On Sunday, September 21, 2014, many of us at Label Networks participated in the People’s Climate March in New York City in support of bringing attention to issues surrounding global climate change. It was an amazing experience beyond anyone’s expectations as we suddenly realized that we were in the midst of making history as part […]
Sure Cheap Monday’s 10-minute pop-up retail concept may seem gimmicky (and it is), but that’s the point. It’s also among new trends towards making retail and shopping, fun. And for a social media-savvy generation, it leans towards the future of fashion—mixing event-like concepts to inspire limited-edition sales strategies. Leave it up to a quirky brand […]
More than 600 Asian and European guests from fashion, culture and Seoul celebrity circles, retailers and brands, attended the official launch event of Bread and Butter Seoul on the remarkable Floating Islands –situated right on the banks of Seoul’s Han river. In attendance the mayor of Seoul, the honorable Won Soon Park, Karl-Heinz Müller and […]
The disputes between Park City Mountain Resort and Vail Resorts have been resolved as of September 11, 2014 with the announced that Vail Resorts would acquire Park City for $182.5 million. In addition, next season Park City will connect to the beloved Canyons to produce a super resort of more than 7,000 acres of snowboarding […]
On Friday, September 12, 2014, the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) announced that it would be changing it’s name in 2015 to the World Surf League. This is among the latest string of changes in the past 2 years. In a letter to the surfing community, CEO Paul Speaker explains that the change is happening […]
13 years ago today, the deadliest terrorist attacks on U.S. soil took place. At Label Networks, we would like to pause for a moment in memory to those who died in these attacks. There are also many events taking place in and around NYC today. At 8:56 a.m. there was the first moment of silence […]
Surfing World Champion Kelly Slater has named his new apparel brand with Kering, “Outerknown.” Similar to trends we’re seeing in youth culture markets when it comes to fashion preferences, Slater is also going to bring sustainability into the brand’s DNA. After parting with Quiksilver last April and ending a 23-year-relationship, it makes sense that Slater […]
We’re pleased to announce that Reed Exhibitions, owners of Agenda, will be launching a stand-alone women’s fashion lifestyle trade event with cross-category merchandising including branded collections in fashion lifestyle, active lifestyle, swim, beauty and home, and accessories and intimates, called AXIS. Here’s more: LOS ANGELES (September 4, 2014) – Filling an unmet marketplace need for […]
The brothers Daniel and Markus Freitag behind the trendy messenger bags, Freitag, made of used truck and plane inner tubes, have come up with an apparel collection that uses their new fabric called F-abric which is completely biodegradable. The trend is on target with the growing appreciation and demand of young consumers for fashion that […]
Fashion news this past week has been ridiculously busy reporting on the fact that Abercrombie & Fitch is going to phase out their logos by 2015. Why this is considered such a big deal is beyond us. It simply shows how out of touch Abercrombie (and much of the adult fashion industry) has been for […]