Retail News

Amazon edging closer to No. 1 in US apparel

After taking another 1.5% of market share in U.S. apparel sales last year, Amazon is edging closer to becoming the nation’s top apparel retailer, according to a note from Morgan Stanley cited by CNBC. Department stores, in particular Sears Holdings and Macy’s, appear to be bearing the brunt of Amazon’s rise.

Comme des Garçons Commissions Art Installation for Shopping Event

THE ART OF SHOPPING: Leave it to Comme des Garçons to add an offbeat, experiential component to what is essentially a clearance sale: The brand commissioned artist Assi Joseph Meidan to create an installation for the latest edition of its Market Market shopping event in Paris.

Balenciaga Opens Store in Miami Design District Today

WELCOME TO MIAMI: Balenciaga will open a flagship in the Miami Design District today, the 12th store in the U.S. for the luxury brand. The building is designed as a site-specific project, using functional solar panels as part of a facade, which is unusual in the brand’s retail network.

Museum exhibit proves shoes can be high art

Nearly everyone, in every culture around the world, wears some kind of slipper, sandal or heel to shield the soles of their feet from the earth. But an exhibition opening April 20 at the New-York Historical Society shows that beyond protection, shoes provide power, prestige, sex appeal and liberation.