Tag: Retail

Retail Round-up: The Differences Between Abercrombie & Fitch and Aeropostale Are Just the Beginning of How Volatile Things Really Are

From Hollister to H&M, Abercrombie to Aeropostale, it’s a mixed bag of tricks as certain brand strategies work while others don’t based on changes in consumer preferences and spending.

Retail Round-Up: Second Quarter Results Indicate Lower Results for Uniqlo and Volcom, and Quiksilver Secures Financing; Adidas Drops 93%

Ups and downs and bank loan consolidations equal a pretty exciting retail round-up for the second quarter for some youth culture brands.

Sand Castles and QR Technology Experiment on Japanese Beach Continues Evolution of Mobile Phone Tagging and MCommerce Potential

The future of retail, ads, personal identification, rely on QR technology coming from Japan. Latest experiments at a beach take things one step further.

Japanese Fast-Fashion Retailer Uniqlo Opens Shop-in-Shop in Paris’ Colette

Shop-in-shop concepts take pop-up to the extreme. Loving this one.

Retail Round-up: Amazon Buys Online Retailer Zappos; PacSun Lowers Expectations; CIT Tells Fashion Industry to Brace Themselves

The roller coaster ride of retail continues with big highs and lows. Second quarter results, buy-outs, and banking trouble add fuel to the fire.

CIT Takes $3 Billion Loan but Will This Save Small-to-Mid Size Fashion and Retail Businesses?

Fashion and retail industries’ fall on more bad news as their greatest bank loan factor staves off bankruptcy%u2026for now.

S.L.A.T.E. Fashion Trade Show Makes Moves to Capture Lifestyle Elements of Leading-Edge Brands Represented, Starting with New Alliance with Vegas Hard Rock Hotel

As more fashion trade shows seek innovative ways to attract exhibitors, retailers, industry players, new strategic moves with hotels and events inspire the overall experience.

Urban Outfitters Goes M-Commerce, Setting Standards for the Wave of the Future of Retail

Things are headed in this direction with the colliding of youth culture’s digital lifestyle including mobile habits, content, and shopping patterns. Now it’s not just the Japanese that are on it.

Financial Round-up: Nike Fiscal Report Including Hurley, Converse; H&M Posting Strong; Active Ride Shops Purchased; Quiksilver Lay-offs; Express Sues Forever 21

End of the 2nd quarter brings out another round of fiscal reports illustrating whose strategies work and where others are changing to make it work.

Musical Chairs: Pacific Sunwear Brings in Former Vans CEO as New President; Rossi Snags Former VP of K2

Troubled youth and action sports-inspired retailer shakes things up, this time with the former “turn-around” man from Vans. Rossignol picks up the former VP of K2.