Levi Strauss news and trends

eCommerce Leads Levi’s D2C Growth as Online Shoppers Splurge
Earnings // June 26, 2024

Levi Strauss & Co. is seeing its digital channels drive direct-to-consumer (D2C) growth, with eCommerce customers proving willing to pay full price and to spring for premium products. The apparel company shared in its second-quarter fiscal 2024 financial results, reported Wednesday (June 26), that it...

CDK Fallout Continues as Car Dealers Go Old School
Cybersecurity // June 24, 2024

Software companies have taken over large swathes of the economy during the past few decades. And when something goes wrong with these software companies, something ultimately goes wrong with the large swathes of sectors and businesses that rely upon them. Just take for example the...

Levi’s Finds D2C Business Provides Greater Consumer Trend Insights
Retail // April 22, 2024

Levi Strauss has found that selling through its own stores gives it greater insights into consumer trends. The company’s D2C channels also allow it to test new products before making them available to wholesalers and reduce the uncertainty around dealing with wholesale customers like department stores, which have...

Levi’s Direct-to-Consumer Bet Sparks Job Cuts
Retail // January 25, 2024

While competitors were hustling to land deals with retailers and forge partnerships to reach more consumers, Levi’s boldly went all-in on its direct-to-consumer (D2C) strategy in October.   “Over the last decade, the company has made phenomenal progress, more than doubling our D2C revenue while engaging...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Digital Transformation of Levi Strauss in Latin America

September 16, 2022
The digital shift is undeniable in many parts of Latin America that are among the most connected economies on the planet, but the cultures of this continent are famed for a vibrant human spirit, and brands operating there must find the ideal balance of humans and digital. A high-profile example of this is the quintessentially […]

Quick Reads
Paris Olympics Draws 18% More Sponsor Spending Than 2021

July 12, 2024
U.S. companies are reportedly looking to this summer’s Paris Olympics to put them ahead of their competitors. Event sponsors have spent 18% more on the upcoming Olympics than they spent on the 2021 summer Olympics, Reuters reported Friday (July 12), citing Comcast’s NBCUniversal. Detailing the ways U.S. firms are using the event to try to boost their sales, […]

Levi’s Finds D2C Business Provides Greater Consumer Trend Insights

April 22, 2024
Levi Strauss has found that selling through its own stores gives it greater insights into consumer trends. The company’s D2C channels also allow it to test new products before making them available to...

Levi Strauss Takes Next Steps in Previously Announced Leadership Transition

December 07, 2023
Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) has announced the next steps in a leadership transition plan announced about 13 months ago. President and CEO Chip Bergh will retire from the brand-name apparel company...

Kohl’s CEO Headed to Levi’s After Bumpy Ride at Ailing Dept Store

November 08, 2022
After four and a half tumultuous years atop Kohl’s, in which the Wisconsin-based department store chain saw its valuation cut in half, CEO Michelle Gass is headed to San Francisco,...