Streetwear brand leader Supreme has partnered with Levi Strauss for a limited edition capsule collection featuring the Levi’s Trucker Jacket, 501 denim jeans, and a vest. High-end 13 oz. selvedge denim produced by White Oak mill is behind the collection, giving it a rare and sleek look and feel. The Supreme X Levis are available […]
As part of repositioning strategy from Abercrombie & Fitch, plans are brewing that the surf-inspired Hollister will be made into a fast-fashion brand to compete with teen preferences for Forever 21, Uniqlo, and H&M. Last week, we reported that Abercrombie & Fitch revealed a 58% earnings decrease from Q4 with a net income down to […]
Our presentation at SXSW Eco is upon us! Monday, Austin, TX. Label Networks presents their 3rd Annual Sustainability and Youth Culture Study 2014, expanding from the years before featuring greater depth of consumer insights on youth trends towards sustainability, eco-friendly fashion and footwear buying habits, sustainability preferences, trends and actions towards sustainability, feelings about the […]
One of the United States biggest trade show operators, Advanstar Communications, has been sold to UBM for $972 million. Advanstar hosts 54 trade shows including MAGIC, Project, Fashion Coterie, and shows for licensing, life sciences, and powersports. The acquisition will increase UBM’s events revenues by £135m annually, the company said, from £463m last year. Tim […]
Japanese fast-fashion retailer Uniqlo (Fast Retailing) has announced plans for expansion, particularly in the United States. Similar to H&M, preferences for Uniqlo clothing within our youth culture studies is on the rise, but the addition of more stores and greater awareness via its ecommerce platform will impact the teen retailer landscape even more in the […]
Fast-fashion giant H&M has released their nine months financial reports and increased profits by 19% in their 3rd quarter. This is quite remarkable given the difficult economy, especially when it comes to teen retailers. While Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, and others are struggling to gain the attention it once had from teens, H&M, as our […]
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 […]
H&M, the fast-fashion retailer out of Sweden, continues on its course to create more conscious, eco-friendly fashion. In their latest release, they will be introducing H&M Conscious Denim on October 2014. As we’ve seen in our Youth Culture Studies, sustainability is becoming a bigger issue among a new generation of consumers. H&M is also one […]
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 […]
A story on Tyvek’s paper-weight, water-resistant sneakers caught our attention last week as we’ve had more interest than ever in our latest Sustainability and the State of the Future Youth Culture Reports. The minimalist trends in sneakers these days and the rise in brands that have some component of sustainability or fair trade (i.e., TOM’s […]