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Coupang Gives Farfetch A Lifeline, Throwing Good Money After Bad

Farfetch Holdings, the online luxury marketplace and technology platform, reached the precipice of insolvency late last year. A last-minute $500 million bridge loan from the $21 billion South Korea’s Coupang gave the company a lifeline. Currently, Farfetch has a market value of $258.4 million.Since going public in 2018, Farfetch has proven to be a black […]

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Nike Is Losing Its Competitive Edge

Nike delivered some coal to investors’ stockings in the second quarter 2024. The quarter ended November 30, so it includes a good chunk of holiday sales.Revenues advanced a mere 1% to $13.4 billion, and the company warned third-quarter revenues would be down slightly, suggesting it doesn’t expect a robust late-season holiday surge either.Given greater visibility […]

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Luxury Outlet Stores Are Booming, But Brands Take Risks Putting Goods On Sale

Gucci is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its iconic Horsebit hardware motif, introduced first on men’s loafers in 1953. It tapped the brand archives to host a museum exhibition at Milan Men’s Fashion Week this summer and recruited NewJeans’ Hanni, Halle Bailey, and Julia Garner as the face of a new campaign supporting the Horsebit […]

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Crate And Barrel’s New Store Showcases A New Brand Identity

Crate and Barrel just opened a new flagship store in the Flatiron District’s historic Palace of Trade building. Set on two floors in a 23,000 sq. ft. space at 881 Broadway, the building’s neoclassical architectural elements serve as a perfect backdrop to showcase Crate and Barrel’s modern home furnishing designs.It’s a store that demands to […]

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Holiday Retail Will End 2023 On Positive Note, But 2024 Is Another Story

Retailers and the consumers on whom they depend are rushing headstrong into the holiday shopping season, facing a level of economic uncertainty that they haven’t experienced since 2007, right before the Great Recession hit.VUCA – volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous – is the watchword for how retailers must approach this holiday season and 2024 after […]

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