Coach, Inc. announced the appointment of Kevin G. Wills as Chief Financial Officer, effective no later than March 2017. Mr. Wills joins Coach from AlixPartners LLP, a global business advisory firm, where he has served as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer since March 2014. “Kevin brings nearly 30 years of broad-based and relevant retail and …

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Hitting the Javits next week for Coterie, AccessoriesTheShow, EDIT, Sole Commerce or other UBM Fashion trade shows? Looking for some new ideas for your store? Need to better understand how to compete against Amazon and survive in an omnichannel world? Wondering what the must-know trends off the Fall 2017 runways are? …

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Macy’s and Sears are both closing a significant number of stores, worrying malls across the country who are in danger of losing not one but both anchor tenants. According to CNBC, in a note to investors on Tuesday, Morgan Stanley analysts identified 578 malls that have Sears as a tenant — …

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Fossil Group is pushing its high-tech capabilities to 11. The company announced today from CES® 2017 that it will double its wearables production to an unmatched 300 new products and add new brands in 2017. The new connected products will span an assortment of Fossil brands: Armani Exchange entered the …

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What will be the key fashion themes for Spring/Summer 2017? What about the hottest accessories items? Accessories magazine is excited to announce that it has teamed up with fashion trade show industry leader, UBM Fashion Group, to execute three exciting initiatives.  This January 8-10 at Javits Center, Accessories magazine will …

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What will 2017 bring to the retail industry? Accessories caught up with Marshal Cohen, Chief Industry Analyst, The NPD Group, Inc., who puts the past data, current thoughts and future projections into his crystal ball for us. Here, some notes from our chat. Are you optimistic for women’s accessories in …

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It’s one thing to design “vegan” leather handbags, it’s another to live the lifestyle…and pass on that enthusiasm and authenticity to retailers and consumers. A PETA Approved company, Veggani was founded in 2015 in Philadelphia and is a trademark of Conscientious Trends, LLC. Founder and Designer Laura de Waal’s goal …

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Make sure to stop by the Javits Center this Sunday for Accessories Magazine’s first retail/experts panel Reinventing Retail: How to Stay One Step Ahead in Today’s Changing Market. This panel, which runs Sunday, January 8th at 2pm on the Concourse Level of the Javits, marks the beginning of a three-day …

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This 2016 holiday was the best-ever season for Amazon with devices including Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick, Fire tablet and Amazon Echo topping the best-sellers list. Customers purchased and gifted a record-setting number of devices from the Amazon Echo family with sales up over 9x compared to last year’s holiday …

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Now in its seventh year, Accessories magazine proudly presents the 2017 class of its annual Merchants Hall of Fame! The recipients were selected by the vendor and retailing community for their exceptional retailing expertise and business/fashion acumen…