Marquee Brands to Acquire Roots in Go-Private Deal
The brand management company will add the Canadian lifestyle label to a growing portfolio that includes Roberto Cavalli and BCBG.
Opinions
News & Analysis
Op-Ed | Macy's Needs to Sharpen Its Fuzzy E-Commerce Strategy
Lately, the department-store chain hasn't provided evidence it has much of one.
Op-Ed | Macy's Needs to Sharpen Its Fuzzy E-Commerce Strategy
Lately, the department-store chain hasn't provided evidence it has much of one.
News & Analysis
Op-Ed | Why Augmented Reality Changes Everything
Augmented reality has significant implications for fashion, but brands need to better identify, develop and deploy new technologies to stay ahead, argues Ari Bloom.
Op-Ed | Why Augmented Reality Changes Everything
Augmented reality has significant implications for fashion, but brands need to better identify, develop and deploy new technologies to stay ahead, argues Ari Bloom.
Retail
Op-Ed | Why Mindful Millennials Are Modern Pagans
The ancient human need to explain the vastness of the universe through storytelling and mythology is what’s driving millennial consumer culture today in the US, argues Maggie Montagna and Mortimer Singer.
Op-Ed | Why Mindful Millennials Are Modern Pagans
The ancient human need to explain the vastness of the universe through storytelling and mythology is what’s driving millennial consumer culture today in the US, argues Maggie Montagna and Mortimer Singer.
Marketing
Top 10 Campaigns of the Season
From Alberta Ferretti’s Tim Walker-lensed campaign to Miu Miu’s homage to jazz-culture, BoF rounds up the best ads of the Autumn/Winter 2017 season.
Top 10 Campaigns of the Season
From Alberta Ferretti’s Tim Walker-lensed campaign to Miu Miu’s homage to jazz-culture, BoF rounds up the best ads of the Autumn/Winter 2017 season.
Retail
The Psychology of Designer Handbags
Alexandra Shulman reflects on why shoppers invest so much emotionally and financially in one of the luxury industry's most powerful products.
The Psychology of Designer Handbags
Alexandra Shulman reflects on why shoppers invest so much emotionally and financially in one of the luxury industry's most powerful products.
News & Analysis
Fashion’s New Distance From Terry Richardson Is Too Little, Too Late
While Terry Richardson has become the poster child for fashion’s sexual harassment problem, photographers, editors, stylists, casting directors and others are known to routinely engage in misconduct in an industry where power dynamics disadvantage young women.
Fashion’s New Distance From Terry Richardson Is Too Little, Too Late
While Terry Richardson has become the poster child for fashion’s sexual harassment problem, photographers, editors, stylists, casting directors and others are known to routinely engage in misconduct in an industry where power dynamics disadvantage young women.
News & Analysis
How Fashion Learned to Love McDonald’s, Ikea and DHL
More and more designers are elevating the ordinary emblems of mass consumerism to extraordinary heights — or at least pasting them onto t-shirts.
How Fashion Learned to Love McDonald’s, Ikea and DHL
More and more designers are elevating the ordinary emblems of mass consumerism to extraordinary heights — or at least pasting them onto t-shirts.
News & Analysis
Op-Ed | When Image Is Everything
The rise of the image economy presents a revolutionary opportunity to communicate alternate values, but Generation Next seems content to post dope travel pics from Ibiza, argues Chris Wallace.
Op-Ed | When Image Is Everything
The rise of the image economy presents a revolutionary opportunity to communicate alternate values, but Generation Next seems content to post dope travel pics from Ibiza, argues Chris Wallace.
News & Analysis
Why the Fall of Harvey Weinstein Signals the End of Fashion's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Practices
Weinstein’s accusers were muffled for more than two decades, but today's connected world won't tolerate this sort of behaviour in any industry, including fashion.
Why the Fall of Harvey Weinstein Signals the End of Fashion's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Practices
Weinstein’s accusers were muffled for more than two decades, but today's connected world won't tolerate this sort of behaviour in any industry, including fashion.
Luxury
How to Fix Tiffany
The American jewellery house must project a stronger sense of exclusivity, argues Luca Solca, the head of luxury goods at Exane BNP Paribas.
How to Fix Tiffany
The American jewellery house must project a stronger sense of exclusivity, argues Luca Solca, the head of luxury goods at Exane BNP Paribas.
News & Analysis
Op-Ed | Is Fashion Missing the Homeware Opportunity?
Too many luxury brands are still not thinking strategically about the category — at their own peril, argues Isabelle Dubern.
Op-Ed | Is Fashion Missing the Homeware Opportunity?
Too many luxury brands are still not thinking strategically about the category — at their own peril, argues Isabelle Dubern.
News & Analysis
What Makes a Great Magazine Editor?
Ex-British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman outlines what’s changed and what must stay the same about the business of editing a magazine in today’s digital age.
What Makes a Great Magazine Editor?
Ex-British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman outlines what’s changed and what must stay the same about the business of editing a magazine in today’s digital age.
The News in Brief
UK Retail Sales Drop for the First Time in Three Months
Scorching weather and fewer discounts discouraged shoppers and ended a recent rebound in consumer spending as retail sales fell for the first time since April.
Fashion CEO Hunsicker Gets Five Years for $300 Million Fraud
Christine Hunsicker, founder of the fashion-rental and technology company CaaStle Inc., was sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding investors out of $300 million.
Boohoo Fined $2.7 Million by French Watchdog Over Deceptive Discounts
Nearly half of the examined promotions were revealed to be price increases. The Debenhams-owned fast-fashion brand also used terms like ‘leather’ to sell synthetic products.
Report: Shein Postpones IPO to September
Shein has pushed back its market debut following a delay in taking investor orders for its Hong Kong IPO at a reduced valuation, the South China Morning Post reported.
Lululemon Senior Executive Exits in Third Recent Departure
The top communications officer at the company is leaving, adding to the list of executives departing ahead of CEO Heidi O’Neill’s arrival.
Trump Picks White House Ally Overton to Lead Embattled FDA
The US president chose an ally to steady an agency shaken by staff losses, low morale and fights over vaccines and drug approvals.
JD Sports Cuts Outlook as Shoppers Curb Spending on Sneakers
The retailer cut its profit outlook after weaker-than-expected sales in the quarter, as customers grapple with cost-of-living pressures and pull back on discretionary spending.