The luxury fashion sell-off has moved downscale and may be taking with it any hopes for an orderly reopening and recovery for casual fashion. A quick sweep of casual clothing retailers shows that last week’s luxury sell-off that pushed normally full-priced purveyors like Nordstrom north...
Retailers are beginning to deliver to consumers’ homes or ramping up their ability to do so during the coronavirus crisis. Adore Me has made its in-home lingerie delivery service a higher priority, while Caviar has doubled down on its business model. And in brick-and-mortar retail, the gap between essential and non-essential...
Marco Polo, the blockchain-powered trade finance platform developed by R3 and TradeIX, has launched its first product following the completion of bank partners’ proof of concept. Reports in Global Trade Review said on Wednesday (Sept. 19) that Marco Polo’s receivables discounting solution is now live...
This holiday season consumers seem primed to shop til they drop - with holiday sales projected to grow 3 to 4 percent. Bu they’re not buying apparel, unless it’s athleisure, and not things unless it’s home furnishings. Yes, Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of market...
December 02, 2016
With the first full week back from Black Friday, into Cyber Monday and beyond, give thanks to the consumer, who has managed to stay buoyant and chipper, even, when it comes to opening the purse strings. The latest U.S. personal consumption data sizzled. Want tax cuts? You’ve got a Treasury secretary coming in who wants […]
