What We're Reading: Page 195
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jul 28, 2020
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Financial Times
Nike diversity chief leaves after two years in role
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New York Post
Sycamore Partners offers $1.75B for JCPenney with plan to grow Belk
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The Washington Post
Goodbye, jeans. The pandemic is ushering in an era of comfort.
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Bloomberg
California Probing Amazon’s Warehouse Practices Amid Virus
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The New York Times
Malls Seek to Evolve as the Pandemic Hastens a Retail Overhaul
Jul 27, 2020
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The New York Times
Everlane’s Promise of ‘Radical Transparency’ Unravels
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CNN
Walmart and others will still serve customers who refuse to wear masks, despite new rules
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Bloomberg Opinion
Covid Is Shaking Up Back-to-School Shopping
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CNBC
Hasbro revenue falls 29% as store closures, product shortages hurt sales; shares drop
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The Boston Globe
Brooks Brothers continues to deny severance to laid off Haverhill factory workers. ‘They are invisible’
Jul 24, 2020
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Bloomberg Opinion
Ann Taylor Parent's Bankruptcy Is the Scariest Yet
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Women's Wear Daily
The Row in Choppy Waters: Olsens’ Brand Sees Financial Hardships, Sources Say
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The New York Times
How to Sell Books in 2020: Put Them Near the Toilet Paper
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Modern Retail
‘Hero is an overused word’: Despite public hand-waves, essential retail workers still face a daily minefield
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Inc.com
How Covid-19 Will Shape Holiday Retail Shopping in 2020
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