The Winning And Losing Brands In Fashion Right Now
Zara: going up At the top of the game when it comes to fast fashion, Inditex – the group that owns Zara – is just as swift with its thinking. Its expansion into international markets is serious, with...
View ArticleFormer American Apparel Worker Dishes On Recruiting Hot People And Partying...
A former American Apparel employee dished about what it's like to work for the controversial retailer. American Apparel favored hiring young, attractive women, the anonymous woman wrote on...
View ArticlePeople Are Outraged By American Apparel's Hurricane Sandy Sale
American Apparel is getting backlash after it offered 20 percent off merchandise in the name of Hurricane Sandy. The retailer, which has had its share of controversies, emailed customers yesterday to...
View ArticleThe 9 Biggest Brand Fails Exploiting Hurricane Sandy
As Hurricane Sandy hit a death toll of 74 and initially left 8 million without power, many Americans are criticizing brands that chose to use the storm as a marketing ploy and capitalize in the wake...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel’s Hurricane Sandy Sale Was Straight Out Of The Donald Trump...
It’s not often I have cause to quote this person but in this particular article in this particular context, something this person said (and in fact wrote a book with the same title) seems quite...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel CEO Blames Sales Collapse On Hurricane Sandy Canceling...
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney is blaming a sudden reduction in sales growth on Hurricane Sandy — which he says closed 25 of his stores — and the widespread cancellation of Halloween in the Northeast...
View ArticleLawsuit Alleges American Apparel CEO Shoved Dirt In Employee's Face
The manager of a struggling American Apparel store in Malibu, Calif., was told by CEO Dov Charney to "get some [expletive] girls to stand on PCH and have them waive [sic] a [expletive] American flag"...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel Warned About 'Gratuitously Sexual' Ads In Britain
American Apparel has once again landed in hot water with UK regulators after running a series of digital ads of scantily clad women, one of which appeared to sexualise a model who appeared to be under...
View ArticleHere Are 6 Companies That Routinely Embarrass Themselves
Some companies have made so many horrible marketing or branding decisions, that their insanely crass moves barely even shock us anymore.At this point, underage and under-dressed American Apparel model...
View ArticleSEX, LIES, AND PHOTOSHOP: These Ads Were All Banned In 2012
As 2012 comes to a close, it's time to remember the ads that were deemed too risqué, disingenuous or gratuitous to make it to glossy magazine pages or commercial breaks.These are the most...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel And Abercrombie & Fitch Are Realizing That Sex Does NOT Sell
As we push into the final shopping week before that retail holy grail of Christmas, it’s time for retailers to take stock of their sins and wins – who’s been profitably good and (gross) marginally...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel Has An Army Of Sexy Mannequins Stashed Away
American Apparel has repurposed an old 1913 Los Angeles Ford plant by using it as a home for its mannequins. It's an eclectic collection."American Apparel buys a lot of dead stock, lingerie, and porn...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel's First Profits In Years Put The CEO's Sex Scandals In The...
American Apparel recently reported its first net income profit after 12 straight quarters of losses.That's an amazing turnaround for a brand which a few years ago was close to bankruptcy; its CEO...
View ArticleThose Sex Harassment Lawsuits Against American Apparel CEO Dov Charney Were...
Some people owe American Apparel CEO Dov Charney an apology: The vast majority of the sexual harassment claims made against him have come to nothing.A couple of years ago, Charney's name was synonymous...
View Article12 Sexed-Up Brands That Market To Teens
Sex sells, and not just to adults.Victoria's Secret has gotten attention recently for its increased marketing for teenagers, a younger clientele than the bare-it-all models the line is typically...
View ArticleThe UK Banned These American Apparel Ads And Wants Them Removed From The...
The U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority has demanded that two ads for American Apparel which appear on the company's web site "must not appear again in their current form."The ban stemmed from a...
View ArticleThese Are All The American Apparel Ads That Are Banned In The U.K. (APP)
The Advertising Standards Authority, the U.K.'s advertising regulator, banned two more American Apparel ads this week.The ruling was controversial not just because the ASA appears to dislike ads that...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel CEO: This Is How I Would Have Run JCPenney (JCP, APP)
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney was in New York recently and we got a chance to speak to him.We wanted to know what he would do to fix JCPenney.Don't laugh, there are similarities between JCP's...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel's CEO Is Ripping On His Industry's Practices After The...
The labor practices of big apparel manufacturers have come under criticism again after a building housing several factories in Bangladesh collapsed, leaving some 622 people dead.The factories produced...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel's 'Unisex' Ads Portray Men And Women Very Differently
When perusing American Apparel's website for "unisex" wear, you might notice a strange trend.While men in non-gender-specific shirts are shown modeling the clothing in innocuous poses — looking...
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