Stores Weekly

Retail incubator

Ariane Goldman is used to life-changing events informing her retail brands. Goldman’s professional career began at American Express, where she worked in the marketing department. In 2007, Goldman left to launch Twobirds New York, a collection of bridesmaids’ dresses designed to be wrapped in more than 15 ways to flatter women of all shapes and sizes. In 2010, Goldman was pregnant with her first child when she grew frustrated by the lack of stylish wardrobe options for expecting women. Seeing yet another void in the market, she created HATCH — chic, timeless pieces women could invest in during pregnancy and continue to wear afterward.

Focused on developing the HATCH retail presence throughout the United States, Goldman is currently intent on creating a physical community space that provides education, information and connection for expecting mothers and all women in its flagship locations in New York City and Los Angeles.

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Trends

Creating a ‘good’ indigo

Hoping to solve an age-old problem? Why not start by re-imagining an age-old process? Wrangler, the jeans, workwear and clothing brand founded in 1904, has recently released denim apparel dyed with foam. Indigood Foam-Dye entirely replaces the traditional water vats and chemical baths of conventional indigo dyeing.

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NRF News

How Drybar unlocks VIP experiences for customers

Beauty and salon retailer Drybar has created a thriving and successful business model by providing great customer experiences. On NRF’s Retail Gets Real podcast, Chief Marketing Officer Sarah Hoffmann shares how the company known for its in-store experience is focusing on mobile and personalization to extend the VIP treatment to guests outside the store.

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Retail imports surge ahead of tariff escalation

Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports reached unusually high numbers just before new tariffs on goods from China took effect September 1 and are expected to surge again before another round of tariffs takes effect in December, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from NRF and Hackett Associates. A total of 1.93 million containers came into U.S. ports in August.

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Risk and reward in modernizing retail: A conversation with Walmart’s head of ecommerce

Walmart eCommerce U.S. President and CEO Marc Lore has been credited with reigniting Walmart's digital savvy. Lore will offer advice on interpreting market signals and adjusting core strategies even when it feels risky during a “fireside chat” at NRF 2020 Vision: Retail’s Big Show in New York in January.

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