Instagram Extends In-App Shopping Feature to Top Influencer Accounts
The Checkout feature, which was introduced this year for brands, is now being made available to top Instagrammers like Kim Kardashian West and Gigi Hadid.
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Christine Centenera and Josh Goot Get into the Direct-to-Consumer Retail Game with Wardrobe.NYC
The Australian stylist-designer duo have created their ideal four- and eight-piece wardrobes to help shoppers simplify the act of getting dressed.
How The Dreslyn Became a One-Stop Online Shop for the LA-Minimalist Aesthetic
From clothing to home to beauty, founder Brooke Taylor Corcia hopes to build an all-encompassing e-commerce destination with a specific point of view.
We're Going to Spend $91 Billion Online This Holiday Season
Plus: why we're becoming lazier shoppers, when to find the best deals on clothing and more of Adobe's eerily accurate shopping predictions.
Cyber Monday Sales Hit an All-Time High as More Shoppers Eschew Stores for Web
Online sales tallied an estimated $3.07 billion on Monday, a new record.
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Kim Kardashian Reveals Hermès Bag Painted By North West, Alibaba's Singles Day Sales Hit $5.9 Billion
And Sofia Coppola explains why she was tortured by her Birkin bag for years.
Lena Dunham Is Producing a Fashion Documentary, Pat Cleveland Pens Memoir
Plus, retailers were hurting this back-to-school season.
Fragrances Are Selling Surprisingly Well Online
Either people are buying online to restock their favorite scents, or they've found a way around the Russian roulette-like game of buying a fragrance without testing it out.
Retailers Are Betting on Mobile Despite Low Conversion Rates
We're looking at redesigns, heavier marketing and, hopefully, faster shipping.
Online Sales Jumped 16.5% on Christmas Day
Not only did online retailers get a head start on Thanksgiving Weekend sales, they were also able to get a jump on after-Christmas sales, posting some of their biggest discounts of the year in the early hours of Christmas Day. And shoppers (us included) took advantage.
How Benefit Cosmetics Cracked the Code in China
All of the knowledge retailers have so painstakingly acquired about selling goods online in North America and Europe is almost entirely useless when it comes to selling online in China, says Benefit Cosmetics' Valerie Hoecke.
Meet 5 Rising Stars in Online Retail
A new breed of online native brands are seeking to become shoppers’ go-to for luxury basics, claiming to have found the DNA for the perfect T, the perfect jean — and, possibly, the perfect business model. Fashionista takes a look at the advantages and risks of this new cohort of ecommerce startups.
Lauren Conrad, Fashion Blogger?
And you thought Faran was a flake. Today, Lauren Conrad announced a new partnership with College Tonight, a social networking site aimed at campus com