Holiday

The Fifth Avenue Easter Day Parade throughout the years.

Beauty Features

Eye Candy: Spring in Their Steps

The Easter Day Parade will not get a 2020 edition, but the whimsy of period dress and social distancing-inducing silhouettes is more relevant than ever.

April 12, 2020 • James Manso

Business Features

True Fit Shares Holiday Shopping Trends Analysis for 2020 Planning

The report looks to consumer behaviors across categories throughout the 2018 and 2019 holiday shopping season.

March 5, 2020 • Alexandra Pastore

Financial

Urban Outfitters’ Stock Slides on Profit Loss

Company revenues increased with higher promotional activity, but profits suffered as a result.

March 3, 2020 • Kellie Ell

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Business Features

How the Catalogue Mind-set Can Empower Future Retail

John Squire, chief executive officer of DynamicAction, shares insights on breaking through marketing noise.

January 31, 2020 • John Squire

Financial

Chip Bergh Makes the Case for Levi’s and Denim

The ceo remains bullish, but did cite growing worries over the coronavirus in China, which has prompted store closures.

January 30, 2020 • Kellie Ell

Retail

As Online Sales Grow, So Does the Villainy

RiskIQ identified the threats and vulnerabilities associated with “blacklisted” apps and URLs.

January 30, 2020 • Arthur Zaczkiewicz

Financial

Victoria’s Secret Flirts With Potential New Suitors

Parent company L Brands is in talks to sell the lingerie brand.

January 30, 2020 • Kellie Ell

Financial

Urban Outfitters Falls Short During Crucial Holiday Shopping Season

Company shares fell nearly 10 percent on disappointing sales in the nameplate brand.

January 9, 2020 • Kellie Ell

Financial

Victoria’s Secret Disappoints During Holidays

But parent company L Brand shares shot up thanks to the strength of the Bath & Body Works business.

January 9, 2020 • Kellie Ell

Financial

Victoria’s Secret Parent Company L Brands on the Rise

Shares shot up after a Bank of America upgrade.

January 3, 2020 • Kellie Ell

Business Features

Afterpay Retail Partners See Basket Size Grow Year-Over-Year

Afterpay said consumers demonstrated the highest interest in ath-leisure, cosmetics and lifestyle brands.

January 3, 2020 • Alexandra Pastore

Fashion Scoops

How Celebrities Are Celebrating the 2019 Holidays

Get an inside look at the annual Kardashian-Jenner Christmas Eve party.

December 26, 2019 • Layla Ilchi

Business Features

Digital Retailers Are Taking Their Relationship With Consumers Off-line

More and more e-commerce shops are opening up stores IRL. Here’s why.

December 26, 2019 • Kellie Ell

Black Friday shoppers in front of Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Retail

Holiday at Retail: Peaks, Valleys and Prolonged Promoting

Mass discounters and offpricers have performed best in a holiday season that continues at least until New Year’s.

December 26, 2019 • David Moin

Shoppers on Super Saturday in New York City.

Robust job and wage growth, healthy household finances, industrial-strength promoting, weather conditions conducive to getting out and shopping, and the late Hanukkah factored into strong Super Saturday retail sales.

December 23, 2019 • David Moin

Essentialist

Today's Must Read

A shopper waits for the doors to open at the Galeries Lafayette flagship on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris.

