Inside James Whitner's Purpose-First Retail Playbook

Podcast: The Business of Fashion Podcast · The Business of Fashion

Opublikowano: 2026-08-28

Earlier this month, A Ma Maniére — one part of James Whitner's The Whitaker Group — was named one of BoF's Best Fashion Stores in the World, our definitive global list of retailers with the most distinctive edits and experiences. Whitner has spent twenty years building an independent retail business that operates more than 20 stores across 16 US cities — many of them in Black neighbourhoods that mainstream retail had overlooked — based on the feeling he got hanging out in barbershops and sneaker spots growing up in Pittsburgh. “The best things happen in the barbershop — the most interest...