Business Branding
4 Industry Trends Every Fashion Designer Should Know
Should you create your own brand or work within an established company?
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Building a Business
What Small Businesses Need to Do to Win in Online Retail
Companies that can figure out how to take advantage of new technologies for digital retail will outsmart and outpace competitors.
Business News
Nordstrom Has Officially Cut Ties With Ivanka Trump’s Brand
The company said the brand's declining sales led to its decision.
Building a Business
Why Choosing to Be Sold Out of Its No. 1 Bestseller Was the Right Decision for This Startup
When faced with a difficult decision, Nina Faulhaber the co-founder of ADAY, a technical clothing line for women's clothing, took the motto 'the customer is always right' to heart -- and it was the best decision she made.
By Rose Leadem
Marketing
Were Stores or Mobile Sales More Successful on This Year’s Black Friday?
Without sales like those on Black Friday, ecommerce businesses might have had a tougher time recovering from the post-election blues.
By Thomas Smale
Business Ideas
Listen Up: Queen of Retail Talks Trends for 2017
Bricks-and-clicks strategies will matter even more as millennials drive experiential-marketing campaigns and entrepreneurs test new waters with pop-up shops.
Building a Business
I Had a Conversation With a Robot, and It Taught Me Something About Humanity
An executive at the company that created Pepper assured me that it (she?) won't steal our jobs.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
Bold, New Ecommerce Businesses Are the Ones Holding Sway in the Online Marketplace
Customers have more online choices than ever before -- and shoppers are buying into the concept.
Business Ideas
Ecommerce Is Growing, But Customers Still Prefer Shopping in Stores
Even with increases in delivery time and improved online experiences, people still like to physically buy many types of goods, a new study says.
By Rose Leadem
Building a Business
How Ecommerce Is Changing Warehouses for the Better
Ecommerce has expanded to the offline world, and now industries are merging.
By Larry Alton
Building a Business
Facing Major Money Troubles Early On, These Entrepreneurs Relied On a Bit of Luck to Help Them
Co-founders of shoe company Jack Erwin, Ariel Nelson and Lane Gerson, didn't come from the fashion world, but they are now running a widely known men's shoe company.
By Grace Reader
Building a Business
Bass Pro Shops Hooks Cabela’s in $5.5 Billion Deal
Cabela's has struggled with declining sales of apparel and footwear and has reported same-store sales growth in only one quarter in more than three years.
By Reuters
Building a Business
How I Started a Successful Online Business While Managing an Agency
This entrepreneur started a side-business online just to see if he could. Here's how he did it.
Building a Business
5 Clever Retail Offers That Won’t Eat Your Profits
Your profit margins and brand image don't have to suffer when running sales.
Building a Business
To Reduce Costly Retail Returns Start Listening to Your Front Line People
Nobody is likelier to have ideas for avoiding customer problems than whoever is solving those problems, face-to-face, with unhappy customers.
Thought Leaders
You Need to Stop Making These 5 Customer Service Mistakes
It's time to update your customer service training manual.
By Bob Phibbs
Building a Business
Lori Greiner’s 4 Questions to Know Whether Your Idea Is a Hero or a Zero
The serial inventor, Shark Tank star and 'Queen of QVC' shares how to figure out if you're creating a must-have product.
Building a Business
Hyper-Growing Fashion Brand Herschel Supply Has Turned Away 500 Investors
This year, its founders expect to sell 6 million units -- up from 8,000 in 2011.
Building a Business
Birchbox Is Redefining the Future of Retail in More Ways Than One
This innovative subscription service demonstrates a different mode of company-building and leadership with an inventive female CEO at the helm.
By Andrew Yang
Building a Business
How One Swimsuit Designer Hopes to Fix Fit
Jude Al-Khalil is making waves in the swimwear market with Bikyni.
Building a Business
Are Retail Brands Ready to Compete in the New Normal?
As consumers continue to drift from brick and mortar shops to online markets, retailers are surprisingly optimistic.
Building a Business
Gap to Close 75 Old Navy, Banana Republic Stores Outside North America
The struggling apparel retailer is focusing on its North American market to revive its fortunes.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Sears Eyes Quick Rollout of Small Stores if Test Is Successful
The move comes as Sears tries to bounce back from a five-year stretch during which it lost more than $8 billion as it closed hundreds of stores and sales dropped sharply.
By Reuters
Marketing
Are Digital Retail Models Taking Over Brick and Mortar?
Start-up consumer brands are gaining noteworthy market share.
By Rob Caucci
Building a Business
Teen Apparel Chain Aeropostale Files for Bankruptcy Protection
After years of losses, the company said in March it was exploring strategic alternatives, including a sale.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Here’s a Great Way to Wake up Your Stagnating Retail Brand
Compete directly with consumer-direct manufacturers. Like it or not, it's the brave new economy that will shape our industry.
By Rex Chen
Building a Business
Pure Physical Retail May Be Doomed
Smartphones and mobile apps are brick-and-mortar's wrecking ball, but they can also be what saves it.
By Matt Asay