Business

Galeries Lafayette Reopens Boulevard Haussmann Flagship

May 30, 2020 • Joelle Diderich

Social Studies

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André Leon Talley’s new memoir has achieved bestseller status.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ The author’s new memoir has landed on the @nytimes nonfiction hardcover bestseller list in about a week’s time.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ "The Chiffon Trenches” created a firestorm of publicity in recent weeks, primarily due to Talley’s critique of his former boss, Vogue’s Anna Wintour. The book centers on his storied career, but it also addresses other aspects of his life like sexual abuse, weight struggles and ageism. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Talley’s recent interviews with Gayle King on “CBS This Morning” and Tamron Hall on her eponymous talk show surely helped to sell a few books. But Talley said he was still surprised to make the bestseller list in seven days.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “Thrilled but kind of stunned by the whole thing,” Talley said, adding the accolade has been “somewhat distilled by this whole horror that has happened in Minneapolis [referring to the death of George Floyd and recent riots]. Not just that horror but the horror of Eric Garner, I can’t breathe, Black Lives Matter…I am very concerned with this situation where they are burning down buildings and taking to the streets with COVID-19. A looter was shot dead last night.”⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Here is a photo of Talley at the CFDA Awards Dinner in 1991 from the WWD Archives. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Tap the link in bio for more. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Report: Rosemary Feitelberg⁣⁣⁣⁣ 📸: Jim Lorelli ⁣ ⁣ —⁣ #wwdfashion⁣ #andreleontalley ⁣ #thechiffontrenches ⁣ #nytimes ⁣ #bestseller
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@Sephora has revamped its Beauty Insider loyalty program to include cash rewards. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ While the program’s May 29 start date will coincide with continued coronavirus-related social-distancing guidelines, Allegra Stanley Krishnan, vice president and general manager of loyalty at Sephora, said planning began pre-pandemic.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Beauty Insider Cash — the program with the cash rewards — is something Sephora shoppers “have been asking for from us for years,” she added.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Sephora will also be having points-multiplier events, which will allow customers to earn either two, three or four points per dollar spent, depending on what tier of the Beauty Insider program they fall into. Rouge members, who spend at least $1,000 a year with the retailer, will see the most points during the events, Krishnan said. Sephora will also have points-for-discounts events and charitable giving options.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Tap the link in bio for more. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Report: @_a_collins
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A new book celebrates seven decades of @Dior hats. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Maria Grazia Chiuri has rarely met a hat she didn’t like. In fact, one of the signatures of the designer’s tenure at Dior is her habit of showing headgear with almost every women’s look — in the process giving the category a robust sales boost.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The book features creations from all the house’s artistic directors, from Christian Dior himself through to Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons and now Chiuri, who has revived the veiled beret as a marker of French chic.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “Fashion is not just about clothes, far from it. Fashion is about building an identity, and this happens through clothes but also with accessories that can become a recognizable sign, a signature,” Chiuri told WWD.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The Rizzoli book, which comes out on June 3, was originally designed to coincide with an exhibition on the same theme at the Christian Dior Museum in Granville, Normandy, also under the artistic direction of Stephen Jones. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “Chapeaux Dior! The Art of the Hat from Christian Dior to Stephen Jones” was scheduled to run from April 25 to Nov. 1, but has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Tap the link in bio for more. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Report: @jdiderich⁣ ⁣ —⁣ #wwdfashion ⁣ #dior ⁣ #hats ⁣ #mariagraziachiuri ⁣ #stephenjones ⁣
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The @CFDA and @voguemagazine Fashion Fund's A Common Thread has named 44 grant recipients.⁣ ⁣ Prabal Gurung, Rodarte’s Mulleavy sisters, Emily Adams Bode, LaQuan Smith, and Telfar Clemens were among those awarded in the first-round selections. ⁣ ⁣ “The goal was to help companies that are viable and have the chance to ride everything out,” said CFDA chairman Tom Ford in an interview with WWD. “A key factor was, is this a viable business, is this a brand or a retailer that warrants support? As sad as it is, it doesn’t make sense to support businesses that are ultimately going to fail. The money is there to try to help people who have viable businesses.”⁣ ⁣ But not all recipients are fashion brands. Fine jewelers Anna Sheffield and Gorga Fehren (Eva Fehren) received grants, as did Ahlem Eyewear and Gigi Burris Millinery.⁣ ⁣ “There is no perfect way to do it,” Ford observed of the selection process, noting the considerable “heartache’” involved in the various elimination rounds.⁣ ⁣ Not surprisingly, committee members found those who submitted the most thorough proposals the most impressive candidates. “Some people gave us very detailed business plans, and those plans were given more weight than those from people who wrote two or three lines that seemed less organized – ‘I need to pay my rent.’”⁣ ⁣ Tap the link in bio for more. ⁣ ⁣ Report: Bridget Foley
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Copenhagen Fashion Week will go ahead in August. ⁣ ⁣ The event will happen on August 9 and run through August 12, a week later than originally scheduled.⁣ ⁣ “We’re fortunate that the Danish society is opening up much more quickly than expected, making it possible for us to hold Copenhagen Fashion Week very close to the originally scheduled dates. All of our activities will of course be set up to meet applicable regulatory requirements,” said Cecilie Thorsmark, chief executive officer of Copenhagen Fashion Week.⁣ ⁣ Tap the link in bio for more. ⁣ ⁣ Report: @natalietheodosi