3DLook, winner of the Retail DT Grand Challenge 2019 and the LVMH Innovation Award in 2019, has developed technology for measuring the human body with just two photos from a smartphone camera. It’s a mobile-first solution for retailers’ fit problems that doesn’t require any additional hardware or software. “Our mission is to make the data […]
IN THE NAME OF FASHION: Fashion helps bolster Italy’s reputation, according to German magazine OOOM. The publication this week released its list of the world’s 100 most influential people. Teenage activist Greta Thunberg, actress and environmental activist Jane Fonda and former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama lead the ranking — as they have on other […]
PVH Corp., whose brands include Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen and Speedo, has contributed $1 million toward a new partnership with the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University to establish a leading academic hub for the study of corporate responsibility and sustainability. The partnership will work to develop students into conscientious business leaders. […]
Here, WWD chooses the iconic red-carpet moments of the 2010s: the good, the bad and the defining. It’s clear the most fun comes when celebrities take risks. And as the first red-carpet season of the New Twenties gets ready to kick off this weekend with the Golden Globes, here’s hoping there’s more bravery than blandness […]
In 2017, Nike and Amazon announced a partnership in which the sportswear giant would sell its wares directly through Amazon in exchange for stricter regulations against counterfeiting. The deal was regarded as a big win for both parties: Nike gained a better grip in regulating the sale of fakes from third-party sellers and official products […]
PARIS — Alain Némarcq, chief executive officer of Mauboussin, was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest civilian decoration, on New Year’s Day. Galeries Lafayette last year purchased a majority stake in the French jeweler, deepening its foothold in accessible luxury jewelry, a traditional department store draw. Mauboussin, which was founded in […]
Hudson’s Bay Co. received a New Year’s Eve jolt, jumping 17.4 percent on a WWD report that executive chairman Richard Baker and a group of shareholders were close to sealing a deal to take the parent of Saks Fifth Avenue private. The stock, which trades in Canadian dollars on the Toronto Stock Exchange, was up […]
LONDON — Retailer Sir David Jones, who secretly battled Parkinson’s disease as he built a successful career on the British high street, has died aged 79, according to his former employer, the fashion chain Next. Jones, a savvy accountant with zero fashion flair, rescued Next from collapse during the Eighties after staging a boardroom coup that […]
The pretty people of the celebrity and fashion world remained as good at partying as ever in 2019. Here, the best photos of the year from the party circuit. Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook. Read More…
If the stock market is a game of brute force — and it often is — Amazon won the last decade. The value of the web giant’s shares shot up 1,492 percent since the end of 2009, giving Amazon a market capitalization of $927 billion as it headed into the final, short week of 2019. […]