We selected the 50 best clothing stores in the United States. Five reporters from The New York Times Style section describe how we chose them. By Steven Kurutz, Misty White Sidell, Gina Cherelus, Alex Vadukul, Sadiba Hasan, Gabby Bulgarelli, Sutton Raphael, Jillian Eugenios, Thomas Vollkommer and Laura Salaberry December 1, 2025 Source link
“The freedom they gave me was extraordinary,” he said of Chivas Regal. “They never once asked me to make it more commercial. They wanted it to feel alive.” That freedom led to a visual world filled with symbolism. At the centre stands the Winged Panther, a creature he imagined from recurring childhood dreams of flight,…
Walmart and OpenAI just announced an new partnership to make Walmart’s products shoppable … and buyable right in ChatGPT Getty Images The “Buy Now” button is coming to ChatGPT, and Walmart is a big part of that. Walmart says it is enabling AI-first shopping experiences via a new partnership with OpenAI, the massive AI company…
Mirakl is helping retailers lean into agentic commerce. Courtesy of Mirakl Welcome to the brave new world of agentic commerce, the next big thing after the web and mobile and marketplace-type platforms. In agentic commerce, agents complete searches for consumers, uncovering more precise product selections with the assistance of artificial intelligence and richer descriptions from…
Loyalty is evolving – customers want more than just points from the retailers they shop with regularly getty As 2026 draws closer, customer acquisition isn’t getting easier, and discretionary demand remains patchy. In early 2025, McKinsey & Company reported that U.S. consumers were nearly as optimistic as late 2024, yet their spending intentions fell across…
Like Target, Cracker Barrel Suffered From Brand Amnesia Getty Images Imagine the Disney logo without the castle, or Wendy’s without the pigtailed redhead, or Starbucks without its green mermaid. Now you have some idea of the dismay that greeted the recent attempt by Cracker Barrel—a billion dollar, 650-store restaurant/convenience store chain—to retire its distinctive silhouette…
Embraer recently delivered its 2,000th private jet. Embraer Luxury retailing at airports serving the growing private-jet market is on the rise and Executive Retail Shops (ERS) is at the forefront of a new distribution sub-channel within the travel retailer market. In the same week as the Executive Jets division of Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer delivered…
A Pop Mart store in Shanghai. The company released a mini-series of Labubu dolls this week that sold out quickly online. Getty Wang Ning, founder of toy maker Pop Mart International Group, has become richer than Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma thanks to the global mania for the company’s Labubu dolls. The 38-year-old chairman and CEO,…
Do you have what it takes? getty Factories once had “chief electricity officers.” The title sounds quaint today, but when manufacturing shifted from steam power to electricity in the early 20th century, companies needed leaders who could redesign workflows and operations for a new power source. Only once electricity became embedded everywhere did the role…
Seven Labubu monsters are seen during a street style fashion photo session in June in Paris. Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Wang Ning, billionaire founder of Chinese toy maker Pop Mart International Group, said the company could “easily” reach 30 billion yuan ($4.2 billion) in sales this year, after it reported sizzling first half results that included…