On Monday, Nike confirmed its long-speculated project with Off-White designer Virgil Abloh. Entitled, “The Ten,” the collection consists of 10 “Nike footwear icons” reconstructed by Abloh. According to Nike’s announcement, “Now a successful creative director, DJ, designer and founder of the brand, OFF-WHITE, Abloh, 36, blurs the lines of various creative processes, rewriting the rules of fashion and design and injecting humor and DIY elements into his practice."

India's consumer goods and retail sector is predicted to see sales soar by 40% over the next three years – making it the fastest-growing emerging market. Of this, it is estimated that brick-and-mortar sales will rise by a mere 10%, meaning that the bulk of growth is expected to come from online purchases. According to a report by the Confederation of Indian Industry and Deloitte, the online retail sector in India will be worth $1 trillion (Rs660 trillion) by 2020.    

American Apparel was not necessarily destined for greatness when its founder – then just a high school kid – had a business idea: He would sell t-shirts. Yet, within the past ten years, American Apparel has been in the news consistently for the past decade for a variety of reasons. There were the scandalous advertising campaigns, for which the brand has become known; there was the news of its early financial success; and its staunch dedication to manufacturing in downtown Los Angeles.

Your “eclipse-safe” glasses might not be so safe, after all, according to a handful of reports leading up to the "Great American Total Solar Eclipse.” Set to darken the skies across the U.S. on August 21, the eclipse has experts calling for the use of special eye protection. The problem:  “The market has been overrun with counterfeits and fakes, and many of them were being sold on Amazon,” said Richard Fienberg, a spokesman for the American Astronomical Society, told the Washington Post. “It’s become a complete freaking mess."

Fresh on the heels of announcing that it had managed to settle the second counterfeiting lawsuit that Gucci’s parent company Kering has filed against it in the past five years, Alibaba Group Holding, China's largest e-commerce firm, reported first-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates, with help coming from “the strength in the Chinese e-commerce market and more Chinese consumers buying an increasing proportion of everything from food to clothing to luxury items online,” per Reuters.

The Korean pop music scene has long been dominated by the likes of G-Dragon and his BigBang bandmates. After that it was CL and still thereafter, the industry was enchanted by CL's 2NE1 bandmate, Sandara Park, and thereafter, Woo Ji-ho – the Korean rapper and leader of boy group, Block B, best known by his stage name, Zico – was a clear front runner for the position of the latest K-pop "it" boy.

Despite living in a world dominated by fast-fashion retailers, which make runway lookalikes wildly affordable and almost instantly available, fewer and fewer millennial women are looking for fakes when it comes to luxury goods. This sentiment is apparent in the "buy less, buy better" mentality that is permeating this purchasing group, and central to a new study put forth by the Diamond Producers Association (“DPA”).

Can you own a name? GMA Accessories, Inc. is claiming to own the trademark “Charlotte” and has filed suit against London-based accessories brand Charlotte Olympia and an array of its biggest stockists, alleging that the London-based footwear brand is “knowingly and intentionally” infringing its trademark. New York-based GMA, which, until recently held federal trademark registrations for the word “Charlotte” for use on clothing, footwear, and jewelry, has escalated a four-year long battle over the right to the name, and has named Nordstrom, Bergdorf Goodman, Macy’s and Hudson’s Bay in its lawsuit for trademark infringement and false designation of origin.