The Indicator | October 31, 2025
The Indicator | October 31st, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead In this week’s highlights, Nordstrom is sending out a 100-page print catalog for the 2025 holiday season as Target tries to restore its style reputation. Meanwhile, Pinterest is trying to woo Gen Z as a safer social platform. ‘INNOVATION MOVES’ […]
The Indicator | October 24, 2025
The Indicator | October 24th, 2025 By Sonal GandhiChief Content Officer at The Lead Big news week for the beauty industry as Kering plans to sell its beauty portfolio to L’Oréal and LVMH is looking for a buyer for Fenty Beauty. Meanwhile, Toys R Us is expanding its footprint in time for the holidays and […]
The Indicator | October 17, 2025
The Indicator | October 17th, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead OpenAI’s shopping platform ambitions are on display again this week, with a newly announced partnership with Walmart following the one with Shopify last week. Meanwhile, QVC is experiencing significant growth on TikTok and Bombas is opening its first store. ‘INNOVATION […]
The Indicator | October 10, 2025
The Indicator | October 10th, 2025 By Sonal GandhiChief Content Officer at The Lead In this week’s highlights, Pacsun partnered with Modelo Especial to launch their joint Día de los Muertos collection, Gap launched a creator affiliate and advocacy platform and Stitch Fix introduced a new feature allowing customers to visualize how clothes look on […]
The Indicator | October 3, 2025
The Indicator | October 3rd, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead Most talked about news this week was the Shopify integration with ChatGPT to enable checkout from within the generative AI platform. The Manhattan borough of NYC is attracting new brands like IKEA and Carhartt. Meanwhile, consumer sentiment continues to trend […]
The Indicator | September 26, 2025
The Indicator | September 26th, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead In this week’s news, Ben Stiller joined the list of celebrities that have a beverage brand, NikeSkims first collection was revealed and Rebecca Minkoff is going for the budget-conscious JCPenney consumers. Meanwhile, Oura ring is now valued at $11B after […]
The Indicator | September 19, 2025
The Indicator | September 19th, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead In this week’s news, major brands are forging new paths to reach customers. Nike SB is teaming up with Costco’s Kirkland, Suave is leveraging product safety apps like Yuka to drive in-store sales, and TikTok Shop now accounts for 10% […]
The Indicator | September 12, 2025
The Indicator | September 12th, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead In this week’s highlights, Ralph Lauren has an AI shopping assistant, Coach plans to hit $10 billion in sales and Dick’s acquisition of Foot Locker is now complete. In partnership news, Adidas is collaborating with Audi, and Everlane with a […]
The Indicator | September 5, 2025
The Indicator | September 5th, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead In this week’s new highlights, the US Open was once again a place to be seen for both the fashionable and the high-fashion brands. Pacsun, meanwhile, is showing up at a college football games this fall, starting with Ohio State. […]
The Indicator | June 27, 2025
The Indicator | June 27th, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead Men’s personal care brands are in the news this week as Unilever pays $1.5B for Dr Squatch and Dude Wipes gets strategic investment from TSG Consumer. Meanwhile sports partnerships continue to remain the key to growth as New Balance launches […]