See the 5 Big Trends for Spring/Summer ’16: Now on Video

New York—In case you missed it, here’s the 5 Big Trends for Spring/Summer ’16 which were presented earlier this month at AccessoriesTheShow at the Javits Center. In a partnership with BJI Fashion Group, producers of ATS, and Accessories magazine, trend director Courtney Ignelzi walked showgoers through the five most important trends in accessories for Spring/Summer. […]

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2015: A Small Leathergoods Success Story Says NPD

Port Washington, NY— Approximately 20 million small personal accessories were sold in U.S. department store, national chain, and direct-to-consumer retailers in 2015, a 4% increase over 2014, according to Retail Tracking Service data from global information company, The NPD Group. This unit growth, combined with an increase in average selling price, drove 6% dollar growth for […]

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Etsy Shop Opens in Re-Designed Macy’s Herald Square Basement

New York—It wasn’t so many years ago that traditional bricks and mortar retailers were worrying about the prospect that websites promoting emerging designers would take away business, especially twenty-somethings. A lot has changed. For example, today Etsy, the peer-to-peer e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items, opened the first ever Etsy Shop at Macy’s, […]

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NS to eliminate 2,000 jobs by 2020

Norfolk Southern Corp. announced a five-year cost cutting and restructuring plan in an attempt to stave off a hostile takeover by Canadian Pacific Railway, but one Senate Democrat says he wants to stop the potential merger in its tracks.