US Retail Sales Unexpectedly Flat in April
Consumers are focussing spending on essentials and cutting back on luxuries amid higher prices. But sales have held up as a strong labour market helped households navigate the high inflation environment.
Zero10 offers digital solutions through AR mirrors, leveraged in-store and in window displays, to brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Coach. Co-founder and CEO George Yashin discusses the latest advancements in AR and how fashion companies can leverage the technology to boost consumer experiences via retail touchpoints and brand experiences.
Zero10 offers digital solutions through AR mirrors, leveraged in-store and in window displays, to brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Coach. Co-founder and CEO George Yashin discusses the latest advancements in AR and how fashion companies can leverage the technology to boost consumer experiences via retail touchpoints and brand experiences.
Beauty brands have spent millions of dollars developing immersive games for the online gaming platform. What do Roblox’s users think?
The fashion styling game Drest, which launched before gaming was on most of the industry’s radar, has new funding and plans to expand its features and reach.
It’s the most immersive branded fashion experience in the popular game yet, even if you still can’t wear .Swoosh sneakers on a Fortnite avatar.
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Epic Games, creator of the video game megahit Fortnite, and the maker of Clo3D, a popular 3D fashion-design tool, are so aligned in their visions of digital fashion’s future that they bought shares in one another.
For Daniel Alegre, the former Activision Blizzard Inc. executive who joined Yuga as chief executive officer last month, NFTs still have a bright future by serving as a room key to a world of gaming, events and e-commerce.
The luxury house and Yuga Labs aim to explore the intersection of fashion and entertainment.
BoF welcomed business leaders, technologists and creative innovators to share their insights on the pivotal technologies shaping the fashion industry. Watch on-demand now.
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More than a year since fashion brands started jumping into virtual environments like Roblox, they face a new challenge: keeping users coming back as they try to turn their marketing into sales.
Games have become a cultural force in their own right and the preferred entertainment of Gen-Z, which accounts for a fast-growing share of fashion sales.
Tommy Hilfiger’s livestream of its NYFW show is just the latest example of fashion courting users on the platform, which is also rolling out an immersive new advertising format for brands.
Consumers are focussing spending on essentials and cutting back on luxuries amid higher prices. But sales have held up as a strong labour market helped households navigate the high inflation environment.
Founder Roksanda Ilinčić, who will stay on as creative director, had filed a notice of intent to appoint an administrator before finding a white knight in TBG.
In its first-quarter results, the Brazilian beauty company’s losses widened and revenue dropped, but grew margins as it continues a turnaround plan that has seen it shed Aesop and The Body Shop.
Nike is undergoing a $2 billion cost-cutting plan that includes slashing 2 percent of its workforce.
During her tenure, Drucker Mann was instrumental in ushering the business into the digital age, said Roger Lynch, Condé Nast’s chief executive.
The miner set out its plans for a potential break-up via a demerger or sale of some of its assets, as it fights off a $43 billion takeover bid from BHP Group.
The company, whose stock soared to a record during the pandemic, has languished as faster inflation and shoppers returning to stores pummelled sales in 2022 and 2023.
Fast-growing DTC sales helped the brand beat Wall Street expectations in the quarter ending March 31.