Despite Decreased Inflation, Back-to-School May Be Impacted

Inflation is at its lowest point in more than a year – three percent in June, down from 9.1 percent in June 2022. Yet, the continuation of increased prices, albeit…

Gen Z + Gaming = Fertile Retail Ground

While Gen X and Boomers may be struggling to figure out what the metaverse even is, Gen Z is fully immersed in it. Now, digital experts are pointing to gaming as a…

This is How Fashion Can Help America Recycle

The slogan “reduce, reuse, recycle” has been around for decades. But it’s only more recently that the fashion industry has begun examining how such actions could improve their sustainability efforts…

From Prep to Skate, Men’s Must-Have Trends for Spring

The runways around the world are quiet now, and buyers have had time to digest the myriad of looks from New York to Europe to Asia. And while so much…

Back-to-School 2022

Back-to-School 2022 – Supply Chain Insights

Gen Z is the Future

Brands and retailers believe Gen Z is the future. But it’s not just treating them well that will lead the way to success. Experts says engaging, empowering and collaborating with…

Success in the Extended-Size Market

It’s kind of funny/not funny how the fashion industry still considers single-digit sizes the norm just because that’s the way it’s always been. After all, the pandemic brought on stress…

Fashion Can Work With Shoppers to Move Beyond COVID

It’s been more than two years since COVID-19 shut down the world and turned life, including retail, on its ear. Stores and brands scrambled to serve customers while operating within…

Fashion & The City

More than a year after COVID-19 brought New York to its knees; and a year after the social unrest and upheaval of 2020; and mere days after Ida's flash floods…

The Influencer Marketing Push

Between the pandemic, which dramatically changed life as we knew it, and then changes to Apple's cookie-based tracking rules, marketers have been handed more than enough challenges in the last…