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Retail

Handbag Brands Reduce Product Lines as Luxury Demand Wanes

Retailers are increasingly opting to differentiate themselves from competitors by introducing fewer new lines.


News & Analysis

The Elder Statesman Partners with NBA

As the relationship between fashion and basketball deepens, the collaboration marks the league’s first big push into luxury goods.


Art

How LACMA’s Art + Film Gala Became ‘the Met Ball of the West’

In a city studded with red carpets, the annual benefit — deftly orchestrated by Eva Chow — stands at the growing intersection of art, fashion and entertainment.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Designer Duo Departs Carven, Balenciaga Names CEO

This week, co-artistic directors Alexis Martial and Adrien Caillaudaud have parted ways with Carven, and Balenciaga has appointed Cédric Charbit as chief executive officer.


Sustainability

Social Goods | Child Refugees Working in Sweatshops, Fast Fashion's Sustainability Formula

This week, Syrian refugee children found working in sweatshops and fast fashion companies try to reduce their environmental costs.


Retail

Empty Space Haunts Fifth Avenue as Retailers Balk at Rent Hikes

The availability rate on the famed strip jumped to 15.9 percent in the third quarter, up from about 10 percent a year earlier.


Technology

Yoox Net-A-Porter's Plan to Become a Mobile-Only Company

Since the two companies joined last year, chief executive officer Federico Marchetti has invested in new technology.


News & Analysis

Building Great Bowery, Fashion's Super-Agency

Matthew Moneypenny talks to BoF about how he plans to make fashion industry talent as bankable as Hollywood actors.


News & Analysis

Luxury For Less: Tourists Are Winners in Pound's Drop

The pound has lost almost a fifth of its value against the dollar since the June 23 referendum on EU membership because of uncertainty about Britain's economic prospects.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Acqua di Parma Names CEO, Garage Appoints Editor-in-Chief

This week, Laura Burdese was appointed as chief executive officer at Acqua di Parma, and Condé Nast promoted Edward Cudahy to chief technology officer.