Anthropologie's eclectic mix of fashion and home items, curated around the store for personal discovery, has created a fiercely loyal customer base, with earnings reports to back this up. Now, Anthropologie is taking its consumers on vacation, with the launch of Celandine. In this episode of WWD Voices, Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, chats with Anu Narayanan, president, women's & home at Anthropologie Group, about Anthropologie’s customer and how she defines and embraces vacati...
Jan 21, 2025•20 min
In this episode of WWD Voices host Arthur Zaczkiewicz chats with Jeanette Duke, director of marketing at Sky IT Group, about innovations in retail technology. She explains the limitations of traditional Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), particularly EDI 852, which has not adapted to modern retail needs such as detailed insights into sales trends, markdowns, and promotional activities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 17, 2025•16 min
In this episode of WWD Voices, host Arthur Zaczkiewicz met with Rick Strauss and Rich Johnson, principals at Odyssey Retail Advisors, who the current retail landscape and the future of luxury retailing, leveraging the rich experience the duo brings from working extensively in the retail advisory space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 13, 2025•31 min
As long as there have been brands and retailers. There's been the need to evaluate their worth, whether for a sale, asset backed loan licensing deal, brand spin off, or in the worst case scenario, liquidation. In this episode of business hub Retail Rx, Lauren Parker, director, Fairchild Studio, chats with Ben Nortman, co-chief commercial officer at Hilco Global, and former CEO of Hilco Merchant Resources LLC about how the landscape for valuations and loans has shifted over the years, and what th...
Jan 07, 2025•25 min
In this episode of WWD Voices, Arthur Zaczkiewicz, executive editor of strategic content at WWD, interviews Gita Mirchandani founder of GitaPR, the communications agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 02, 2025•20 min
“Black in Fashion,” a stunning 300-page coffeetable book from WWD and Union Square Publishing, doesn’t just focus on the past century’s most influential Black models, muses, designers, photographers, stylemakers and creatives, but it also celebrates how WWD documented them. In this episode, Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, chats with cultural historian and archivist Tonya Blazio-Licorish, the co-author of “Black in Fashion” and Archives Editor/WWD and Fairchild Media Group. They disc...
Dec 18, 2024•26 min
In this episode of WWD Voices, host Arthur Zaczkiewicz interviews Lawrence Lees, co-founder of the Australian fashion brand Outcast Clothing. The brand's name was penned by Lees’ wife and co-founder, Paris Merchant. The fashion brand initially launched in 2014 with bikinis sold on Instagram. It quickly added party, occasion and festival wear, and has now expanded into swimwear, casual wear, shoes, accessories, loungewear and lingerie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
Dec 16, 2024•18 min
Peter Sadera, Sourcing Journal’s editor in chief, chats with Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studios, about the recent SJ Fall Summit, industry issues and how stakeholders are rising to the occasion, despite the challenges. “With so much uncertainty out there, just sitting around doom scrolling your balance sheets is not really going to get you anywhere. So, people feel that when they’re participating in events like this, and there’s open, honest discussions, which I felt there were through...
Dec 11, 2024•15 min
In this episode of WWD Voices, Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of the Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), chats with Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, about her 26-year tenure, which will end when she steps down from her role at the end of the 2024/2025 academic school year. F.I.T. has turned out some of the biggest names in fashion today (think Calvin, Kors), and continues to shape the fashion landscape. Being in the heart of New York City, it is also directly impacted by the cit...
