Business
Media
Inditex’s Pablo Isla Ranked Number One on HBR’s Top 100 CEO List
Other fashion ceo’s who made the list include: Bernard Arnault, Francois-Henri Pinault, Tadashi Yanai, Blake Nordstrom and Leslie Wexner.
Technology
What Apple’s iPhone-Driven AI Platform Means to Retail
Apple executive Jeff Williams called the iPhone a major AI platform. Here’s how the ripple effect on retailers and brands could turn into a tidal wave.
Financial
Puma Profit Margin Improves in Q3 Despite Currency Drag
The German sportswear company expects a significant improvement in full-year net earnings even as it bolsters marketing expenses.
Financial
Perelman’s Increased Revlon Stake Sparks Minority Shareholder Concern
MacAndrews & Forbes has said it doesn’t have plans to take the business private.
Retail
American Eagle Outfitters to Open AE Studio
The concept is centered around jeans and includes a partnership with Atelier & Repairs.
Business Features
Moncler Receives WWD Honor for Best-Performing Company, Large Cap
The company was publicly listed in 2013 and its stock price has soared 142.5 percent since then, reaching $1 billion in sales last year while wiping out its debt.
Retail
Experience Matters: In-Store Events Tempt Consumers Into Spending More on U.K. High Street
Spending on entertainment, experiences has increased by 10.5 percent this year.
Markets
Tina Lutz Debuts Luxury Handbags Under Lutz Morris Label With Matchesfashion
Founder Tina Lutz plans to donate $10 from every purchase to the nonprofit Every Mother Counts, which Christy Turlington Burns started to make childbirth and maternity safe for women around the world.
Business Features
Patagonia: Sustainability Pioneer Presses On
The 44-year-old company has stayed the course with a mission that uses business as the tool to drive environmental responsibility.
Human Resources
Revlon COO Gianni Pieraccioni Exits Business
Pieraccioni oversaw Revlon’s regional heads as coo of markets.
Technology
Fashion’s Future Supply Chain Is Integrated, Fluid and Designer-Centric
Fashion’s supply chain of the future puts the designer in the center of the entire process.
