brand's fourth consecutive year of growth, helped by strong sales online and at Victoria Beckham's London flagship store, as well as a 24% leap in online sales of cosmetics including a new concealer pen and eyeliner. However, accounts filed at Companies House show the shareholders advanced an additional 6.2m loan earlier this year amid material uncertainties which may cast significant doubt over the group and company's ability to continue as a going concern.

Business

fromNew York Post

10 months ago

NYC used to be the fashion capital of the world - now you can hardly find a decent clothing store

Fashion retail in New York is suffering; luxury spending is down and consumer interest has shifted.

10 months ago

M&S advert banned for featuring model who looked unhealthily thin'

Marks & Spencer's advert was banned for featuring an unhealthily thin model.

London startup

11 months ago

Fast-fashion giant H&M reveals 2nd quarter profits and it's better than expected

H&M's profitability improved in Q2 due to trend-focused strategies, despite a decline in sales.