Bread & Butter and its upcoming themed “Connect” fashion trade show taking place in Berlin July 2-4, 2013 has just announced the addition of the BBB Connected Rooms and BBB Trendforum. As fashion and technology continue to merge, and the growth of conferences surrounding fashion trade shows continue to roll, it’s not surprising that such […]
There have been many great ideas in the past few years with fashion moving online, including trade shows, that have been generating considerable start-up capital. Two of those, Rent The Runway and Go Try It On, have just joined forces. Rent The Runway, which offers up designer clothing and accessories for low-cost rental for 4 days […]
Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were convicted today, June 19, 2013 of tax evasion for hiding $1.3 billion and given a suspended jail sentence of one year and 8 months. This came through after the second time they’ve been brought to court. The first resulted in the designers being charged a $440 […]
Sustainable Brands 2013 Conference which wrapped-up June 6th in San Diego, CA, brought together some of the top industry leaders in sustainability. With presentations ranging from ours at Label Network on “Sustainability and the State of the Future and Youth Culture,” to the keynote address by author, architect, and sustainability leader William McDonough, the week […]
Today, June 11, 2013, VF Corp., owners of Vans, The North Face, Wrangler, Timberland, among others, announced a bold new strategy of reaching $17 billion in revenue by the year 2017 with $18 in earnings per share, equaling a 5-year growth plan of 10 to 13% per year. The growth plan includes 8% from organic […]
Today, Monday, Lululemon Athletica announced that their CEO Christine Day would be leaving after 5 years. A successor is yet to be named. “Being a part of lululemon for the past five and a half years has been an incredible journey. I am proud of building a world class team that has produced one of […]
One of the most popular aspects of our Sustainability and Youth Culture presentation called “The Generation of Hope” at the Sustainable Brands 13 Conference in San Diego, CA on June 3, was around the shifts in youth preferences, awareness, and influences in eco-friendly fashion, changes in thrift store buying patterns, and the power of spending […]
Last week, Credit Suisse published an interesting report tracking the growing market of wearbale technologies. As we’ve noted in various Label Networks’ Youth Culture studies and Future Consumer Reports, wearable technologies are quickly becoming not only key components to one’s individual style, but can be the defining fashion statement overall. Ranging from watches to designer […]
Retail’s been getting hammered lately with the blame-game stemming from weird weather patterns and therefore less demand on in-stock apparel items, to buyouts happening as fast as young people switching favorite social networks. First, Rue 21, the teen retailer with an estimated 900 stores, has entered into an agreement to get purchase by Apax Partners, […]
The challenging times and changes for action sports continues with consolidations and sales morphing the industry quickly. From Bonnier Media selling off its Mountain Group division including Ski, Skiing, and Warren Miller, to rumors abounding that ESPN is in the midst of laying off hundreds, to the latest news that the kingpin of action sports […]