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What the ‘Amazon Coat’ Reveals About the Future of Shopping

Decoding the style, price and positioning of this season’s most viral piece of outerwear.

News & Analysis

What the ‘Amazon Coat’ Reveals About the Future of Shopping

Decoding the style, price and positioning of this season’s most viral piece of outerwear.


Sustainability

UK Takes Aim at Fashion’s Sustainability Problem

A new report from lawmakers proposes taxes on clothes and tougher regulation to force the industry to act more sustainably. Amazon and Boohoo, as well as luxury labels like Versace, are in Parliament’s sights.

Sustainability

UK Takes Aim at Fashion’s Sustainability Problem

A new report from lawmakers proposes taxes on clothes and tougher regulation to force the industry to act more sustainably. Amazon and Boohoo, as well as luxury labels like Versace, are in Parliament’s sights.


Marketing

Amazon Has a Big Advertising Business. Walmart Wants One Too

Retail giants are arguing that, while Facebook might know what customers like, and Google might know what they want, but only they know what they actually buy.

Marketing

Amazon Has a Big Advertising Business. Walmart Wants One Too

Retail giants are arguing that, while Facebook might know what customers like, and Google might know what they want, but only they know what they actually buy.


Financial Markets

Amazon Reports Better Than Expected Holiday Season Sales

But shares fell after the company's projections for the first quarter missed analyst estimates.

Financial Markets

Amazon Reports Better Than Expected Holiday Season Sales

But shares fell after the company's projections for the first quarter missed analyst estimates.


Retail

Is Surveillance the Future of Service?

The internet has become a surveillance state. Now, it’s coming to physical retail, creating powerful business opportunities and deep cultural challenges, writes Doug Stephens.

Retail

Is Surveillance the Future of Service?

The internet has become a surveillance state. Now, it’s coming to physical retail, creating powerful business opportunities and deep cultural challenges, writes Doug Stephens.


Luxury

What Will LVMH's Annual Results Reveal About the China Slowdown?

This week, everyone will be talking about LVMH's annual results, the end of the government shutdown  and Amazon's improving fashion sense. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

Luxury

What Will LVMH's Annual Results Reveal About the China Slowdown?

This week, everyone will be talking about LVMH's annual results, the end of the government shutdown  and Amazon's improving fashion sense. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.


News & Analysis

Amazon Starts Direct Sales of Merchandise in Brazil After Delays

The shift from acting as a marketplace to stocking and delivering its own goods is expected to intensify competition for fast delivery of goods as Latin America's largest economy exits a painful recession.

News & Analysis

Amazon Starts Direct Sales of Merchandise in Brazil After Delays

The shift from acting as a marketplace to stocking and delivering its own goods is expected to intensify competition for fast delivery of goods as Latin America's largest economy exits a painful recession.


Global Markets

India's New E-Commerce Restrictions Could Hit Online Sales

Changes in the way e-commerce firms in India can sell products could reduce online sales by $46 billion by 2022, according to a PwC draft analysis.

Global Markets

India's New E-Commerce Restrictions Could Hit Online Sales

Changes in the way e-commerce firms in India can sell products could reduce online sales by $46 billion by 2022, according to a PwC draft analysis.


Retail

The Year Ahead: The Digital Landgrab

In the race to be the platform of choice for both fashion companies and end consumers, e-commerce players will continue to innovate by adding profitable value-added services, focusing on new technologies and diversifying business models.

Retail

The Year Ahead: The Digital Landgrab

In the race to be the platform of choice for both fashion companies and end consumers, e-commerce players will continue to innovate by adding profitable value-added services, focusing on new technologies and diversifying business models.


Retail

Report: US Holiday Shopping Season Was Strongest in Six Years

Sales in the 2018 US holiday shopping season rose 5.1 percent to over $850 billion, the strongest in six years, according to a Mastercard report.

Retail

Report: US Holiday Shopping Season Was Strongest in Six Years

Sales in the 2018 US holiday shopping season rose 5.1 percent to over $850 billion, the strongest in six years, according to a Mastercard report.