Childrens Clothing news and trends

Building The ‘Anti-Subscription’ Model For Online Kids’ Apparel
Retail // February 06, 2020

Outfitting children can be a shockingly expensive proposition for parents. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, families might spend up to $1,280 annually on clothing, and over the 18 years formally designated as childhood approximately 6 percent of the total cost of parenting...

Retailers Add Adaptive Apparel To Their Brand Offerings
Retail // July 23, 2019

To make the clothing industry more inclusive of children with disabilities, major fashion brands are debuting adaptive clothing lines. Tommy Hilfiger, Target and Zappos have all launched these types of lines in recent years, while Kohl’s is the latest retailer to do so, CNBC reported....

How Children’s Clothing eTailers Are Treasure Hunting
Retail // April 29, 2019

To help parents buy affordable children’s clothing without committing to a subscription or hunting for bargains, eCommerce innovators are offering style boxes of nearly new kids’ apparel. Kids on 45th is just over a year into shipping “wardrobes of lightly used children’s clothing,” CEO and...

Walmart Thinks Inside The (Subscription) Box For Kids’ Clothing
Retail // April 17, 2019

To deliver personalized kids’ fashions to customers, retailers are teaming up with players in the subscription box space. Walmart, for instance, is partnering with KIDBOX to offer curated styleboxes for kids that customers can receive on a seasonal basis. Through the offering, customers on Walmart.com...

Interviews & Exclusives
Buy Now Pay Later Shines for Kid’s Clothing Retailer Sparkle In Pink

December 16, 2022
Buy now pay later is a necessity, even when producing and selling affordable children’s fashion. That message came through loud and clear from Braden Larsen, IT lead at direct-to-consumer (D2C) children’s apparel marketplace Sparkle In Pink, and Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim in a discussion for the new PYMNTS’ PayPal SMB Series. As Larsen tells it, […]

Quick Reads
Retailers Add Adaptive Apparel To Their Brand Offerings

July 23, 2019
To make the clothing industry more inclusive of children with disabilities, major fashion brands are debuting adaptive clothing lines. Tommy Hilfiger, Target and Zappos have all launched these types of lines in recent years, while Kohl’s is the latest retailer to do so, CNBC reported. Target brought adaptive apparel to its assortment for toddlers as […]

Rent The Runway Unveils Kids’ Clothing Offer

April 08, 2019
To expand its offerings into kids’ clothing, Rent the Runway plans to debut a children’s apparel collection on April 15. The clothing subscription company’s new offering will initially include girls’...

Gymboree Mulls Closing Half Its Retail Stores

November 28, 2018
Gymboree, the U.S. retail outfit that sells children’s clothing, is mulling whether to shutter more than half of its 900-store base, Reuters reported Tuesday (Nov. 27), citing people “familiar with...