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27 Jun

Retail 2023 Halftime Report

Retail 2023 Halftime Report
On the halfway point of 2023, the retail industry has tackled rapidly changing consumer demands, store closures and bankruptcies and inflationary price trends — the economic headwinds have hit hard, leaving executives with a lack of control. In the newest WWD-hosted webinar, Ethan Chernofsky, senior vice chairman of promoting at Placer.ai, joined Arthur Zaczkiewicz, executive editor of strategic content development at WWD, to see where retail sits on the half-year mark and discuss what retail will seem like within the second half of 2023. Chernofsky addressed retail’s first-half challenges, acknowledging that retailers and types are still very much coping with the impact of several macroeconomic headwinds. Concurrently, consumer behavior shifts are happening which has created a trading down effect with increasing mission-driven...
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27 Jun

EXCLUSIVE: Alexander McQueen Taps Into Candles

EXCLUSIVE: Alexander McQueen Taps Into Candles
LONDON — The Alexander McQueen brand is branching out. The British fashion home is adding a candle collection to sit down alongside its ready-to-wear, accessories and fragrances. It's a natural and infrequently first step for any brand testing the waters to enter the homeware arena. The candle collection is made up of three scents — Ghost Flower, Pagan Rose and Savage Bloom — taking inspiration from juxtapositioned ideas comparable to “light and darkness, innovation and tradition and strength and fragility,” in line with the brand. Each candle was envisioned by a distinct perfumer, where they were tasked with interpreting the McQueen codes right into a scent, with slight nods to the brand’s runway collections, where storytelling is at its heart. The candles take after...
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