The Independents Acquires Production Studio Smuggler
The global collective has brought film studio Smuggler under its umbrella to bolster its entertainment capabilities.
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Beauty
How Mielle Organics Is Rewriting the Playbook for Black Hair Brands
Monique Rodriguez is one of a small number of Black women to secure a seven-figure investment for her business. The next challenge: scale while staying Black-owned.
How Mielle Organics Is Rewriting the Playbook for Black Hair Brands
Monique Rodriguez is one of a small number of Black women to secure a seven-figure investment for her business. The next challenge: scale while staying Black-owned.
Workplace & Talent
Is Now the Right Time to Ask for a Raise? It’s Complicated
It’s still an employee’s labour market, but recession fears are adding new challenges to pay negotiations for retail and fashion job candidates looking to increase their salaries.
Is Now the Right Time to Ask for a Raise? It’s Complicated
It’s still an employee’s labour market, but recession fears are adding new challenges to pay negotiations for retail and fashion job candidates looking to increase their salaries.
Workplace & Talent
BFC Report Finds Half of European Brands Have a Diversity Strategy But Progress Still Lags
A new report by the British Fashion Council (BFC) and the MBS Group, a UK-based executive search firm, found that 51 percent of European fashion companies now have a diversity and inclusion strategy but that progress on most of the goals espoused in 2020 remain sluggish.
BFC Report Finds Half of European Brands Have a Diversity Strategy But Progress Still Lags
A new report by the British Fashion Council (BFC) and the MBS Group, a UK-based executive search firm, found that 51 percent of European fashion companies now have a diversity and inclusion strategy but that progress on most of the goals espoused in 2020 remain sluggish.
Workplace & Talent
Why Do Fashion’s Chief Diversity Officers Keep Quitting?
Dozens of companies hired diversity leaders in the last two years, but executives who take these roles are often overworked and under-resourced.
Why Do Fashion’s Chief Diversity Officers Keep Quitting?
Dozens of companies hired diversity leaders in the last two years, but executives who take these roles are often overworked and under-resourced.
Workplace & Talent
What Will It Take to Make Gen-Z Happy at Work?
A shift in workplace power dynamics has companies struggling to balance their youngest employees’ expectations against the needs of their businesses.
What Will It Take to Make Gen-Z Happy at Work?
A shift in workplace power dynamics has companies struggling to balance their youngest employees’ expectations against the needs of their businesses.
Workplace & Talent
What Fashion’s Class of 2022 Expects from Employers
A tight labour market, the pandemic and renewed emphasis on racial equity and climate change have recast the industry’s desirable jobs and companies.
What Fashion’s Class of 2022 Expects from Employers
A tight labour market, the pandemic and renewed emphasis on racial equity and climate change have recast the industry’s desirable jobs and companies.
Workplace & Talent
What André Leon Talley Means to Black People
The rare Black editor worked behind the scenes to promote Black talent, but ultimately it was the symbolism of his achievement that meant the most for Black people, writes Jason Campbell.
What André Leon Talley Means to Black People
The rare Black editor worked behind the scenes to promote Black talent, but ultimately it was the symbolism of his achievement that meant the most for Black people, writes Jason Campbell.
Workplace & Talent
UK Companies Must Meet New Gender, Racial Diversity Targets
The Financial Conduct Authority finalised the rules meant to boost diversity among leaders of UK-listed organisations, including a requirement that companies’ boards comprise at least 40 percent women.
UK Companies Must Meet New Gender, Racial Diversity Targets
The Financial Conduct Authority finalised the rules meant to boost diversity among leaders of UK-listed organisations, including a requirement that companies’ boards comprise at least 40 percent women.
Workplace & Talent
Where Are Fashion’s Black CEOs?
Vanishingly few big, established brands have appointed Black chief executives, even after two years of theoretically addressing racial injustice.
Where Are Fashion’s Black CEOs?
Vanishingly few big, established brands have appointed Black chief executives, even after two years of theoretically addressing racial injustice.
Workplace & Talent
An Antidote to Cultural Appropriation
On this week’s episode of The BoF Podcast, indigenous rights activist Seno Tsuha and social entrepreneur Rebecca Hui discuss a blueprint for respectfully borrowing from other cultures.
An Antidote to Cultural Appropriation
On this week’s episode of The BoF Podcast, indigenous rights activist Seno Tsuha and social entrepreneur Rebecca Hui discuss a blueprint for respectfully borrowing from other cultures.
Workplace & Talent
Mohsin Zaidi on The Four Pieces of a Life
The former barrister and author of “A Dutiful Boy” examines intersectionality and identity at BoF VOICES.
Mohsin Zaidi on The Four Pieces of a Life
The former barrister and author of “A Dutiful Boy” examines intersectionality and identity at BoF VOICES.
Workplace & Talent
Ralph Lauren, Race and How Fashion Can Embrace Discomfort
The brand’s collaboration with historically-black Morehouse and Spelman colleges was both celebrated and pilloried online. The fate of an ambitious attempt by a mainstream brand to tackle the issues raised in summer 2020 could influence future Black-focused campaigns for years to come.
Ralph Lauren, Race and How Fashion Can Embrace Discomfort
The brand’s collaboration with historically-black Morehouse and Spelman colleges was both celebrated and pilloried online. The fate of an ambitious attempt by a mainstream brand to tackle the issues raised in summer 2020 could influence future Black-focused campaigns for years to come.
The News in Brief
L’Oréal Steals French Stock Market Crown From LVMH
The cosmetics group became France’s most valuable listed company on Tuesday, the first time since 2017 that a non-luxury company has claimed the top spot at the end of a trading day.
Authentic Brands Targets Creator Economy, Eyes Public Offering
The licensor could pursue an IPO as early as the first half of next year.
Vogue Mexico and Latin America Editor-in-Chief Karla Martinez de Salas to Step Down
The industry veteran is joining Latino-focused media platform Avance Global to establish a new lifestyle brand that will span fashion, design, travel, food, culture and entertainment.
Prada Revamps Milan Flagship to Cater to Top Clients and New Shoppers
The group is hoping the renovated eight-level complex can generate €100 million in annual revenue, chief executive Andrea Guerra told Reuters.
JD Sports Names New North America CEO, Chief Marketing Officer
The sneaker retailer is shaking up its North American leadership as it looks to reverse soft sales and an extended slump in the stock market.
Top Africa Clothes Retailer Pepkor Sinks on Earnings Outlook
Shares in the South African discount clothing retailer fell the most in more than three years, as an expansion into banking weighed on profit forecasts.
Kimberly-Clark Prepares Asset Sales to Win EU Nod for Kenvue Deal
The US consumer goods giant is preparing concessions to address EU antitrust concerns about its bid for Tylenol maker Kenvue that could help it win approval for the $40 billion deal, sources told Reuters.