The Indicator | February 21, 2025
The Indicator | February 21st, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead Nike and Skims collaboration news was everywhere this week helping to shoot up Nike shares by 2.2 percent on Tuesday afternoon. Competition in fitness and athleisure space continues to heat up as UK brand Gymshark announced its flagship store in […]
The Indicator | February 14, 2025
The Indicator | February 14th, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead Tariff chaos continued this week as inflation rose and retail sales dropped more than expected. In lighter news, both skinny and extreme wide-legged jeans are trending and White Lotus Season Three has many notable and fun collabs. Meanwhile, iconic British […]
The Indicator | February 7, 2025
The Indicator | February 7th, 2025 By Sonal GandhiChief Content Officer at The Lead Tariff-related issues and uncertainty was a big topic of discussion at The Lead’s annual Foremost 50 Forum, held this week to honor young challenger brands. Meanwhile, Revlon is joining other beauty and apparel brands at the Super Bowl with a pop-up […]
The Indicator | January 31, 2025
The Indicator | January 31st, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead Fashion and Football mix again at this year’s Super Bowl starting with Abercrombie House retail experience in New Orleans. Kendrick Lamar and fashion designer, Willy Chavarria, are also releasing a limited-edition capsule collection with the NFL. Meanwhile, global beauty brands […]
The Indicator | January 24, 2025
The Indicator | January 24th, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead Adidas went from a €377m loss in Q4 2023 to €57m profit in Q4 2024 on the strength of Samba and Gazelle. While Apple remained the most valuable brand in the world. In other news, the TikTok ban and potential […]
The Indicator | January 17, 2025
The Indicator | January 17th, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead A few sustainability stories stood out this week even as AI dominated the conversation at NRF yet again this year. Walmart is partnering with Rebag to sell authenticated second hand luxury handbags instead of cheap Birken knockoffs. Poshmark is partnering […]
The Indicator | January 10, 2025
The Indicator | January 10th, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead Flurry of M&A activity continues into the second week of Jan with True Religion and Jonathan Adler changing ownership and JCPenney combining with SPARC Group. As the Supreme Court decides the fate of TikTok in America just as we go […]
The Indicator | January 3, 2025
The Indicator | January 3rd, 2025 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead Retail M&A folks were busy this holiday season – Saks finalized the Neiman acquisition deal, Marquee bought Laura Ashley and the Nordstrom family (along with El Puerto de Liverpool) took the namesake department store private. Meanwhile, US consumers continued to […]
The Indicator | December 20, 2024
The Indicator | December 20th, 2024 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead If you have not finished your holiday shopping yet, you are not alone. Hundred and fifty seven million shoppers are expected to shop on super Saturday. Meanwhile, young shoppers are flocking to Chinese marketplaces like Temu for deals as other […]
The Indicator | December 13, 2024
The Indicator | December 13th, 2024 By Sonal Gandhi Chief Content Officer at The Lead Brands are carefully watching the impending TikTok ban, even as TikTok Shops delivers record sales this holiday for some like Canvas Beauty. Meanwhile, Temu is courting higher-end brands for its platform to compete with Amazon, which recently launched its Temu […]