Whether someone’s a small designer trying to make a name for themselves or a legacy retailer in the apparel business for nearly a century and a half, reaching the consumer…

Nobody likes feeling tricked, least of all consumers. Which is why government officials are making sure apparel manufacturers know that rayon, by any other name, is still rayon. Recently, Amazon,…

The Great Recession schooled most consumers in the art of the deal. Smartphone apps and coupon websites fed consumer zeal to save in-store or snag free shipping for web orders. …

Not long ago, retail was convinced that online meant the end of regular offline stores, and omni-channel retailing was not yet part of the lexicon.  But “click-and-mortar” selling is transforming…

Capsule collections.  One-offs.  Affordable couture collaborations.  They are all products of high/low collaborations, but what used to seem unquestionably bankable has recently hit a few snags.   This retail formula has…

When critics were bemoaning the fact that retailers were ruining “family time” by opening up on Thanksgiving night, they may not have factored in how much retail therapy people need…

Retailers are increasingly investing in their mobile commerce platforms, be it an app or a mobile web site, to encourage consumers to use them while out shopping.  But sometimes just…

Initially, smartphones and tablets were considered groundbreaking for checking email on the run.  Today, though, they are a hot retail platform that is growing as fast as stores can adapt…

Consumers may still shop at their favorite apparel stores, but increasingly they are hitting the Internet first. Some prefer to research the store’s offerings, or ask friends for their opinion…