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Watters turns 40: How a family business in Dallas scaled to 36 markets

In 1986, Vatana Watters started designing wedding dresses for her family and friends in Dallas, with no big plans for the future. “I wanted them to feel beautiful in the dress, not simply dressed like a bridesmaid, and ideally to want to wear it again. It was very personal and very small in the beginning,” she told FashionUnited. On Wednesday,...

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Vinted vs Depop: Should eBay spend more to win the second-hand battle in the US?

It took Vinted a few months to become a serious enough problem to appear in Wall Street analyst notes. The Lithuanian platform has built its peer-to-peer second-hand model for nearly twenty years. It only officially entered the US market in January 2026. However, it is advancing quickly enough to push Depop, now owned by eBay, to accelerate its...

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Influencer content: The IP rights fashion brands need to secure

Paying an influencer to create content does not necessarily give a fashion brand the right to reuse it. A brand may commission a short video for a product launch, then repurpose it for paid advertising, its website, an email campaign or an in-store screen. Months later, it may revive the content for a new colourway, even though the original...

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Victoria's Secret raises forecasts after strong second quarter growth

US lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret & Co. achieved significant growth in sales and earnings in the second quarter of the 2026/27 financial year. In light of this recent positive development, management raised its full-year forecast on Thursday. In the 13 weeks to August 1, the parent company of the Victoria’s Secret, Pink and Adore Me brands...

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