Dec 05, 2024•26 min
In this episode of WWD Voices, Courtney Alev, Consumer Financial Advocate at Credit Karma chats with WWD’s Alexandra Pastore, Deputy Editor of Strategic Content Development, and Kanika Talwar, Business Reporter, to discuss the landscape of Millennials and Generation Z shoppers. Alev spoke about shopping trends for the holiday season and looking ahead to 2025, how consumers are spending this year compared to last year and long-term spending implications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
Dec 02, 2024•29 min
Emily Blumenthal, founder of Handbag Designer 101, The Handbag Awards, and all-around handbag industry connector, chats with WWD Voices host Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, about the business of bags. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 25, 2024•37 min
In this special episode of WWD Voices hosted by FN, Emily Silver, chief marketing officer and chief athlete experience officer at Dick's Sporting Goods, chats with FN senior business editor Shoshy Ciment about the retailer's strategies for marketing this holiday season. In addition to her projections for consumer shopping trends in footwear and beyond, Silver discusses how Dick's is imbuing more humor into some of its campaigns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 22, 2024•17 min
In this panel discussion at WWD's Apparel & Retail Summit on October 29, Richard Dickson, Gap Inc. president and CEO talks with Booth Moore, WWD executive editor, west coast, about revitalizing the beloved brands under the Gap umbrella. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 19, 2024•25 min
In this episode of WWD Voices, Coco Rocha, a legendary name in the modeling world, chats with WWD Executive Editor Arthur Zaczkiewicz to discuss her 20-year career. Rocha discussed her current ventures, shared her thoughts on the evolving fashion industry and gave an update on her advocacy work with young models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2024•25 min
We’ve seen this movie before. Or have we? Kate Nishimura of Sourcing Journal chats with Lauren Parker of Fairchild Studio on what a second Trump presidency might mean for apparel, footwear, textiles and retail when it comes to tariffs, trade and taxes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 08, 2024•19 min
Wayne Kulkin of StreetTrend LLC and P448's Sabrina Cohen and Lori Sigismondo chat with Fairchild Studio's Lauren Parker on how the Italian sneaker company is helping to restore the Florida Everglades' ecosystem by removing invasive Burmese Pythons for their skins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 07, 2024•34 min
Dayna Quanbeck, Rothy’s COO, CFO and president, chats with Footwear News' Nikara Johns about the company’s plans and how she juggles often competing responsibilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 07, 2024•27 min
WWD Voices host Arthur Zaczkiewicz welcomes Morgan Evans of Metaverse Studio Karta to discuss the transformative fusion of digital environments and traditional branding and the limitless opportunities the metaverse holds for industries from fashion to automotive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 22, 2024•18 min
Carolyn Aronson, the Latina founder and CEO of It’s a 10 Haircare, chats with Lauren Parker of Fairchild Studio about transforming the hair of millions of women, and transforming herself (a former foster child and hairdresser) into a trailblazing billionaire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2024•20 min
In this special episode of WWD Voices, Jenny B. Fine, editor in chief of Beauty Inc and executive editor, Beauty at WWD, interviews Jane Lauder, chief data officer and executive vice president, Enterprise Marketing at The Estée Lauder Companies, on the mainstage at the fourth annual WWD x FN X Beauty Inc Women in Power event in New York, on the intersection of leadership and AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 15, 2024•22 min
In this episode of WWD Voices, Arthur Zaczkiewicz, executive editor of WWD, welcomes guest Tim Anderson, executive vice president of Hilco Valuation Services, who discusses the home goods sector, how it changed and what lies ahead in what he calls the "post-post-COVID" period. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2024•17 min
In this episode of WWD Voices, Julia Uherek, vice president of consumer goods fairs at Messe Frankfurt, shares insights into the current and future state of the global beauty industry with Arthur Zaczkiewicz, executive editor at WWD> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2024•18 min
Gabriela Hearst, founder & creative director, Gabriela Hearst, chats with Booth Moore, executive editor, West Coast, WWD, on the main stage at the Women In Power event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 08, 2024•21 min
To see how the fashion industry is faring regarding sustainability, Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studios, sat down with Peter Sadera, editor-in-chief, Sourcing Journal, to discuss the positives pushing things forward, as well as the obstacles blocking more progress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 04, 2024•19 min
In this special episode, Christina Oster-Daum, president & founder, cosnova Beauty sits with Jenny B. Fine, editor-in-chief, Beauty Inc and executive editor, Beauty, WWD, at Women in Power event to discuss women in beauty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 01, 2024•28 min•Ep. 53
In this bonus episode of WWD Voices, host Arthur Zaczkiewicz welcomes Raina Moskowitz, COO and CMO of Esty, who shares policy updates as the platform prepares to celebrate 20 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 25, 2024•21 min•Ep. 52
In this special episode, Booth Moore, executive editor, West Coast at WWD, interviews Erin and Sara Foster, cofounders of Favorite Daughter, on the mainstage at the fourth annual WWD x FN X Beauty Inc Women in Power event in New York, on fame, authenticity and the perils of hustle culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 24, 2024•30 min•Ep. 51
In this episode, Eugenia Richman, Editor-in-Chief, WWD, and Tiffany Dufu, President, Tory Burch Foundation (and author of "Drop the Ball: Achieve More by Doing Less"), chat about women's entrepreneurship, leadership, giving back, women and girls' rights, and knowing what matters most to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 17, 2024•21 min•Ep. 51
In this episode, Arthur Zaczkiewicz, executive editor of WWD, chats with Raina Moskowitz, COO and CMO of Etsy, about how the 20-year old marketplace has transformed the global maker community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 06, 2024•21 min
In this episode of WWD Voices, host Arthur Zaczkiewicz, an executive editor at WWD, interviewed Melodie van der Baan, co-founder and CEO of Max Retailer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 04, 2024•19 min
