J.C. Penney’s Ecommerce Sales Continue to Rise

| Tim Parry

J.C. Penney’s ecommerce sales increased 25.3% year-over-year in September. The increase marked the third consecutive month of double-digit ecommerce sales growth, according to J.C. Penney. Ecommerce sales grew 10.8% in August, and 14% in July.

100 Tweets from Fashion Digital NY

| Tim Parry

Did you miss it? Then you didn’t get to hear what Kate Spade New York CEO Craig Leavitt had to say about the company’s Kate Spade Saturday launch, Rebecca Minkoff co-founder and CEO Uri Minkoff’s views on customer-centric marketing or Clarins vice president of digital and ecommerce Han Wen’s take on user generated content.

Amazon Launches Login and Pay with Amazon

| Tim Parry

Amazon has released a new service that streamlines how customers transact with online merchants. Login and Pay with Amazon allows participating merchants to empower customers to go from check out using their existing Amazon account information.

Fifth & Pacific Sells Juicy Couture

| Tim Parry

Fifth & Pacific Companies said on Oct. 7 that it agreed to sell the intellectual property of the Juicy Couture brand to Authentic Brands Group for $195 million cash.

Miles Kimball Co. Changes Name to Silver Star Brands

| Tim Parry

Miles Kimball Co. president Vicki Updike announced Oct. 8 the company is changing its name to Silver Star Brands in a move to describe more accurately the merchant and the brand portfolio it offers. Here’s what Silver Star Brands president Vicki Updike has to say about the rebranding.