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7 Nov

Fashion’s Top Takeaways From Tech Earnings

The most recent round of tech earnings isn’t quite over yet, but with Apple’s numbers added to the heap last week, probably the most influential platforms for fashion, beauty and e-commerce have all weighed in — and by and huge, Big Tech appears to be back. Kind of. Apple’s fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $89.5 billion beat expectations, as did other top-line figures from fellow giants Google, Meta and Amazon. But this time, it took more to impress investors, who cared less about raw numbers than the businesses’ plans, particularly in an era of artificial intelligence that’s driving radical changes in areas like shopping and fashion. Even an apparent rebound in internet marketing seemed somewhat anticlimactic, as a recent measure of...
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1 Oct

The Top Takeaways From WWD’s 2023 Beauty & Wellness

This week, WWD hosted its second live Beauty & Wellness Forum in Latest York City, with experts across the category’s segments, including tattoo care, clean medicine, retail, fitness and girls’s health.  While the day was stuffed with informative speakers, including Naomi Watts, Michelle Crossan-Matos, Ashley Tisdale, Dr. Barbara Sturm and Dr. Will Cole, it wasn’t all work and no play. Robbie Bent, cofounder and chief executive officer of social wellness club Othership, led attendees through a brief visualization. Kristin Sudeikis, founder, CEO, creative director and lead instructor of Forward_Space, led guests through a tech neck movement break. And through “wellness breaks,” attendees had the chance to get a hair and makeup refresh with Glamsquad, write a message of confidence with marine...
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19 May

8 Key Takeaways From WWD’s twenty fifth Beauty CEO

Welcome to the era of beauty without boundaries. From re-examining the tenets which have defined physical beauty to the ever-increasing intersection between health, wellness and wonder to the technologies which might be transforming every thing from product creation to consumer marketing, the worldwide beauty business is shape-shifting on the speed of culture. On the WWD Beauty CEO Summit, held May 9 and 10 at Casa Cipriani in Recent York City, the industry’s leader’s got here together to decode the longer term. Titled “The Silver Summit,” the event marked the twenty fifth anniversary of WWD’s beauty summits. Just as Leonard A. Lauder presaged the approaching changes within the industry when he was the keynote speaker on the very first event, this yr’s presenters...
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18 Jan

Forecasts and Takeaways From NRF’s Big Show

At this week’s National Retail Federation’s Big Show, retailers, industry experts and economists preached the identical sermon: manage inventories and costs conservatively and cautiously and be able to pounce on whatever shopping trends and hot items emerge. They see 2023 as a tale of two halves for retailers. The primary shall be tough, with a rebound within the second half of the 12 months. They see a consumer who’s becoming tapped out on savings and increase credit, shifting spending toward experiences and away from stuff, but say retailing generally held up through last holiday, but shall be softening soon. And there was a consensus on the inevitability of a recession, albeit one with almost definitely a soft landing. They said the important thing...
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