Inside Le Tote’s $100 Million Bet To Rebuild Lord & Taylor

The newly combined companies are integrating onto a single technology platform and making over a 38-store network in an effort to reach profitability.

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Instagram To Start Hiding Like Counts In The U.S.

Instagram likes are about to disappear from public view for many more users: The Facebook-owned photo sharing service is getting ready to hide like counts from U.S. users as early as next week, CEO Adam Mosseri announced at a Wired event in San Francisco Friday.

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Alibaba Singles’ Day Set To Challenge $31 Billion Record

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Singles’ Day shopping bonanza got off to a scorching start, logging more than 114 billion yuan ($16.3 billion) of purchases in less than 90 minutes, the equivalent of more than half of last year’s record haul for the 24-hour event.

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Tampons Will No Longer Be Taxed As Luxury Items, After Landmark German Vote

What do wine, cigarettes and tampons have in common? They're all classed as "luxury goods" in Germany and taxed at the highest possible rate.

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Adobe Pushes Into Consumer Space With Photoshop App

Adobe’s new AI-powered camera app is the start of a big push into consumer software.

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Ferrari Revs Up Luxury Fashion Offerings With Armani Partnership

Ferrari has entered a “long-term manufacturing agreement” with Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani Group.

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Exclusive: Prada, Adidas Team On Long-Term Collaboration

The first result of this collaboration will be the release of two limited-edition Prada for Adidas styles with a first model to be launched for men and women globally in December and made entirely by Prada in Italy.

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Digital Download: Estée Lauder Brings Ai Shade-Matching Tool To Stores

"We already see a lift in lip…our objective is to do the same thing with foundation."

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Kanye West For President In 2024

And other things the entrepreneur, rapper and fashion designer said during his surprise appearance onstage in New York..

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Breitling, In Step With Resale Mood, Launches Online Trade-In Program For Watches

In a nod to the growing popularity of the resale market, watch owners can now trade in any luxury watch for a premium credit toward a new timepiece on Breitling.com in a deal made possible by pre-owned retail specialist Crown & Caliber.

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H&M’s Millennial Brand Bets On Livestream Shopping

Monki, part of the H&M group, has a long history of co-creating with its community and live streaming is the next step in that process.

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Pandora Unveils New Retail Concept In The U.S.

The new concept takes the jewelry out from behind glass cases, inviting customers to touch and experience it, and is the next phase of the Danish jewelry company's global re-branding.

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Welcome To The Age Of Me Merch

In an era of limited-edition, highly graphic streetwear, what could be more covetable than clothes made about—and by—you? Dayna Evans explains.

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The Secret Weapon For Trendy Startups Like Glossier And The Wing: Retro Logos

The look of the future is changing.

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These Designers Want To Fight Climate Change. Just Don't Call Them 'Sustainable'

Indie labels like Collina Strada and VIN + OMI are among a growing breed of eco-conscious fashion brands fed up with the way the conversation around sustainability has been co-opted and diluted by billion-dollar retailers.

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As Capri Misses Estimates, Its Multi-Brand Strategy Comes Into Question

With Capri Holdings’s share prices down by more than 16 per cent this year, analysts are debating “whether multi-brand strategies are more of a liability than an asset”.

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Is Virtual Styling An Effective Way To Sell Luxury Fashion?

As digitally driven millennials and Gen Zers become a greater force in the luxury business, labels and retailers are letting consumers virtually get dressed in high-fashion.

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Guerlain, Adding Store Tech, Debuts New Mindscent Fragrance Finder For Perfect Perfume Match

LVMH continues to inject technology into the fragrance business with the launch of Mindscent, a fragrance finder backed by emotion sensors that lets shoppers in Guerlain boutiques pick their favorite based on positive emotional reaction and personality match.

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