Berlin's luxury shopping mile, the Kurfürstendamm, begins at Breitscheidplatz and becomes increasingly exclusive the further one walks towards the west. However, going west past Gucci, Chanel, and Hermès this August, you'll find the very opposite end of the price and quality scale: Shein. The Chinese ultra-fast fashion company has opened a...
12 Aug 2022
Despite rising inflation, consumers are prioritizing back-to-school and college spending. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF) over one third or 38 percent of consumers have committed to cutting back on other expenses in order to be prepared for the upcoming fall semester. They expect to spend more than usual on both K-12 and...
9 Aug 2022
As high inflation raises the prices of gas and bills, consumers will be faced with tough spending decisions as seasons change, kids go back-to-school and budgets are weighed for holiday gifting. FashionUnited speaks with Nikki Baird, former retail analyst and Vice President of Strategy at Aptos, about how our purses will be impacted during the...
2 Aug 2022
Sales statistics do not lie: men are wearing suits again. Admittedly, the home office era is still far from history and appearing in person at the office is not really everyday practice again. But apparently, men are slowly getting in the mood again to make themselves look presentable. Dressing more accurately, neatly, formally, for the office,...
26 July 2022
A party in Ibiza, new markets and more modern collections - Baldessarini's realignment is picking up steam since Florian Wortmann took over as managing director. The brand, founded in 1993, is approaching a younger target group with influencers and representation in social media but it also wants to retain its existing customer base. Saying ‘yes...
22 July 2022
Alibaba shares sank on Friday after a report said the tech giant's executives had been called in for meetings with Chinese officials over the theft of a vast police database. A hacker last month put on sale what they claimed was the personal information of hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens -- which, if true, would make it one of the...
15 July 2022
Landlords in England with empty stores for over a year will be ordered to rent out the premises to prospective tenants in a move by the government to “breathe new life into high streets”. The Levelling up and Regeneration Bill, which was unveiled in the Queen’s speech on Tuesday, gives local leaders more power to bring retail units back into use...
11 May 2022
How does one build up a uniform online business as a stationary retail chain without putting one’s own franchise partners in a bind? German BabyOne specialty store chain with over 30 of its own stores and 73 partner stores, has found its very own solution. At the end of 2019, just a few months before the outbreak of the pandemic, owner-operated...
14 Apr 2022
Meta Platforms (FB) said on Monday that it will soon start testing tools to sell digital assets and experiences inside its virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds. This move is an important part of the company's plan to create a metaverse. Meta said in a statement, "The tools will be available initially to an hand-picked set of users who are...
13 Apr 2022
Workers at the New York City flagship of Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), which will now be the first union at any store for the outdoor gear retailer. The vote, which took place in-person at the SoHo location on March 2 was an overwhelming win for the union with...
14 Mar 2022
What is the attraction to working in a retail store? Or better yet: what should retailers pay attention to in order to make it even more attractive? Q&A Insights researched it and shared the results with FashionUnited. Some striking insights emerged which could come in handy for retailers while searching for new staff. Q&A Insights conducted a...
Russian shopping centers are ready to replace American and European brands with Turkish and Chinese ones. The president of the Union of Shopping Centers, Bulat Shakirov, shared this information with Russian newspaper "Izvestia". A representative of the Union has already left for Turkey for negotiations aiming to attract more than 200 trademarks...
8 Mar 2022
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