A new floral-themed streetcar has hit the streets of Toronto touting the offerings of online fashion retailer Shein as it travels around the city. The streetcar, which is embellished with cherry blossoms and Shein branding, will be in operation until May 10, 2024, serving as what the company described as “a moving billboard” designed to…
Saks, the ecommerce counterpart of Saks Fifth Avenue, has launched a new partnership with luxury electric vehicle company Lucid across its website and stores. Saks will offer exclusive demo drive experiences of the Lucid Air at select Saks Fifth Avenue locations. (Image courtesy Lucid) Lucid now has a dedicated landing page and a homepage feature…
Dick’s Sporting Goods posted strong results in fiscal 2023, which ended Feb. 3, 2024, with $13 billion in net sales, 5% higher than the previous year, and a 2.4% increase in comp store sales. For the coming fiscal year, the retailer is planning $800 million in CapEx expenditures to fund a major brick-and-mortar expansion that…
Authentic Brands Group (Authentic) has purchased the intellectual property of Hunter, the 160-year-old British heritage brand, famous for its iconic Original Wellington boot, that has evolved into an outdoor lifestyle brand. Financial details of the purchase were not disclosed. The global brand development and marketing platform has named two companies to serve as Hunter’s retailing…
Alibaba has opened 12 new Freshippo supermarkets in eight Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Earlier in June, Freshippo executives met with Australian brand leaders about importing produce to China in preparation for the retailer’s IPO, although no date has been set for the public offering. Freshippo combines physical and digital commerce in its…
Providing your wholesale customers with a streamlined shopping experience is a key aspect of running a successful WooCommerce business. B2B clients who have a hard time looking for what they need in your store might abandon their purchase altogether. This is why incorporating a WooCommerce search and filter functionality in your order forms is so…
Michaels is marking a half century in operation with an updated brand identity and tagline, “Everything to Create Anything.” The new brand strategy is designed to spotlight the many kinds of creativity represented in the craft retailer’s assortment, using bold colors, playful fonts and highly textured macro imagery while keeping the same iconic red logo….
Shein and Forever 21 are joining forces in a deal that will allow Forever 21 to sell its youth-focused apparel to Shein’s 150 million online users. The deal may eventually include Shein shop-in-shops at some of Forever 21’s 540 brick-and-mortar stores, which are heavily concentrated in malls, as well as offering consumers the ability to…
Lululemon is looking to continue strong global growth after a 60% international sales increase boosted the retailer’s revenue growth to 24% in Q1 2023, which ended April 30, bringing total sales to $2 billion for the quarter. The company is planning to open 50 net new stores this year, and 30 to 35 will be…
Fashion apparel retailer Express, Inc. (EXPR) has appointed former Tyson Foods exec Stewart Glendinning as its new CEO following Tim Baxter’s resignation. In a statement, the company reported that Baxter stepping down is “unrelated to the company’s accounting or financial reporting,” which was released earlier this week and included a consolidated net sales decrease of…
