What We're Reading: Page 170
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jul 23, 2020
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CNBC
Retail workers slammed by job cuts, pushed into new roles as coronavirus shakes their industry
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The Wall Street Journal
Back-to-School Shopping Is Off to a Rough Start
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Bloomberg
How Ben & Jerry’s Applied Its Corporate Activism Recipe to BLM
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Business of Fashion
Can Anything Shake Consumers’ Addiction to Fast Fashion?
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Vox
The end of the American dream
Jul 22, 2020
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Bloomberg
Ann Taylor Parent Seeks New Loan, Board as It Nears Bankruptcy
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CNBC
Nike shakes up its executive team to bolster its digital business, announces job cuts
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Business of Fashion
What to Do After the Founder Leaves
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The Wall Street Journal
Retail Carnage Deepens as Pandemic’s Impact Exceeds Forecasts
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Fortune
Malls are dying, but Nordstrom has no intention of being dragged down with them
Jul 21, 2020
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The Wall Street Journal
The Next Phase of the Retail Apocalypse: Stores Reborn as E-Commerce Warehouses
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Reuters
Adevinta wins auction to buy eBay's classified ads unit for nearly $9 billion
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The New York Times
REI Faces Staff Backlash Over Response to Covid-19 Cases
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CNN
Retailers are canceling coronavirus hazard pay. That's a mistake
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Women's Wear Daily
M&S, Ted Baker, Harvey Nichols Set to Lay Off More Than 1,000 Workers
Jul 20, 2020
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Bloomberg
J. Jill Struggles to Stay Solvent Three Years After IPO
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The Wall Street Journal
EBay Nears Deal to Sell Classified-Ad Unit to Adevinta
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Modern Retail
While growing an empire, Shopify manages to play nice
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The Washington Post
Fashion shows are now 12-hour live streams. Or movies starring mermaids. Or mailed to you in a box.
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Women's Wear Daily
Group of Italian Investors Eyeing Brooks Brothers
Jul 17, 2020
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Modern Retail
‘You can’t just export the strategy’: How Muji’s US expansion faltered
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Bloomberg
Shoppers Used to Have Nearly Endless Options, Then Came Covid-19
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The New York Times
For Owners of Century-Old Businesses, Shutting Down Brings a Special Pain
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Vox
College towns without college students have small businesses struggling
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Vogue Business
After Boohoo: Tackling fashion’s systemic problems
Jul 16, 2020
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The Wall Street Journal
The Covid Retail Shakeout: Who’s Closing or Opening Stores
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Glossy
What the 15% Pledge for Black-owned business will look like in action
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The New York Times
The Phantom Handbag
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The Cut
What It’s Like Opening a Store During a Pandemic
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Business of Fashion
How and When Brands Should Say 'I’m Sorry’
Jul 15, 2020
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The New York Times
‘Hero’ Pay Raises Disappear for Many Essential Workers
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Modern Retail
How the pandemic gave Etsy a new lease on life
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Women's Wear Daily
Farfetch Scores Exclusive Fenty Partnership
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Reuters
As virus-wary shoppers opt for online purchases, retailers pay the price
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Bloomberg
Alibaba Helps Asia’s Malls Go Online After Virus Upends Retail