TODAY'S MUST READAs leather goods lose their cool amid rising prices and quality concerns, fine jewelry is emerging as luxury’s shining star.
TODAY'S MUST READAs leather goods lose their cool amid rising prices and quality concerns, fine jewelry is emerging as luxury’s shining star.
When growth plateaus, beauty companies may remix their logos, colour schemes and even products in the hopes of appealing to a wider audience or re-engaging their core. But finding a new brand identity can sometimes mean upsetting fans of the old one.
Once thought to be resistant to economic downturns, the beauty industry is facing a significant slowdown. This week on The Debrief, BoF’s Daniela Morosini explains why consumers are pulling back and what brands can do next.
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The Portuguese Footwear Association, APICCAPS, invited brand leaders and business professionals across footwear and its adjacent industries to a day-long Digi4Fashion event in Porto, on digital opportunities for the industry in 2025. There, BoF spoke to footwear and fashion brands to learn about their key challenges in this area, and presented on opportunities and innovation in e-commerce today.
The Portuguese Footwear Association, APICCAPS, invited brand leaders and business professionals across footwear and its adjacent industries to a day-long Digi4Fashion event in Porto, on digital opportunities for the industry in 2025. There, BoF spoke to footwear and fashion brands to learn about their key challenges in this area, and presented on opportunities and innovation in e-commerce today.
When growth plateaus, beauty companies may remix their logos, colour schemes and even products in the hopes of appealing to a wider audience or re-engaging their core. But finding a new brand identity can sometimes mean upsetting fans of the old one.
As leather goods lose their cool amid rising prices and quality concerns, fine jewelry is emerging as luxury’s shining star.
Once thought to be resistant to economic downturns, the beauty industry is facing a significant slowdown. This week on The Debrief, BoF’s Daniela Morosini explains why consumers are pulling back and what brands can do next.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features South Korea’s Misto Holdings, Nigerian textile plant developers and Bahrain’s Investcorp.
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Hit hard by President Trump’s trade war and volatile markets, some publicly traded retailers are increasingly considering offers to sell to private equity.
While artists are experimenting with artificial intelligence to produce work, the technology won’t disrupt the business of art, argues Marc Spiegler.
As foodie culture peaks and the cost of living rises, food is popping up more than ever in fashion imagery.
Hannah Neeleman is the farmfluencer who broke the internet thanks to the public’s obsession with her picturesque life, career choices and family dynamics. Now, she is taking her burgeoning lifestyle empire global.
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Centuries-old heritage brands and contemporary jewellers from India are opening stores in North America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the UK, but few have broadened their offering to appeal to a client base beyond the South Asian diaspora.
Centuries-old heritage brands and contemporary jewellers from India are opening stores in North America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the UK, but few have broadened their offering to appeal to a client base beyond the South Asian diaspora.
Sneakers, lipstick and of course, tariffs, will be on investors’ minds as companies report quarterly results.
Creative and commercial energy is increasingly driven by frontier markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Global brands must learn how to embrace and amplify local cultures in these markets in an authentic way.
Imran Amed, founder and CEO of The Business of Fashion, and Luca Solca, managing director of luxury goods at Bernestein, speak to System Magazine’s Jonathan Wingfield about how luxury fashion is navigating economic headwinds, shifting consumer values and the urgent need for creative renewal.
Imran Amed, founder and CEO of The Business of Fashion, and Luca Solca, managing director of luxury goods at Bernestein, speak to System Magazine’s Jonathan Wingfield about how luxury fashion is navigating economic headwinds, shifting consumer values and the urgent need for creative renewal.
Canada’s oldest retail chain will lay off 89 percent of its workforce by Sunday, when it will conclude its liquidation sale and shutter all stores.
The brand cited headwinds in web3 and softness in the luxury market for its decision in an announcement Tuesday.
Despite price slashing from retailers and government stimulus measures to boost consumer spending, the e-commerce company's year-on-year net income fell 47 percent.
Swiss watch exports to the US saw a significant increase in April, driven by a surge in shipments ahead of anticipated tariff hikes.
Italian legal and political authorities, trade unions and fashion industry parties signed a non-binding action plan focussed on the creation of a database of brands’ suppliers and their workforces, after prosecutors uncovered widespread abuse.
