Day: October 1, 2019

Rent the Runway Is a Unicorn With Growing Pains

As a technology platform first, the 10-year-old clothing subscription-rental business Rent the Runway is vocalizing its triumphs, as well as its growing pains. Over the course of the last few weeks and weeks ahead, the company is implementing significant changes to its operation, revealed in an e-mail from chief executive officer and cofounder Jenn Hyman. […]

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Tula Launches Social Media Campaign With Body Positivity Influencer Mik Zazon

Tula is continuing its mission of body positivity and empowerment through a new social media campaign. The probiotic-based skin-care brand is launching a 30-day challenge to encourage followers to take small actions to improve their own self-confidence. Tula is continuing its relationship with body positivity influencer Mik Zazon for the campaign. “I was actually a […]

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A Pokémon Fashion Pop-up Store Is Coming to New York City

Pokémon is getting the fashion treatment. Roughly 151 original Pokémon characters are the inspiration behind a partnership between the gaming company and fashion brand Original Stitch, which will be hosting a New York pop-up shop for the collection this weekend. First launching in Asia at its Harajuku store, the collection will now be available for […]

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Forever 21’s Legal Legacy

Forever 21 and its fast-fashion cohorts built their place in the retail ecosystem by selling affordable styles for less than $20 to teenagers and young shoppers still early in their careers. But to designer and other brands that continually dragged the retailer into court, it was a business model based on churning out knockoffs of […]

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Perry Ellis Introduces Unisex Fragrance for ‘America’ Collection

Perry Ellis debuts on Oct. 1 its first unisex scent, Perry Ellis America, named after the subbrand that relaunched last year as an archive capsule collection. The new fragrance created by Steve DeMercado of Takasago, who also developed scents for Gucci, Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors among others, is also inspired by the […]

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