This year, eCommerce innovators welcomed consumers who wanted to rent — instead of own — their wardrobes, with clothing rental startups growing their reach through the help of new offerings and partnerships. And, in some cases, brick-and-mortar retailers brought these concepts to their own brands with...
Sportswear companies are opening brick-and-mortar stores centered around experiences to let their customers interact with their brands in real life. PUMA, for instance, brought its first-ever North American flagship store to New York City, sporting features such as a customization studio and tech-driven engagement zones. The...
Tens of thousands of Saks Fifth Avenue shoppers had their personal information compromised and made publicly available online, BuzzFeed News reported. The retailer’s online website is maintained by Hudson’s Bay Company, which exposed the email addresses, phone numbers and IP addresses of customers, along with...
August 10, 2021
Shopping and working come together in a collaboration between luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue and co-working space startup WeWork in a new venture called SaksWorks, according to a Tuesday (Aug. 10) press release. Saks, owned by Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) since 2013, will open its first SaksWorks in Manhattan in September, with plans to four additional […]
March 20, 2017
Tens of thousands of Saks Fifth Avenue shoppers had their personal information compromised and made publicly available online, BuzzFeed News reported. The retailer’s online website is maintained by Hudson’s Bay...