Renzo and Andrea Rosso Push OTB’s Sustainability Agenda to New Heights
Beauty’s Highest-paid CEOs
Judith Russell
Ann Inc Meets Q2 Earnings Estimates; Activist Investors Press Retailer for Sale
Women's specialty retailer Ann Inc. released its second quarter 2014 earnings results Friday, and although…
U.S. Footwear Imports Surge to Record $12 Billion in First Half 2014
Footwear imports gained momentum, propelling the category to its largest first half of the year ever. Imports…
Ross Stores Beat Earnings Estimate in Q2
Ross Stores, Inc., operator of Ross Dress for Less and dd's Discounts stores, and the second largest…
WWD Recommends
Li & Fung First Half Profit Misses Estimates as Revenue Disappoints
Hong-Kong-based Li & Fung Limited, supplier of global apparel, accessories and footwear manufacturing and…
Summer Clearance Sales, Growth in Off-Price and Outlet Sectors Depress Apparel Prices in July
Apparel and footwear prices slowed in July, continuing to hinder increases in the overall CPI, and…
TJX Companies Shows How Off-Price is Done, Beats Q2 Earnings Forecast
TJX Companies, the world's leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions, announced earnings…
Urban Outfitters Inc. Posts Record Q2 Sales, Declining Store Comps
Urban Outfitters Inc., parent company of the Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People brands, reported…
Vietnam Has Record Share Gain of U.S. Apparel Imports in IH 2014
Vietnam reinforced its position as the fastest growing supplier of U.S. apparel imports by gaining 1.2…
Nordstrom Beats Q2 Earnings Forecast, But Full-Line Store Comps Fall
Upscale department and off-price retailer Nordstrom reported that sales in the second quarter of 2014 grew by…
Home Goods and National Brands Help Kohl’s in Q2, but Declining Store Traffic an Issue
In its second quarter earnings report released late last week, Kohl's posted a total sales decrease of 1.1%…
J.C. Penney: Out of Intensive Care, Not Yet Out of the Woods
J.C. Penney’s darkest days may finally be behind it – at least for now. The mid-market department store…
June Imports Surge on Anticipation of West Coast Work Stoppage
After dropping in May, apparel imports surged almost 7 percent in June to $7.7 billion, according to…
Plagued by Promotions, Apparel Sector Endures Another Month of Soft Sales in July
Retail sales growth slowed in July, according to data released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Department…
Chinese Cotton Policy Implementation Could Have Major Impact on Global Prices
Cotton prices, which have fallen by over 20 percent so far this year, could fall even further, if…
Nylon Ingredient Cost Hikes Temper Synthetic Price Declines in July
The global synthetic fiber price decline that began late last year and intensified in early 2014…