FASHION INDUSTRY NEWS – WEDNESDAY

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CYBER MONDAY HITS $3 BILLION SALES MARK AS ONLINE IMPORTANCE GROWS – FootwearNews
“Cyber Monday has come and gone, and the lesson for retailers is a familiar one: invest in online.While many shoppers headed to the Web for Black Friday shopping this year — more than in any year previously — Cyber Monday continued the growth trend with more clicks and better deals online.”

LANDS’ END UPDATES ITS IMAGE – TheNewYorkTimes
“In with the old, in with the new. For this reason it’s merely surprising, and not startling, that Lands’ End has opened a pop-up shop for the holiday season on Fifth Avenue. The enormous space offers the company’s full panoply of sensibly priced outerwear, prudently snazzy party clothes, squeaky-clean sleepwear and sempiternally cozy home goods.”

REPORT: WHAT RETAILER DOMINATED SOCIAL MEDIA ON CYBER MONDAY? – RetailingToday
“Amazon received 509,000 mentions on Twitter on Monday, compared to 112,000 mentions for Target, and 51,000 for Walmart, Fortune reported. What’s more, Amazon’s social media prominence translated into big, big sales.”

A NEW EXHIBIT BRINGS JEANS INTO THE MUSEUM – NYMag
“”Denim: Fashion’s Frontier,” a new exhibit at the Museum at FIT, explores the narrative arc of denim, from workingman’s staple to its current omnipresent state.”

COLETTE: STILL THE TRENDIEST STORE IN THE WORLD AFTER 18 YEARS – Forbes
“Colette, a multi-category Parisian shop that excels at curating special, high quality design products from around the world, has managed to stay relevant, au courant, and full of energy, since it’s debut in 1997: No mean feat in a fad-obsessed world with ever-changing tastes.”