Staffers across American Media are getting a drastic pay reduction as company leadership cites economic pressure caused by the coronavirus. The company, owned and operated by David Pecker and seemingly struggling for the last year or more with dipping circulation numbers, a presidential scandal and executive scandal, and now an apparently stalled sale, told staff […]
At this point, the story is global – businesses in communities around our country and world have shuttered, many at the direction of local, state or national governments as we battle the COVID-19 pandemic. But grim as the picture may be today, millions of small business owners around the country need to grapple not just […]
Everlane ended this week with several hundred fewer workers as it struggles to cope with the shutdown of its retail business over measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Although the California company has spent the last two weeks e-mailing customers about reduced prices for its brand, made up of casual basics, and striking […]
The already-crowded streaming service market is getting a new entrant with short-form content platform, Quibi. Quibi’s main differentiator from its predecessors, such as Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime Video, is that all its content is under 10 minutes and new content is released daily. The platform, which launches on April 6, is made specifically for […]
FALL AHEAD: The entire world is in flux, so the fact that the date for this year’s China Fashion Gala has not yet been set constitutes just another shrug. What is definitive is this year’s leading fashion honoree: Phillip Lim. The occasion is just one of many fashion-rooted spring events on the social calendar that […]
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow and businesses worldwide are being hit, it is the smaller, independent brands and retailers that often are suffering the most. WWD asked designers and small stores that support them how they are protecting themselves during this unprecedented time, and how they are looking ahead to the coming months. […]
In March, Vera Wang traveled to Paris for a work-pleasure trip. The work aspect focused on vendor meetings, and the pleasure, merely being in the city she loves dearly while taking in shows of some of her favorite designers — Rick Owens, Celine’s Hedi Slimane, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli and Balenciaga’s Demna Gvasalia. Wang isn’t only […]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at his daily coronavirus press briefing on Thursday night unveiled a partnership with clothing brand Reformation to organize the city’s garment manufacturers to make protective masks. The L.A. Protects initiative will leverage the city’s manufacturing facilities and garment workers not to make the medical-grade N95 masks so desperately needed by […]
The youngest royals are showing their appreciation for medical workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, posted a video on their Kensington Royal Instagram Thursday showing their three children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis — applauding the health-care workers fighting COVID-19. “To all […]
OFF SCHEDULE: In light of the coronavirus emergency, Pirelli canceled the production and launch of the 2021 edition of its signature calendar. The company pledged to donate 100,000 euros to support the research and fight the COVID-19 spread instead. “The production of the Pirelli Calendar has been stopped before, in 1967 and then from 1975 […]