YouTube channels are still acquisition targets for all levels of media. In a new deal, Los Angeles-based Urban One, through its subsidiary iOne, has acquired three YouTube channels founded and until now operated by Diana Madison and Raymond Attipa. The popular but still relatively niche channels are Hollyscoop, focused on celebrity culture; The Fumble, focused […]
Appear Here, a marketplace for short-term retail space, is adding a new component to its Space for Ideas competition, which awards free flagship space to entrepreneurs and brands. In addition to the call for innovative retail concepts, Appear Here is launching a new prize category, Space for Change, to empower social change and ideas whose […]
Brazil’s fashion retail sales are firming as an ambitious economic reform agenda lifts economic growth and boosts consumer confidence in Latin America’s largest economy, analysts said. “The economy as a whole is getting better,” said Rafael Camargo, investor relations director at upmarket retailer Restoque, adding that the firm — one of the biggest victims of […]
Is 2020 the year for women at Jordan Brand? The label unveiled today its women’s Flight Utility Apparel collection, which also marks as the brand’s first women’s apparel line. Jordan had launched apparel for women previously, but this collection is the first full range of pieces made specifically for them. The capsule is comprised of […]
MILAN — Kering is once again investing in Italy and in the Tuscan region with plans to set up a new Atelier Maroquinerie Yves Saint Laurent. As reported in June, the French company was said to negotiating the lease of a building complex in Scandicci, outside Florence, and on Friday, the contract was finalized by […]