Retail Round-up: A Bathing Ape Sells to China’s I.T for a Relatively Low $2.8 Million; Top Teen Retailers Halt Monthly Same Store Sales Reports; Tommy Hilfiger Launches Pop-up Prep World and Tour; Gap Shake-up
Evolution of retail landscape continues with interesting acquisitions, financial reporting. and new collections hoping to match economic changes in youth culture markets.
With the elections tomorrow and politics and the environment major issues, these three street art expressions prove more inspiring, credible, and communicative than ads ever could. See what’s been achieved.
Retail Round-up: American Apparel Appoints Former Blockbuster Exec as President; Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo Reduces Forecast; Sneak-Peak of Lanvin for H&M
Latest from the basics brand American Apparel and fast-fashion giants Uniqlo and H&M both of which continue to capture the attention of youth culture globally.
American Apparel’s struggles may also have created new opportunities for basics brands to fill the hole, which has an effect on youth culture fashion markets.
While knowing which brands are most preferred is of great importance, understanding why, and where the shifts have changed the most by demographics can be even more telling. LN forecasts for Summer Study 2010.
As a leader in youth culture fashion, what happens with American Apparel is important to know as the ripple effects often impact many other brands in the industry.
What’s next in T-shirt designs from a stylistic and materials points of view indicate the growing importance of DIY silhouettes vs. graphics. Fresh street report.
What we humans choose to accessorize with says a lot about individual creativity and trends, especially at a time when accessories have come to “represent” fashion, rescuing style when money is tight. Here’s our street report recap from %uFFFD09.