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Beauty

Male Infertility Anxiety Is Driving the Latest Wellness Boom

Male wellness products have long been centred around muscle building, endurance and other athletic pursuits. Now, brands and consumers are switching their focus to virility, fertility and sexual peak performance.

Beauty

Male Infertility Anxiety Is Driving the Latest Wellness Boom

Male wellness products have long been centred around muscle building, endurance and other athletic pursuits. Now, brands and consumers are switching their focus to virility, fertility and sexual peak performance.


Partner Content

Understanding the Luxury Resale Market in Korea

Koreans spend an average of $325 per capita on luxury goods each year — the highest spending globally, according to Morgan Stanley. BoF sits down with mobile re-commerce platform Bunjang’s CEO Choi Jae-hwa to understand how the resale sector stands to benefit.

Partner Content

Understanding the Luxury Resale Market in Korea

Koreans spend an average of $325 per capita on luxury goods each year — the highest spending globally, according to Morgan Stanley. BoF sits down with mobile re-commerce platform Bunjang’s CEO Choi Jae-hwa to understand how the resale sector stands to benefit.


Luxury

This Week: Richemont and Burberry Have Some Explaining to Do

Both companies could (though mostly likely won’t) use results this week to address speculation about key elements of their business. That, plus Amazon Prime Day returns.

Luxury

This Week: Richemont and Burberry Have Some Explaining to Do

Both companies could (though mostly likely won’t) use results this week to address speculation about key elements of their business. That, plus Amazon Prime Day returns.


Sustainability

Shein Is on a Pre-IPO Charm Offensive

The controversial e-commerce giant is on a charm offensive as it seeks to manage regulation that takes aim at fast fashion and drum up support for a possible London listing.

Sustainability

Shein Is on a Pre-IPO Charm Offensive

The controversial e-commerce giant is on a charm offensive as it seeks to manage regulation that takes aim at fast fashion and drum up support for a possible London listing.


Retail

The Stores Defining a New Era of Multi-Brand Retail

As department stores and online giants struggle, a new generation of independent boutiques are carving out their own path for success. Often that means eschewing easy online sales, investing in brick-and-mortar offerings and taking a chance on emerging labels.

Retail

The Stores Defining a New Era of Multi-Brand Retail

As department stores and online giants struggle, a new generation of independent boutiques are carving out their own path for success. Often that means eschewing easy online sales, investing in brick-and-mortar offerings and taking a chance on emerging labels.


Beauty

How TikTok Shop Killed the MLM Model

TikTok Shop has created fresh opportunities for enterprising creators to make fast money, changing the landscape for both digital marketers and multi-level marketing companies.

Beauty

How TikTok Shop Killed the MLM Model

TikTok Shop has created fresh opportunities for enterprising creators to make fast money, changing the landscape for both digital marketers and multi-level marketing companies.


Technology

Julie Bornstein’s New AI Start-Up Raises $50-Million Seed Round

The venture is a search and discovery platform for fashion that’s built around the capabilities of generative AI.

Technology

Julie Bornstein’s New AI Start-Up Raises $50-Million Seed Round

The venture is a search and discovery platform for fashion that’s built around the capabilities of generative AI.


Technology

Why One AI Start-Up Is Cataloguing Millions of Fashion Items

Truss has earned support from Selfridges and Depop, as well as a £1 million grant from the UK government’s innovation agency in its effort to build image-recognition for garments that it says could help to power the booming secondhand market.

Technology

Why One AI Start-Up Is Cataloguing Millions of Fashion Items

Truss has earned support from Selfridges and Depop, as well as a £1 million grant from the UK government’s innovation agency in its effort to build image-recognition for garments that it says could help to power the booming secondhand market.


China

Extended Offers Dampen Excitement for China’s Mid-Year E-Commerce Festival

The 618 festival, named after the June 18 founding date of e-commerce provider JD.com, but embraced by all platforms, is China’s second-biggest annual sales event after Singles Day in November and a key test of household consumption appetite.

China

Extended Offers Dampen Excitement for China’s Mid-Year E-Commerce Festival

The 618 festival, named after the June 18 founding date of e-commerce provider JD.com, but embraced by all platforms, is China’s second-biggest annual sales event after Singles Day in November and a key test of household consumption appetite.


Partner Content

How Marketplace Models Are Driving Growth in Beauty

At The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Front Row’s marketplace partnership VP of brand strategy, Alex Carmody, shared insights on how marketplaces can be used to build routes to core customers.

Partner Content

How Marketplace Models Are Driving Growth in Beauty

At The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Front Row’s marketplace partnership VP of brand strategy, Alex Carmody, shared insights on how marketplaces can be used to build routes to core customers.


Technology

Why Fashion’s Curation Problem Is so Hard to Solve

Online retailers are looking to algorithmic personalisation as a way to carry a vast inventory but still show shoppers products that match their individual tastes. It’s the same idea that powers Spotify and TikTok, but pulling it off in fashion isn’t easy.

Technology

Why Fashion’s Curation Problem Is so Hard to Solve

Online retailers are looking to algorithmic personalisation as a way to carry a vast inventory but still show shoppers products that match their individual tastes. It’s the same idea that powers Spotify and TikTok, but pulling it off in fashion isn’t easy.


Beauty

Case Study | Building an Effective Loyalty Programme

Serving as the 'heartbeat' for brands and retailers that deploy them with the right rewards, loyalty programmes incentivise repeat purchases, boost customer lifetime value and provide businesses with invaluable data for personalised marketing. But brands need to balance costs and benefits while creating a programme that supports their goals, maintains brand equity and keeps users engaged.

Beauty

Case Study | Building an Effective Loyalty Programme

Serving as the 'heartbeat' for brands and retailers that deploy them with the right rewards, loyalty programmes incentivise repeat purchases, boost customer lifetime value and provide businesses with invaluable data for personalised marketing. But brands need to balance costs and benefits while creating a programme that supports their goals, maintains brand equity and keeps users engaged.