Lara Ewen

6 days ago | fashiondive.com | Laurel Deppen |Lara Ewen

The fashion industry has entered the second quarter of 2025, and there have already been more notable creative director changes than the fashion industry sees in some entire years. With spending down at both the luxury level and fast fashion, brands need to find reliable ways to drive sales and shopper enthusiasm, which can often include making creative changes. However, there’s no single reason governing each exit and hire.

1 week ago | retaildive.com | Lara Ewen

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Some companies that manufacture fast fashion goods in Asia may need to develop new strategies in order to accommodate U.S. consumer demand while also regulating prices. The White House announced on April 4 that the U.S. de minimis exemption will no longer apply to products from China and Hong Kong as of May 2. Other countries also may be slated for de minimis elimination, although no additional details have been released.

1 week ago | fashiondive.com | Lara Ewen

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Some companies that manufacture fast fashion goods in Asia may need to develop new strategies in order to accommodate U.S. consumer demand while also regulating prices. The White House announced on April 4 that the U.S. de minimis exemption will no longer apply to products from China and Hong Kong as of May 2. Other countries also may be slated for de minimis elimination, although no additional details have been released.

1 week ago | fashiondive.com | Lara Ewen

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Aldo Product Services, a division of the Aldo Group, has signed a license agreement for the G.H. Bass brand, owned by G-III Apparel Group, according to a Thursday press release. Under the seven-year exclusive deal, Aldo Product Services will design, manufacture, distribute, market and sell footwear, bags and small leather goods for G.H. Bass across retail channels in North America.

2 weeks ago | fashiondive.com | Lara Ewen

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. EBay Ventures, the capital arm of resale platform eBay, has made a $300,000 investment in recycling technology firm Refiberd and was named eBay’s Circular Fashion Innovator of the Year, according to a Wednesday press release. The funds are earmarked to help scale Refiberd’s artificial intelligence system, which can differentiate between fabric types to enable more accurate sorting and recycling, per the release.