Retail and comparative store sales suffered single-digit declines in Q3 due to lockdown, store closures, and Burberry’s decision to ditch discounting and pursue full-price sales.

The first day of what is expected to be a two-day hearing featured many challenges from both sides.

One of the private equity firms could pay 4 billion euros for the sandal maker as pandemic dealmaking heats up.

Walmart’s progress connecting a large physical footprint to its growing online infrastructure is often traced in part to the Jet.com deal.

Most recently, she was vice president, sales effectiveness at Levi Strauss & Co.

The Secretary of State called out China for its treatment of Uyghurs in the region, which accounts for 20 percent of global cotton supply.

Ghee plans to relaunch digital sites on March 1, but is yet to make a decision on if print will return.

The 28-piece collection features Ts, shorts, hoodies, joggers, caps and backpacks for adults and kids.

The luxury merchant had a major impact on the designer businesses at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman

Lionel Vermeil has been global communications director at Kering-owned Balenciaga since 2007.

The two global powerhouses are trying to make consumers more knowledgeable about sustainability.

The company said the latest version “premieres a transformative user interface and unleashes visual line collaboration, 3D workflows and embedded AI.”

The new hubs starting operations next fall will employ 1,100 people.

E-commerce umbrella, Global Fashion Group, sells the world’s fashion brands to Russia, Latin America, Australasia and Asia. Up until COVID-19, it had been an expensive and somewhat thankless task. But this year changed everything.

BDG’s chief content officer opens up about how she got into journalism, her new role, potential health, food site acquisitions and a Nylon print return.

Christian Floerkemeier, cofounder of Scandit, discusses the role of mobile devices in meeting consumer demands.

The brand is selling perfumes, body lotions and gift boxes on Alibaba’s b-to-c platform, with 2,250 followers at the moment.

The Italian brand, whose designer Daniel Lee is a CSM graduate, is covering final-year fees for three students.

On-site security guards, first-aid instruction and alliances with local law enforcement are some of the precautions companies are taking.

Borsarello replaces Alix Le Naour, who held the position for a decade.

The investment will be used to further expand Goat’s apparel offering and new categories.

Wylie joins Chanel from Mars Inc., where she was global VP of sustainability, with a focus on sourcing, packaging and poverty alleviation.

Nikki Baird, vice president of retail innovation at Aptos, says the longer the pandemic lasts, the harder it will be to change consumer preferences.

The Italian fashion group OTB is conducting due diligence on Jil Sander, confirming a WWD report in December.

Jill Standish, of Accenture, offers retail brands some priorities for setting success this year.

Brian Dammeir, president of North America for Adyen, shares insights into trends that will impact retail this year.

Retail sales for the year decreased by 3.9 percent, although in the fourth quarter it grew by 4.6 percent.

The company found that branded products help reinforce a company’s culture.

Michael Barbaro is seen to have pressured some reporters and radio stations covering issues with another NYT podcast, overseen by his fiancée.

The companies are considering sharing best practices on fuel, pooling purchasing and partnering on private labels.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer gave a warning, but no new duties; results of the timber investigation are still pending.

The Jet.com founder Marc Lore is reportedly stepping down from Walmart, whose digital infrastructure benefited from their union.

Retailers and city officials across the U.S. are taking precautions in advance of Wednesday’s presidential inauguration.

The Minneapolis-based retailer is closing its stores and working to sell its e-commerce business through bankruptcy court.

The thrift site’s shares gave back some of the 140 percent increase seen during Thursday’s IPO on the Nasdaq.

Walmart’s move gets to a regulatory space that traditionally puts barriers between banking and commerce in order to safeguard consumers.

Shareholder complaints say Wexner knew about abuse at the hands of disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — and that it cost the company money.

Department stores and specialty retailers posted continued sales declines in December, the end of a very tough year.

Next on Saks Fifth Avenue’s agenda for Barneys is a freestanding Barneys at Saks store in Greenwich, Conn.

The CEO of Vetements talks about faith, family and what he would likely have done had he remained in his birth country.

The study tapped secret shoppers to evaluate almost 90 retailers and reveals common themes among top-ranking stores.

The Influential Shopper report examined global consumers to determine spending with a generational lens.

A newly released report by GigaPoints outlines U.S.-based credit card habits and emerging trends.

December retail and food service sales fell a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent from November — a sharper decline than the 0.1 percent drop economists projected.  But that official reading from the Census Bureau showed some improvement from November, when sales declined by 1.4 percent. There was also year-over-year improvement, with December sales up 2.9 percent […]

“Pioneers of the Past,” a self-portrait series of global Black artists, features The North Face x Gucci collection.

The lineup features interviews with the National Portrait Gallery’s Nicholas Cullinan and artist Jennifer Packer, and forms part of the long-running 3.55 by Chanel podcast series.

The company is giving much more established names a run for their money already.