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Pacsun's CEO Brieane Olson on AI, betting on physical stores again and global expansion

Pacsun is riding the wave of its own reinvention. What started in 1980 as a small surf shop in Newport Beach, California, has grown into one of the main youth apparel retailers in the United States, with sales growing by about 10 percent in each of the past two years, reaching 970 million dollars in 2025, the company reported. Steering that...

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Shein business model: Into fashion's top 15 at a 70 percent discount

Shein will become the fourteenth most valuable listed fashion company in the FashionUnited Top 100 index when it starts trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange on September 1, 2026, at a market capitalisation of up to 26.80 billion dollars. That places the Singapore-headquartered, China-founded retailer directly below Sweden's H&M and above US...

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Old Navy appoints new CEO as Gap addresses underperformance in Q2

US specialty apparel giant Gap Inc. announced its second quarter financial results for the period ended August 1, 2026. The company experienced a top-line decline, with net sales decreasing 2 percent year-over-year (YoY) to 3.7 billion dollars, while comparable sales dropped 1 percent. Store sales fell 3 percent compared to the prior year across...

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Inside Gary Champion's plan to keep Clarks comfortable and relevant

"You shouldn't have to choose between looking good and feeling comfortable," Gary Champion, president of Clarks America, told FashionUnited. The idea seems fitting for a company that spent over two centuries selling comfort footwear, without compromising on style. Founded in 1825 by Quaker brothers Cyrus and James Clark in England, Clarks has...

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