A Good Season Overall

Perhaps one of the most convoluted questions of the New Year is: how did retail do over the holidays?

Active Retailing

They're baaa-aaack. And they're as scary as ever. It's that time of year when all the calories that were happily consumed over the holidays have come back to haunt us…

All Eyes Ahead

It will be a few weeks before we know how things shook out for Holiday 2016. But industry experts already know what trends to anticipate for the coming year. Some…

Putting Creativity to the Holiday Test

The big holidays are just days away, and retailers are in the final push to get their merchandise out of their stores and warehouses and into customers' homes. Drumming up…

Modern Shopping

It's the holidays and let's face it: discounts and promos are the biggest retail driver of the season. Sure, certain things like Hatchimals and Snapchat Spectacles will whip up the…

Getting Technical

Technology has come to fashion in a major way -- whether in wearables, high-tech fabrics or Internet of Things pieces that "talk" to the wearer.

Let the Holiday Shopping Begin

With the long-awaited U.S. presidential election finally past us, the nation's populace can decisively switch its focus from poll numbers, the Electoral College, and ballots, and get back to their…

A Shopping Journey

When it comes to buying new clothes, what used to be called a shopping trip is now a whole journey. See, even though most consumers prefer to buy their apparel…

Global Consumer Insights – Italy

Although Italians’ affinity for clothes shopping is among the highest globally, they are more pragmatic shoppers. As store displays are the top source of clothing inspiration among Italian consumers, brands…

Global Consumer Insights – Mexico

Robust growth projections of Mexico’s apparel spending have motivated brands such as H&M, Gap, Abercrombie, and Amazon to enter and expand in the market. Despite this development, cultural, retail, and…