What We're Reading: Page 167
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Aug 21, 2020
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CNBC
Struggling retailers rush to file for bankruptcy as fears of a second wave of coronavirus linger
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Glossy
From pre-orders to small batches: Fashion brands are taking control of their inventory
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The Wall Street Journal
Hedge Fund Marble Ridge to Shut Down
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Bloomberg Opinion
The Future of Trader Joe’s Looks Bumpy
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Vogue Business
Four founders on why sustainable fashion must include racial equality
Aug 20, 2020
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Business of Fashion
ThredUp Plans IPO Early Next Year
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Bloomberg
Fitness Retailer Sweaty Betty Is Preparing to Sell Itself
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The New York Times
Behold, ‘Workleisure’
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The Wall Street Journal
‘Maybe I Should Go to Jail.’ Neiman Investor Slammed in Government Report
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Fox Business
Estee Lauder to lay off up to 2,000 employees, close 10-15% of stores
Aug 19, 2020
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The Wall Street Journal
Mall Owner CBL Plans to File for Bankruptcy
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Bloomberg
Finding Suppliers Outside China Means Kissing ‘a Lot of Frogs’
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Business of Fashion
How to Salvage the Back-to-School Season
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Modern Retail
‘We are over-mentored and under-funded’: Minority founders find a cultural disconnect with VCs
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Glossy
Italic’s Jeremy Cai: Today’s DTC brands ‘price high, but still use the narrative of cutting out the middleman’
Aug 18, 2020
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CNBC
Barneys’ savior Authentic Brands is sitting on about $1 billion in cash and on the hunt to buy more troubled retailers
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CNN
Nike, Under Armour and Adidas are among the biggest losers of canceled college football
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Modern Retail
How turning malls into fulfillment centers could reshape towns
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Glossy
Are heels over? What the footwear market will look like post-coronavirus
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Business of Fashion
The Pandemic Changed the Way People Live. How Can Fashion Adapt?
Aug 17, 2020
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Women's Wear Daily
Saks Opens Stand-alone Men’s Store in Boston
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The Wall Street Journal
Home Depot Braced for Covid Pain — Then Americans Remodeled
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The Washington Post
5 ways holiday shopping will change, from Black Friday to parking lot pop-ups
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Star Tribune
Mall of America tries to return to normalcy as owners continue to struggle
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Fast Company
How 'COVID-washing' became the new greenwashing
Aug 14, 2020
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Modern Retail
A domino effect: How USPS delays may hurt e-commerce startups
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Quartz
There’s one silver lining for fashion retailers in the pandemic
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The Wall Street Journal
What Happens to All of the Unsold Clothes?
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The Dallas Morning News
No talk of bankruptcy here: Watchmaker Fossil says it’s surviving the pandemic
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CNBC
Bankrupted Stein Mart is closing all of its stores. Here’s a map of where they are
Aug 13, 2020
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CNBC
Amazon cuts more than 1,200 delivery contract jobs, even as that part of its business booms
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The Washington Post
Small Businesses Are Dying by the Thousands — And No One Is Tracking the Carnage
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The Seattle Times
REI to sell its never-used Bellevue headquarters and shift office work to multiple Seattle-area sites
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The Wall Street Journal
J.C. Penney Landlords Nearing Deal to Buy Bankrupt Retailer
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Bloomberg
Simon CEO ‘Confused’ by What’s Ahead for Mall Rent Collection