Suzanne Kapner
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering the retail and fashion industries.
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1 day ago |
wsj.com | Suzanne Kapner |Ruth Simon |John Keilman
Barrocas immediately instructed factories in China to release goods bound for the U.S., including coffee makers and the Ninja Slushie, a frozen-drink maker. “We had hundreds of containers ready to leave China when the tariffs went into effect,” Barrocas said. “Now, we’ll be able to put them on a boat.”Businesses across the U.S. that rely on Chinese imports have been stuck for weeks, trying to figure out how to navigate the sky-high tariffs that President Trump imposed on Chinese goods in April.
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cn.wsj.com | Suzanne Kapner
中美达成暂时关税协议，公司纷纷指示中国商家放行发往美国的货物。休战协议可能会打破两国之间事实上的贸易禁运。SharkNinja首席执行官Mark Barrocas周日晚间一直在焦急地查看新闻推送，希望能看到关于美国和中国将达成关税协议的迹象。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8立即订阅 热门文章热门视频
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5 days ago |
wsj.com | Suzanne Kapner
Mytheresa sells $8,600 feather-trimmed Prada dresses and $8,400 Bottega Veneta handbags online. Roughly 40% of its sales come from less than 4% of its customers, and some of them shop with Mytheresa every week. Chief Executive Michael Kliger figured out how to sell luxury goods online even as rivals flamed out. His secret: an obsessive focus on big spenders. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Suzanne Kapner |Sabela Ojea
Levi's makes many of its products in countries subject to prospective high tariffs, such as Bangladesh and Vietnam. (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg News)Levi Strauss Chief Executive Michelle Gass said the jeans maker will be “surgical” with any price hikes, rather than make across-the-board changes in response to tariffs. The company has created a task force to look at tariff-mitigation strategies, including cost cutting, wringing concessions from suppliers and consumer price increases.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Suzanne Kapner
Workers at a Southern African textile factory where Levi's jeans are manufactured. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)Levi CEO Michelle Gass said the company will be “surgical” with any price hikes on its iconic jeans rather than making across-the-board changes in response to tariffs. The company has created a task force to look at tariffs mitigation strategies, including cost cutting, wringing concessions from suppliers and price increases to consumers. "We believe the brand has pricing power," Gass said.
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Kohl’s fired its CEO Ashley Buchanan after it discovered he had instructed the retailer to enter into a “highly unusual” business deal involving a woman with whom he has had a romantic relationship https://t.co/xsYDspOwQT via @WSJ
Trump’s new tariffs hit the top six apparel-exporting countries to the U.S. Companies that previously moved production out of China in search of lower-tariff countries like Vietnam are now forced to rethink their supply chains yet again. https://t.co/qFfhb7mAHF via @WSJ
The Versace era ends at Versace as tension flares over how flashy is too flashy and a U.S. boss who wants to boost sales https://t.co/7XoSdtY2Du via @WSJ