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Retail Trends

susan Plagemann

A WME Fashion Shake-up & The New Retail Landscape

A close look at WME’s fashion ambitions as the agency’s fashion boss Susan Plagemann lets go of her two closest confidants, and what the closure of a trio of department stores in San Francisco signals about broader retail shopping habits.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro • May 6, 2025
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro • May 2, 2025
An NYFW Modest Proposal & The Fall Fashion Forecast
marc jacobs nyfw spring 2019 runway show
Notes on a proposal to revitalize the staid New York Fashion Week format, the dour market outlook for fashion retailers this fall, and a roundup of the latest pop-ups and collabs worth tracking.
Sarah Shapiro • May 2, 2025
The Week in Shopping: We All Need an Outlet
outlet stores shopping bags
The outlet mall is evolving from a discount location into a more sophisticated retail ecosystem—and people are willing to commute for it.
Thakoon Panichgul x hommegirls
Sarah Shapiro • April 29, 2025
HommeGirls Gone Wild
Fashion entrepreneur/designer/publisher Thakoon Panichgul has been an editor, launched his own label, and founded a print magazine. Now he’s transformed a Manhattan dry cleaner into the first retail outpost for his label, HommeGirls, and is doubling down on analog treasures in a digital world.
Dries Van Noten mercer street new york
Sarah Shapiro • April 25, 2025
The Week in Shopping: Slow Retail & A Dries Destination
A crop of contrarian retailers (Outline, HommeGirls, etcetera) are stepping back from (or doing away with) e-commerce, building their models around stuff you can touch, like physical stores and catalogs. Plus, a trunk show tour!
Sporty & Rich
Sarah Shapiro • April 18, 2025
This Week in Shopping: The Anti-Logo Rebellion & Tariff Truths
Notes on the evolution of fitness apparel beyond leggings and sports bras, the spike in high-end, non-tariff-related prices, and a Gen Z Sephora phenomenon.
Elliott Hill Nike
Inner Circle Exclusive
Lauren Sherman • April 17, 2025
Nikeology
A frank conversation with retail analyst Simeon Siegel about the current anxiety and uncertain future of Nike, as the storied sneaker brand works to win back mindshare within our disintegrating monoculture.
Lindsay Lohan trucker hat 2003
Sarah Shapiro • April 11, 2025
This Week in Shopping: Hamptons Mom Trucker Hats & Lululemon vs. Brandy Melville
News and notes on the latest Gen Z retail trends, the NikeSkims partnership, and the rapidly shrinking market for wallets in an Apple Pay world.
2004 urban outfitters teen fashion
Sarah Shapiro • April 8, 2025
Urban Legend
Urban Outfitters’ parentco is more than the sum of its boho-cheap parts, with an incubator spinning off new, synergistically inclined businesses—like their new secondhand concept, Reclectic—to monetize more of the product life cycle, and of course, capture more customer data.
Jim Rosenfield
Sarah Shapiro • April 4, 2025
The Week in Shopping: “Mayhem at the Mart”
Reflections on Jim Rosenfield’s agreeably bougie mecca for Bay Area fashion worthies and families on weekends, plus some informed speculation about what comes next.