Will the shrieks from The Shredder, the world’s longest and tallest spinning roller coaster, and squeals from the Nickelodeon Skyline Scream, the world’s tallest indoor spinning drop tower, give way to the sounds of ca-ching, as retailers at American Dream, the 3.3 million-square-foot entertainment and shopping center in East Rutherford, N.J., are unveiled in March? With […]
The sneaker and streetwear landscape is shifting. And while the reign of Supreme and Yeezy were challenged in 2019, Virgil Abloh’s influence became more evident than ever, according to StockX State of Resale report. The report gave a detailed look at sales and transactions last year on StockX, an online resale platform that uses a […]
SPARKLING RETAIL: Chiara Ferragni can now pin Hong Kong and Moscow on her brand’s glittery world map. After opening in Milan, Shanghai, Chengdu and Paris, the namesake label of the influencer and entrepreneur behind The Blonde Salad digital platform has inaugurated its first Hong Kong flagship inside the new cultural and retail destination K11 Musea […]
GROWING TOGETHER: The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, French fashion’s governing body, has debuted a showroom for emerging brands and implemented a more structured strategy toward promoting and mentoring emerging labels. With the support of industry body DEFI, the Sphere showroom bowed on Jan. 15, and will be open through Sunday, […]
PopSugar is bringing its annual festival Play/Ground back for a third year, and the business of the event is starting to take shape. The women-focused media brand, recently acquired in an all-stock deal by Group Nine, started the weekend event in 2017, inspired by having its own brand activations at popular music festival Coachella. Lisa […]
GOLDEN JUROR: Cate Blanchett has been named president of the jury of the upcoming edition of the Venice International Film Festival, which will run Sept. 2 to 12. She succeeds Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel in the role, which over the last decade was covered by the likes of directors Guillermo del Toro, Sam Mendes, Alfonso […]
Kat Von D has left her namesake beauty brand. Katherine von Drachenberg — the tattoo shop owner turned reality star turned beauty founder, also known as Kat Von D — is selling her ownership shares in the makeup line she started in order to focus on her vegan shoe line and upcoming album. Von Drachenberg […]
MILAN — With a new location, a focus on sustainability, running one day less for the first time, the contemporary ready-to-wear and accessories trade show WSM presented 80 brands, all offered a standardized booth to foster inclusivity and invited without being charged a participation fee. Massimiliano Bizzi, founder and president of White Milano, the WSM […]
IMG has released its preliminary designer schedule for New York Fashion Week: The Shows, which takes place Feb. 6 to 12. As reported, the Council of Fashion Designers of America released their preliminary Fashion Calendar last month for the shows that take place Feb. 7 through Feb. 12, featuring about 71 companies. IMG noted that […]
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft, is credited with turning around the tech giant. Under his watch, the share price has grown more than fivefold, and in April the company’s market cap passed $1 trillion after a strong third quarter boosted shares. Businesses are jumping on Microsoft’s Azure cloud, and the tech giant recently […]