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Marketing

Victoria's Secret Can Still Save Itself. Here's Where It Should Start.

The troubled lingerie brand has announced that it will no longer broadcast its fashion show on American network television. That’s a good first step, but more changes are needed to win back customers.

Marketing

Victoria's Secret Can Still Save Itself. Here's Where It Should Start.

The troubled lingerie brand has announced that it will no longer broadcast its fashion show on American network television. That’s a good first step, but more changes are needed to win back customers.


News & Analysis

This New Tool Will Help Brands Make Advertising More Inclusive

"While more commercials are depicting a broader scope of gender identity, race, and sexual orientation, diversity behind the scenes is still

News & Analysis

This New Tool Will Help Brands Make Advertising More Inclusive

"While more commercials are depicting a broader scope of gender identity, race, and sexual orientation, diversity behind the scenes is still


News & Analysis

Fashion’s Gender Pay Gap Isn’t Getting Any Smaller

Data published this week in the UK revealed a stubborn gap between what men and women earn at fashion brands and retailers, with Farfetch, Missguided, Karen Millen and Asos among the companies reporting large disparities favouring male employees.

News & Analysis

Fashion’s Gender Pay Gap Isn’t Getting Any Smaller

Data published this week in the UK revealed a stubborn gap between what men and women earn at fashion brands and retailers, with Farfetch, Missguided, Karen Millen and Asos among the companies reporting large disparities favouring male employees.


News & Analysis

Beauty’s Inclusivity Movement Has Sparked a Shade-Matching Arms Race

Brands are scrambling to develop a diverse range of foundation pigments so they can tout their inclusivity, but there's a new problem: how do these labels ensure their customers find the right shade?

News & Analysis

Beauty’s Inclusivity Movement Has Sparked a Shade-Matching Arms Race

Brands are scrambling to develop a diverse range of foundation pigments so they can tout their inclusivity, but there's a new problem: how do these labels ensure their customers find the right shade?


News & Analysis

L Brands Investor Pushes for Victoria's Secret Spinoff

The hedge fund also suggested that the role of chairman and chief executive be held by separate individuals, an increasingly popular demand among investors pushing for operational reform.

News & Analysis

L Brands Investor Pushes for Victoria's Secret Spinoff

The hedge fund also suggested that the role of chairman and chief executive be held by separate individuals, an increasingly popular demand among investors pushing for operational reform.


News & Analysis

Business Giants to Report Ethnicity Pay Gap

"The move comes almost a year since firms were required to report their gender pay gap."

News & Analysis

Business Giants to Report Ethnicity Pay Gap

"The move comes almost a year since firms were required to report their gender pay gap."


News & Analysis

Following 'Noose' Hoodie Controversy, Burberry Announces New Diversity and Inclusivity Initiatives

"The distress we caused with one of our products last week has shown us that we are not where we need or want to be."

News & Analysis

Following 'Noose' Hoodie Controversy, Burberry Announces New Diversity and Inclusivity Initiatives

"The distress we caused with one of our products last week has shown us that we are not where we need or want to be."


News & Analysis

Black Design Collective Launched to Address Inequality in Fashion

"The fashion industry is often criticised for a lack in diversity, but a new organisation aims to address that."

News & Analysis

Black Design Collective Launched to Address Inequality in Fashion

"The fashion industry is often criticised for a lack in diversity, but a new organisation aims to address that."


Luxury

Prada Mounts Diversity Council as Brands Face Blackface Backlash

African-American artists Theaster Gates and Ava DuVernay will chair a group created to 'elevate voices of colour' and advise on diversity issues.

Luxury

Prada Mounts Diversity Council as Brands Face Blackface Backlash

African-American artists Theaster Gates and Ava DuVernay will chair a group created to 'elevate voices of colour' and advise on diversity issues.


News & Analysis

Gucci Pulls Sweater Slammed for Resembling Blackface Imagery

The Italian luxury label apologised for selling the $890 black turtleneck, whose extra-high collar features a pair of exaggerated red lips around an opening for the wearer’s mouth.

News & Analysis

Gucci Pulls Sweater Slammed for Resembling Blackface Imagery

The Italian luxury label apologised for selling the $890 black turtleneck, whose extra-high collar features a pair of exaggerated red lips around an opening for the wearer’s mouth.


News & Analysis

The BoF Podcast: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson: ‘We’ve Had Diversity, but Then It Disappeared’

The creatives spoke about the barriers that black designers face and how a new generation is finding success outside the fashion system.

News & Analysis

The BoF Podcast: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson: ‘We’ve Had Diversity, but Then It Disappeared’

The creatives spoke about the barriers that black designers face and how a new generation is finding success outside the fashion system.


Workplace & Talent

Stephanie Phair on Nurturing Fashion’s Future Female Leaders

Farfetch’s chief strategy officer and BFC chair Stephanie Phair shares her insight on how fashion can better support gender diversity within the workplace.

Workplace & Talent

Stephanie Phair on Nurturing Fashion’s Future Female Leaders

Farfetch’s chief strategy officer and BFC chair Stephanie Phair shares her insight on how fashion can better support gender diversity within the workplace.