Start Today may not be a household name around the world yet, but the retailer is huge in Japan. It’s best known for operating Zozotown, Japan’s largest fashion e-commerce marketplace, which played host to a couple billion dollars worth of transactions. This year, Start Today officially
Whether you're in Manhattan for pleasure or business, there are dozens of experiential stores to check out. Some double as community hangouts, some serve as learning experiences and some are just for the fun of it. Here are 22 to hit up next time you're in
Sydney shoppers will be able to sell on their pre-owned Ikea furniture at the Swedish retailer’s Tempe store, in an Australian-first program. Used furniture can be exchanged for an Ikea voucher under the Take-back service that launched at the inner-south store on Wednesday. Customers need to fill out
Billie Whitehouse is a self proclaimed Haptic Fashionista. From designing 'Funderwear' that connects couples in long distance relationships, to 'Navigate' fashion that literally directs you around a city, she is putting haptic technology firmly on the fashion map.
The world of fashion retail is wider than most. From luxury to discount, and fast fashion to handmade, fashion is never one-size-fits-all. And this means that retailers’ strategies can’t be either. The way we buy fashion is also changing. The physical store is still an important
Have you visited a shoppable apartment yet? Also known as the apartment store, the spaces are almost like the new pop-up in that so many brands are experimenting with them. As such, they’ve sprung up all over the world. There’s a good reason for this. As
Nordstrom has opened its first full-line flagship in New York City — and its first-ever freestanding men’s store. Located in mid-town Manhattan, the three-level, 47,000-sq-ft. Nordstrom’s Men’s store combines a differentiated merchandise assortment across all categories, custom products, and wide range of services that seek to
Like many countries, Germany has a problem with a gender pay gap. According to a report by the German Federal Office of Statistics, the unadjusted gender pay gap in that country is 21 percent. That is, women are paid 21 percent less for doing the
Asos has launched a new visual tool to help customers search 85,000 product lines. The etailer has rolled out Style Match globally, a tool it first launched for UK iOS app users last year. It allows customers to upload a photo to the app and instantly search
It’s 2018, and as further proof that we’re already living in the future, what’s more fashionable than drones? Drones with handbags, according to Italian luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabanna, which sent a bunch of flying drones down its runway during the house’s fashion show
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