Hints and tips:
...The $177bn global second-hand apparel market is expected to nearly double by 2027, three times faster than the overall market, according to a recent report by ThredUp, an online consignment and thrift store...
...Shareholders in Gildan Activewear, one of the world’s largest clothing makers, have demanded the reinstatement of its chief executive and called for the resignation of the American Apparel owner’s chair....
...“A lot of kids’ clothing is what I describe as American cereal marketing: it really grabs your attention, and the colours are always crazy or there’s some kind of Marvel comic graphic,” laughs Goheen....
...Matches employed 533 staff across its head office and three stores in London and primarily sells its goods online in 170 countries....
...“I’ll never forget it,” said Hendrix, 52, who grew up in Harlem and now owns a clothing store, Feared Voices, that sells baseball caps and apparel. (He was wearing an obligatory Knicks hat.)...
...He goes on to compare the company to an entertainment giant like Disney: “We’re not in the apparel business. We’re in the dreams business.”...
...“Our own narrative around digital is changing,” says Andy Bond, executive chair of Pepco Group, which owns Poundland and also operates nearly 3,500 clothing-focused Pepco discount stores across Europe....
...This will be especially true for department stores and speciality clothing retailers. Adobe reckons toys, electronics and apparel will receive the most aggressive price cuts....
...On the streets, however, grunge was a hit, with items such as flannel shirts from LL Bean increasing in sales and “distressed” clothing being stocked in department stores....
...These were produced by the indigenous tribes of the American plains region to store and transport clothing, dried food and other sundries....
...[My husband, fashion executive David Ramirez] is Puerto Rican, and I’m Mexican-American, so we’re both very family-oriented....
...At the start of 2023, she pledged to buy just five new items of apparel a year. We’re talking five new things across clothing, shoes, accessories, all of it....
...Clothing and accessories are the most popular purchases over the weekend, with retail stalwarts such as J Crew posting 50 per cent off their list prices for apparel....
...Back in Tokyo, a trip to the Goldwin store finds the usual mix of sports enthusiasts rubbing shoulders with the gorpcore fashion crowd....
...His clothing label A-Cold-Wall*, established in 2014, has standalone stores in China and a fleet of collaborations with names including Eastpak, Nike and Converse....
...Take UK chain New Look, which in 2015 opened standalone menswear stores, only to close them four years later. It now sells men’s clothing online....
...Boohoo specialises in clothing for young women along with its other brands Nasty Gal and PrettyLittleThing....
...Many of the trend’s references come from retro, upper-class, public-school apparel....
...It is certainly a draw for Michael Hill, creative director of men’s clothing purveyor Drake’s of London....
...A third of Brits now sell their possessions on online forums of some sort, and a large proportion of it is apparel....
...The discount clothing chains TJX and Ross Stores reported strong same-store sales and good margin performance in the third quarter. Their consumer is just fine....
...Average peak discounts for apparel sold online are up from 19 per cent to 25 per cent, it found, while markdowns on televisions are up from 10 per cent to 24 per cent....
...Walmart, and discount retailers TJX and Ross Stores, all reported an uptick in customer traffic and comparable sales growth....
...It was a timely launch, pre-empting the sneaker and streetwear boom of the 2010s, when sportswear and casual clothing became everyday wear....
...“All the ephemera of grocery stores, beauty shops, stationery stores, pharmacies – the most boring detritus of daily life – found their way in,” says Weaver....
International Edition