As the Chinese online fast-fashion retailer prepares to open a physical space in a venerable department store, France pushes to stem the company’s presence in the country.
Category: Shopping and Retail
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Underwear Without Microplastics? EDN Is Betting on the Next Wellness Trend
Why a start-up brand is associating its boxers and briefs with wellness. Plus, Sandy Liang designs for Gap and new clothes from an old Gucci designer.
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Underwear That Makes You Healthier?
Why a start-up brand is associating its boxers and briefs with wellness. Plus, Sandy Liang designs for Gap and new clothes from an old Gucci designer.
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Why Everything Is Being Called ‘Archival’ All of a Sudden
Why is everything called “archival” all of a sudden?
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Customers May Openly Carry Firearms in Florida’s Publix Stores, Company Says
The supermarket chain said it was complying with state law, including a ruling last month that overturned a ban on openly carrying firearms.
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How ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Built a New Culture of Consumption
‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ built a delirious new culture of consumption — and trapped users in a vortex of debt.
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Why Did Walmart Just Buy a Shopping Mall?
Walmart hasn’t said much about its plans for Monroeville Mall in Pennsylvania. But its partner has told some store owners that the mall will be demolished for a mixed-use development.
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Craft Breweries Struggle as Sales and Appetites Wane
Once the darling of the alcohol industry, small-batch beer makers are shutting down because of increased competition and flagging interest.
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Rite Aid Closes Its Remaining Stores
The company said it had closed its remaining 89 stores this week after struggling for years to stay in business and filing for bankruptcy protection twice.
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Who Would Want Their Jeans to Be Twisted?
What happens when mere baggy jeans aren’t stylish enough? Things get twisted.
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Do Shoppers Care About Who Designs the Fashion Collections?
Some on Via Monte Napoleone, Milan’s busiest fashion street, were blissfully ignorant. Others were more cautious.
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This Stylish Store Took Everything Offline and Made a Catalog Instead
With its print catalog, Outline in Brooklyn is adopting a new (old) way to shop.