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Growing demand for lookalike products, coupled with a pullback in spending due to inflation, is cutting in to sales of some trendy, big-name products.

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.

The disaster has increased the pressure on brands to show they care about climate change, offering a grim picture of the potential future for retail if nothing is done.

As part of our series reflecting on the 2010s, BoF explores how the ‘basic’ stereotype was a phenomenon that shaped the fashion trends of the past decade — for better or worse.

Ugg was once the hottest boot around, before overexposure tarnished its image. Owner Deckers Brands is determined not to make the same mistake with its new hot shoe, Hoka One One sneakers.

Despite official censorship of LGBTQI content in China, a number of global fashion brands have stepped up to sponsor this year’s Shanghai Pride festival in pursuit of the $300 billion ‘Pink Yuan’.

A new wave of platforms are using low prices, minimalist storefronts and, allegedly, the manufacturers of genuine luxury goods to sell unbranded products to China’s value-hungry consumers.

A new, thinner version of its Ugg Classic will appear in stores on Nov. 11, and parent company Deckers hopes the slicker design will be worn in the workplace and out on the town.

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.

Connie Rishwain, the president of its Ugg and fashion and lifestyle brands, is leaving the company.