Brand builder and investor Janet Gurwitch shares advice on choosing the right channel and the power of packaging.

This week, Belstaff names Helen Wright as its new chief executive and Robin Hutson as non-executive Chairman, while Stephen Gan leaves Harper's Bazaar for Elle.

Geoffroy van Raemdonck, who becomes chief executive officer next month, is taking over a retailer facing heavy losses, an industrywide traffic slowdown and nearly $5 billion in debt.

The Ralph Lauren executive replaces Karen Katz, chief executive of the luxury department store group for the last seven years.

The figure includes a 14 percent increase in online sales, which now account for about one-third of total sales.

The high-tech 24-hour store in partnership with Marie Claire and Mastercard looks to solve some of the retail industry’s woes.

The decline of the debt-laden American toy store chain does not bode well for the luxury department store giant.

The upscale retailer said it had terminated any talks regarding a partial or full sale of the company, nearly three months after embarking on a plan seeking strategic alternatives.