Longform
When Bergdorf Served Chitlins and Champagne
The curious case of soul food in department stores.
By
Rikki Byrd
Nobody Thinks About eBay
Even with 171 million users, the online shopping giant is grasping for relevancy.
Who Gives a Puck About Sports Merch?
How to build a brand from scratch, when that brand is a hockey team in the desert.
By
Noah Davis
The Kardashians’ Greatest Trick
The sisters want you to look just like them, and they’ll happily sell you the makeup to make that happen.
By
Zan Romanoff
The Sisterhood of the Exact Same Pants
For sorority girls, clothes become a shorthand for identity.
My Super Sweet 15
The big dresses, and bigger business, of the American quinceañera.
America’s Massive Retail Workforce Is Tired of Being Ignored
Long absent from discussions about employment, workers from Walmart to Bloomingdale’s are taking matters into their own hands.