November 21, 2025

  • Gap reported comparable sales growth of 5% for Gap Inc., and 7% for the Gap brand more specifically, following the success of its “Better in Denim” summer campaign featuring Katseye. “With more than 8 billion impressions and 500 million views, Better in Denim culminated in a global cultural takeover and has become one of the brand’s most successful campaigns to date, generating significant traffic and double-digit growth in denim,” Dickson said Thursday on the company’s third-quarter earnings call,” said CEO Richard Dickson on a Nov. 20 Q3 earnings call (via Business Insider).
  • Hyundai debuted its CRATER adventure concept vehicle at Automobility LA 2025, with the concept being described as rugged and capable by the automaker, reflecting inspiration from surroundings in the natural world. “CRATER began with a question: ‘What does freedom look like?’ This vehicle stands as our answer. It is a vision shaped by our unending drive to explore — to inspire our customers to explore deeper and embrace the impact of adventure,” SangYup Lee, EVP and Head of Hyundai and Genesis Global Design, said (via press room).
  • Cyber Week could break spending records this year, according to Salesforce data. The period spanning Nov. 27 through Dec. 1 is expected to drive $334 billion in global online sales, a ~6% improvement over last year’s figures. “Digital traffic has skyrocketed, indicating shoppers are engaging early to see what’s new and build out their wish lists. This year, more shoppers are leaning on AI and agents to research products, help them budget, and prepare for the holiday season. Combined with Cyber Week sales projections, we expect highly motivated shoppers who are ready to spend, despite rising prices,” said Caila Schwartz, director of consumer insights and strategy for Salesforce (via Salesforce).
  • U.K. apparel brand Boden has opened its first physical location stateside, in Avalon, Alpharetta, Georgia. While already available online and in Nordstrom shops, Boden is engaging in a significant U.S. growth strategy. “We’re thrilled to be opening our first U.S. store at Avalon. The American customer has embraced Boden with such warmth and enthusiasm over the years, so it feels like the right moment to bring our brand to life in a physical space,” Boden Chief Commercial Officer, Katherine Danneberg, said (via Forbes).
  • Bath & Body Works outlined plans to launch at least some of its assortment on Amazon, with CEO Daniel Heaf criticizing current operations as sometimes slow and disorganized. “Our organization has become slow and inefficient. Unnecessary complexity has reduced our speed and dampened our innovation,” he said, adding that a compounding issue was an estimate of between $60 million and $80 million of the retailer’s products currently being sold via the gray market on Amazon (via Business Insider).