- Robyn Turk |
Following a successful first year in business with its New York City location, innovative retail concept Showfields has that it will open a new store in Miami in May 2020. As with its original location, the Showfields Miami will demonstrate the next generation of brick-and-mortar retail by inviting […]
- Robyn Turk |
INTERVIEW New York City-based retail concept Showfields recently celebrated its first year in business, offering a unique retail model that has effectively met the needs of both consumers and digitally-native brands. Occupying a 14,000 square-foot space across four stories in Manhattan’s Noho area, […]
- DPA |
Nike Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has temporarily closed about half of Nike-owned stores in China due to the coronavirus outbreak. Further, the company said it is operating with reduced hours and experiencing lower than planned retail traffic in stores that do remain open. The company expects the […]
- Robyn Turk |
& Other Stories has announced an upcoming retail launch in Russia, set for fall of 2020. This will be the first time customers in the market will be able to shop the collections of the H&M Group-owned womenswear brand. The brand will open a brick and mortar store in Moscow as the first part of its new […]
- Simone Preuss |
German footwear brand Birkenstock is increasing its reach as part of its international expansion strategy and has started selling its famous sandals in India. To this effect, the brand opened its first mono-brand store at Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airports in Delhi on 27th January 2020 […]
- Robyn Turk |
China is projected to become one of the world’s largest consumer markets as consumption in the region continues to grow exponentially. According to a 2016 study conducted by McKinsey & Company, the majority of Chinese consumers are increasingly interested in buying premium quality products across categories, […]
- Huw Hughes |
H&M Group has announced it is opening its first & Other Stories store in Russia in the autumn. The store will be at the Metropolis shopping centre in Moscow and will stock the brand’s collections of ready-to-wear, shoes, bags, beauty products, jewellery and accessories. “We’re very excited to make our […]
- Robyn Turk |
Alternative payment solutions are on the rise, giving consumers more purchasing power by allowing them to buy-now-pay-later. As new providers of payment solutions pop up, retailers are given more opportunities to offer their shoppers pay-later schemes. Global payment technology solution company SplitIt […]
- Robyn Turk |
Saks Fifth Avenue will close its Brookfield Place menswear location on January 31. The retailer said that it will keep the 16,000-square-foot space and use it for a new concept. The retailer had kept this men's store open for a full year after shuttering the 86,000-square-foot womenswear store it operated […]
- Don-Alvin Adegeest |
Chinese New Year is a major event on the retail calendar for fashion brands, much like Christmas in the West. This year’s unfortunate break-out of the coronavirus will have an enormous impact on Chinese spending abroad and back home. Early predictions of overseas holiday spending to increase 13 percent […]