Новости за 13.04.2018

This summer, Sears is closing its final store in its hometown of Chicago, which opened in the city in 1938, as the struggling company cements its status as a dinosaur of American retail.

After a successful pop-up in San Francisco, cult makeup brand Glossier has announced plans to open its first permanent retail store in Los Angeles. This is the brand's second retail location, following a NY showroom.

The New York-based trade show organizer announced on Thursday that it has acquired the men’s and womenswear show with which it has already partnered a number of times.

The British fashion house said it has found in Gerry Murphy a “superb candidate” to replace Sir John Pearce, who is stepping down as chairman in July.

American sportswear brand Champion will set up shop at Amsterdam’s 9 Straatjes district. The 180 m2 store will be situated in a building that formerly housed Dutch label Zoe Karssen.

Launching a label is tough, and going down the eco-sustainable road even tougher, but this didn’t deter some of the fashion designers talking at the Big Blue Project conference in Paris.

The fast fashion group is helping customers to take care of their clothes and make them last longer, with branded detergents, in-store repairs and video tutorials on how to wipe off stains.

Launchmetrics has released its 4th “State of Influencer Marketing” report, revealing a number of trends, including skews in target demographics, changes in influencer remuneration and the rise of micro-influencers.

Three-year-old South-east Asian e-commerce start-up Zilingo entered the US online marketplace by launching its new business-to-business (B2B) platform, Zilingo Asia Mall (ZAM) on April 6.

​Harrods is on a major drive to ‘do good’, reduce waste and also to reach its Millennial target consumers in ways that are important to them. And its latest initiative certainly does all of these things.

The controversial brand is relaunching online-only later this month with a message of “body positivity, empowerment, inclusivity and diversity”.

​It may not have been good news for the Hammerson share price, but news on Friday that French retail property giant Klépierre is walking away from making another bid probably came as some relief to the Hammerson board.

​H&M released its latest sustainability report this week and said it's making good progress towards its goals on this front, with some targets closed to being achieved but still plenty of work to do.

The U.S. president said the US would only join the TPP multinational trade pact if it offered “substantially better” terms than those provided under previous negotiations.

The U.S. president ordered the creation of a task force to study the USPS and its financial difficulties, after recently claiming without evidence that deliveries for Amazon.com Inc were costing the service money.

​Many retail chains may be moving into the bridal sector at the moment as they offer more affordable and on-trend wedding fashion, but Gap Inc is actually backing out of the market.

China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday trade talks with the United States would be impossible as Washington’s attempts at dialogue were not sincere, vowing to act if the U.S. president escalates current tensions.

Vince Holdings reported on Thursday double-digit net sales growth for the fourth-quarter period, on the back of strong comparable sales and solid direct-to-consumer sales.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, a trade group for the U.S. financial industry, has released a framework aimed at ensuring customers’ private data remains safe.

Warburg Pincus LLC is in talks to invest in a fundraising round for China’s Ant Financial Services Group expected to be worth at least $8 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Carrefour’s shares fell on Thursday to touch their lowest level since October 2012, after the French food retailer reported a slowdown in sales growth during the first quarter.

New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength despite a sharp slowdown in job growth in March.

The Kearney, Nebraska-based apparel retailer announced its sales results for March 2018 on Thursday, reporting a 5.2% decrease in net sales and a 1.1% fall in comparable store sales.

The Charlotte, North Carolina-based womenswear retailer reported a 4% increase in net sales for the five weeks ended April 7, 2018, compared to the same period in the previous year, and a 6% increase in same-store sales.

The Columbus, Ohio-based fashion group, owner of Victoria’s Secret, PINK and Bath & Body Works, released its March 2018 sales data on Thursday, reporting mid-single-digit increases in both net sales and comps.