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Making the Cut names season 3 designers

Prime Video’s fashion competition Making the Cut has named the 10 designers competing on season three to win one million US dollars, including fashion talent from the UK, US, Canada, Brazil, and Switzerland. The TV series premiers this August globally on Prime Video and will feature British designer Georgia Hardinge, alongside American talent...

Jul 1, 2022

People

Amazon appoints new CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores

Amazon has appointed Doug Herrington as the new chief executive officer of its Worldwide Amazon Stores business - formerly known as its Consumer business. Herrington has been at Amazon for the past 17 years, and since 2017 has been heading the company’s North American Consumer business. Announcing the news in a blog post, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy...

Jun 28, 2022

BusinessFeatured

Amazon and Cartier team up in the fight against counterfeit goods

The global fight against counterfeit goods has seen an unimaginable pairing up of businesses, namely Cartier, the French haute jeweller, and online behemoth Amazon. The companies announced two joint lawsuits against a social media influencer and eight other entities for advertising, promoting, and facilitating the sale of counterfeit luxury...

Jun 23, 2022

Fashion

Amazon Fashion launches AR shopping for footwear

Amazon Fashion is tapping into augmented reality (AR) with a new interactive, mobile experience, ‘Virtual Try-On for Shoes,’ which allows customers to visualise how a pair of shoes will look on themselves. The online retailer said the feature would be available to customers in the US and Canada, using the Amazon shopping app on iOS, to virtually...

Jun 10, 2022

Fashion

CFDA announces 2022 Fashion Awards date with Amazon Fashion as sponsor

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has announced that Amazon Fashion will be serving as the presenting partner for its upcoming 2022 Fashion Awards. “We’re delighted to partner with the CFDA to bring our innovation and resources to the larger fashion community and to champion CFDA’s mission of strengthening American fashion,”...

Jun 9, 2022

RetailFeatured

Amazon Fashion expands 'Luxury Stores' to Europe

Amazon Fashion is bringing its ‘Luxury Stores at Amazon’ concept to customers in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, following its successful launch in the US with Oscar de la Renta in September 2020. The “elevated” shopping experience will offer ready-to-wear collections from both established and emerging luxury fashion brands, including...

Jun 8, 2022

Retail

Second Amazon Labor Union effort fails but inspires new legislation

A second unionization effort at an Amazon sortation facility, LDJ5, on Staten Island in New York has come up short, with the independent Amazon Labor Union (ALU) receiving only 380 votes out of a possible estimated 1,600 eligible employees. The vote tallied Monday by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) means that the LDJ5 campus will not...

May 4, 2022

BusinessFeatured

Amazon reports Q1 loss as online demand drops

Amazon swung to a loss in the first quarter of the year as the boom in online demand it saw during the pandemic started to falter. In the three months to March 31, the US retail giant reported a net loss of 3.8 billion dollars compared to a profit of 8.1 billion dollars a year earlier. The company said its investment in electric vehicle company...

Apr 29, 2022

Culture

‘Making the Cut’ to return for a third season

Global fashion competition series ‘Making the Cut’ to return for a third season on Prime Video this summer in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The show will once again be hosted by Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn with Nicole Richie and Jeremy Scott returning as judges, and 10 designers will compete to win one million US dollars to...

Apr 14, 2022

BusinessFeatured

Historic union win the latest twist in the New York-Amazon saga

For the first time in its nearly twenty-eight years in business, Amazon faces union negotiations over its employment practices. An independent union start-up founded by a fired employee, Chris Smalls, took on the 1.6 trillion dollar company with about 120,000 dollars in GoFundMe donations to campaign for and win a bid to unionize the JFK8...

Apr 8, 2022

Retail

Amazon's U.S. marketshare of clothing soars to 14.6 percent

Amazon’s share of U.S. sales grew to 56.7 percent in 2021, having doubled its domestic sales in the past five years. New data from PYMTNS show Amazon is America’s digital market leader in online retail sales. Clothing and accessories are key categories for Amazon, with sales surpassing rivals including Walmart, with total domestic market share...

Mar 15, 2022

Fashion

Amazon debuts conscious brand, Amazon Aware

Online retailer giant Amazon has launched its first private brand consisting of consciously created products, all granted third-party certifications. Amazon Aware includes everything apparel and home to beauty and household goods, each made with sustainably-sourced materials and bio-based ingredients. Products in the range will be available for...

Mar 4, 2022