Judith Russell
Myanmar: The Next Major Apparel Production Hub?
The apparel industry is keeping a watchful eye on Myanmar, also called Burma, where labor disputes and…
Apparel Prices Continue to Drop in January
After dropping 3 percent in December, apparel prices continued their freefall in January, declining another…
Sears Loss Narrows in Q4, but Revenue Falls 23%
Sears Holdings Corp. reported fourth quarter and fiscal year financial performance Thursday, and although the…
WWD Recommends
Target Q4 and 2014 Results Beat Wall Street, Excluding Canadian Snafu
Target Corporation reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 financial performance on Wednesday that…
Macy’s Q4 and Full-Year Earnings Satisfy Wall Street
Macy's Inc., operator of Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores, announced fourth-quarter and full-year 2014…
Nordstrom Posts Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Earnings In Line with Expectations
Nordstrom Inc. (JWN) posted fourth quarter and fiscal year 2014 earnings results late last week that were in…
Outdoor, International and Direct-To-Consumer Helped VF Revenues Climb To New Heights Last Year
Global apparel giant VF Corporation (VFC) reported record revenues and gross margin for the fiscal year…
Retail Sales Slip in January, Taking Apparel Along for the Ride
Retail sales had their smallest monthly increase since the Great Recession last month, disappointing many in…
Wal-mart Planning 29 New Supercenters in Canada
Wal-mart on Wednesday announced plans to dramatically expand its footprint North of the Border by completing…
West Coast Port Imports Drop 25% in January, with No End in Sight for Work Slowdown
Imports coming through the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex, the largest container gateway in the…
Gains in Womenswear Lift Consumer Spending on Apparel and Footwear in December
Are women rediscovering apparel? According to data released last week by the U.S. Commerce Department…
Vietnam Gains Record Share of US Apparel Imports in 2014
Apparel imports from Vietnam grew the fastest of any of the top U.S. trading partners in 2014, according to…
Global Synthetic Fiber Prices Plunge Again in January
Global synthetic fiber prices fell by 19 percent in January, their sixteenth consecutive year-over-year…
December Apparel Imports Regain Footing, Exports Surge
Apparel imports picked up in December, but continued to underperform after turning in a dismal performance in…
In Search of Growth, Macy’s Shuffles Top Management
The past several weeks have been busy in the executive suite at Macy's, Inc. In early January, the company…