What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Oct 06, 2026
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Retail Gazette
Sports Direct owner Frasers builds 8.8% stake in Under Armour
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Women’s Wear Daily
CP Brands Buys The Limited, Plans to Reinvent, Expand the Women’s Brand
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The Wall Street Journal
The Mighty American Consumer Is Crashing Through Inflation and Driving Growth
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Business of Fashion
Marc Jacobs: Plotting Life After LVMH
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Retail Brew
How German candy giant Haribo tripled its US sales in a decade
Oct 05, 2026
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Women’s Wear Daily
Iconix Explores $1B Sale, Hires J.P. Morgan to Find Buyer
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Business of Fashion
Miuccia Prada: Future-Proofing a Fashion Dynasty
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Bloomberg
Amazon’s Latest Response to AI Data Center Backlash: $1 Billion
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The Wall Street Journal
The ’90s Are Back in Style. Levi’s Is Cashing In.
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Vogue Business
Does Beauty Need to Reinvest in Innovation?
Oct 02, 2026
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Reuters
Mattel attracts takeover interest from Authentic Brands Group, source says
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Dallas Business Journal
Downtown Dallas bids final farewell to Neiman Marcus
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The Wall Street Journal
How Arc’teryx Turned Climbing Gear Into a Luxury Status Symbol
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Retail Brew
Five Below’s turnaround relies on marketing, merchandising, and chasing trends
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Smart Cities Dive
Flock fight moves to Congress
Oct 01, 2026
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CNBC
David Ellison names Ynon Kreiz co-CEO of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery
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The New York Times
F.T.C. Investigates OpenAI and Anthropic Over Potential Consumer Harms
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The Wall Street Journal
The Nike Lifer Driving a High-Stakes Turnaround in China
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Footwear News
How Footwear Is on the Upswing at Kohl’s
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Reuters
Pool supplies firm Leslie’s files for bankruptcy amid sales slump
Sep 30, 2026
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Beauty Inc.
Hailey Bieber’s Rhode Expands Into Continental Europe With Sephora
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Business of Fashion
How Reebok Rebuilt Its Basketball Business from the Ground Up
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Reuters
Trump, AI CEOs sign voluntary safety pact, back data center expansion
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The Wall Street Journal
The Right Time to Judge a New CEO
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Modern Retail
Hanna Andersson is joining Amazon, with a 90% unique assortment
Sep 29, 2026
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The New York Times
Victoria’s Secret Falls for a Nice Guy
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Reuters
Oura becomes latest US IPO hopeful to delay listing as market jitters deepen
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The Wall Street Journal
The ‘Colossal Headache’ of Building a Made-in-America Monopoly Game
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Retail Brew
Why visitors flock to the world’s biggest Goodwill
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Business of Fashion
The Politics of Duping
Sep 28, 2026
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Bloomberg
Converse Pauses Social Media Ads, Marketing After Racism Uproar
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The New York Times
China and the U.S. Pledge to Cut Tariffs on $60 Billion in Goods
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Reuters
Shein reports sharp drop in Europe sales after price hikes
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Footwear News
Will Nike’s New CFO Reset Expectations Amid Wall Street Scrutiny?
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The Wall Street Journal
The Cost of Transporting Pretty Much Everything Just Won’t Stop Going Up