What We're Reading: Page 170
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Feb 23, 2021
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Vox
Sweatpants sales are booming, but the workers who make them are earning even less
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Glossy
Can media-led beauty brands compete?
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Women's Wear Daily
Retail Sustainability Value Chain Fraught With Disconnects
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Business Insider
January retail sales bounced back strongly, mostly thanks to stimulus checks
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Reuters
H&M, IKEA and Stora Enso backed TreeToTextile builds sustainable fibre demo plant
Feb 22, 2021
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Reuters
Biden to revise small business loans to reach smaller, minority firms
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Women's Wear Daily
Allbirds Names Glossier, E.l.f. Execs to Board
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Forbes
Major Retail Chains Are Committing To Partnering With Black Designers
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Modern Retail
Crafting supplies retailer Joann reinvented itself for the e-commerce age
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Detroit Free Press
Van Elslander family buys back naming rights to Art Van Furniture
Feb 19, 2021
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Bloomberg
Can Allbirds Live Up to Its $1 Billion Valuation?
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Reuters
Walmart's Mexico unit boosts logistics spending in $1 billion capex plan
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CNBC
Online shipping costs expected to increase further into the pandemic
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Modern Retail
TikTok is testing out a seller marketplace
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Chain Store Age
Swiss chocolatier to assume leases of 34 U.S. Godiva stores
Feb 18, 2021
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The Wall Street Journal
Sunglasses Retailer Solstice Marketing Files for Chapter 11 Protection
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Business of Fashion
Uniqlo Owner Surpasses Zara Owner for Highest Market Cap in Fashion
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Supply Chain Dive
Winter weather disrupts Western rail service, logistics networks
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San Francisco Chronicle
Tech retailer B8ta closes 2 S.F. stores after robbery at gunpoint
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Adweek
Quip Expands Into Gum With Its First Major Product Extension
Feb 17, 2021
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Reuters
Special Report: Amazon documents reveal company's secret strategy to dodge India's regulators
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CNBC
How once-quirky homeware store RH became a skyrocketing luxury stock
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Women's Wear Daily
CEO Talks: Jay Schottenstein Reflects on a Lifetime in the Retail Industry
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The Wall Street Journal
Shopify’s Secret Weapon Is Thousands of New Business Owners
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Modern Retail
Drugstores are accelerating plans to reinvent themselves as health care destinations
Feb 16, 2021
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Women's Wear Daily
Century 21 on a Comeback Trail
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CNN
This is one of the fastest growing jobs at Walmart
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Business of Fashion
LVMH’s Bernard Arnault Forms Special Purpose Acquisition Company with Former UniCredit CEO
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CNBC
Why working from home is good for Williams-Sonoma
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Business Insider
Websites are selling fake reviews 'in bulk' to Amazon merchants, a report found. One site offered 1,000 reviews for $11,000.
Feb 12, 2021
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The Real Deal
Dylan’s Candy Bar NYC Flagship Closed
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Reuters
Amazon sues New York attorney general to preempt a state COVID lawsuit
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Glossy
Glossier You and the power of digital-only fragrance
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Ogletree Deakins
The Top 10 Labor and Employment Issues Keeping Retailers Up at Night in 2021
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The Wall Street Journal
CFOs Expect Financial Hit From Potential Minimum Wage Increase