Hugo Boss Chairman to Step Down Amid Frasers Group Pressure
Stephan Sturm is stepping down, as the German fashion house's largest shareholder seeks to beef up its board representation alongside its takeover bid for the brand.
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Sustainability
How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand — Designing for Sustainability
Catch up on the second installment of BoF's new five-part online learning series to find out how to embed sustainable values into the creative process.
How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand — Designing for Sustainability
Catch up on the second installment of BoF's new five-part online learning series to find out how to embed sustainable values into the creative process.
Marketing
BoF LIVE: How to Communicate in a Crisis
Two crisis management veterans shed light on some of the key principles to effectively manage and address business blowups.
BoF LIVE: How to Communicate in a Crisis
Two crisis management veterans shed light on some of the key principles to effectively manage and address business blowups.
Sustainability
How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand: Masterclass 2 of 5 — Designing for Sustainability
What does it take to build a fashion brand that is good for the planet, the people in it, and still makes business sense? In the second masterclass of BoF's five-part online learning series, Sustainability Correspondent Sarah Kent is joined by a host of expert panelists to discuss ways to embed sustainable values in the creative process.
How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand: Masterclass 2 of 5 — Designing for Sustainability
What does it take to build a fashion brand that is good for the planet, the people in it, and still makes business sense? In the second masterclass of BoF's five-part online learning series, Sustainability Correspondent Sarah Kent is joined by a host of expert panelists to discuss ways to embed sustainable values in the creative process.
News & Analysis
#BoFLIVE: Who Needs Investors? Tips for Bootstrapping Your Fashion Business
Designers who truly start from scratch often find themselves blocked out of the fashion establishment because they don’t follow the traditional (and costly) steps. What will success really depend on?
#BoFLIVE: Who Needs Investors? Tips for Bootstrapping Your Fashion Business
Designers who truly start from scratch often find themselves blocked out of the fashion establishment because they don’t follow the traditional (and costly) steps. What will success really depend on?
Retail
BoF LIVE: The Future of Physical Retail
Watch Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal, leading retail analysts Sucharita Kodali and Sarah Willersdorf, and BoF's Lauren Sherman and Cathaleen Chen discuss how brands and retailers should redefine the importance of brick-and-mortar stores.
BoF LIVE: The Future of Physical Retail
Watch Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal, leading retail analysts Sucharita Kodali and Sarah Willersdorf, and BoF's Lauren Sherman and Cathaleen Chen discuss how brands and retailers should redefine the importance of brick-and-mortar stores.
Sustainability
How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand – The Baseline
Catch up on the first masterclass in BoF's new five-part online learning series for an outline of the core principles required to build a more responsible brand.
How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand – The Baseline
Catch up on the first masterclass in BoF's new five-part online learning series for an outline of the core principles required to build a more responsible brand.
News & Analysis
Live Masterclass: How to Become a Diversity and Inclusion Change Agent
What does it take to actually increase diversity and deepen inclusivity in fashion? In this special BoFLIVE masterclass, diversity and inclusion expert Dr Derrick Gay outlines best practices and pitfalls in fostering a more equitable industry.
Live Masterclass: How to Become a Diversity and Inclusion Change Agent
What does it take to actually increase diversity and deepen inclusivity in fashion? In this special BoFLIVE masterclass, diversity and inclusion expert Dr Derrick Gay outlines best practices and pitfalls in fostering a more equitable industry.
Retail
BoF LIVE: How Lululemon Built Athleisure’s Leading Brand
BoF unpacks why a brand built on yoga leggings is winning the pandemic.
BoF LIVE: How Lululemon Built Athleisure’s Leading Brand
BoF unpacks why a brand built on yoga leggings is winning the pandemic.
Entrepreneurship
BoF LIVE: How to Raise Money Right Now
While funding hasn’t completely vanished, investors are becoming more discerning with their cash. BoF unpacks how start-ups can raise capital during a global pandemic.
BoF LIVE: How to Raise Money Right Now
While funding hasn’t completely vanished, investors are becoming more discerning with their cash. BoF unpacks how start-ups can raise capital during a global pandemic.
Retail
BoF LIVE: The Future of the Independent Fashion Store
Local luxury retailers are poised to succeed post-pandemic. Two industry veterans share their strategies.
BoF LIVE: The Future of the Independent Fashion Store
Local luxury retailers are poised to succeed post-pandemic. Two industry veterans share their strategies.
Beauty
BoF LIVE: What Will Beauty Retail Look Like Post-Covid-19?
The allure of shopping for beauty products in store was the experience. How is the industry pivoting during this new normal?
BoF LIVE: What Will Beauty Retail Look Like Post-Covid-19?
The allure of shopping for beauty products in store was the experience. How is the industry pivoting during this new normal?
Retail
BoF LIVE: The State of Retail from China to the US
BoF unpacks what the store of the future will look like in a post-pandemic climate and whether retailers can bounce back from the tremendous financial losses caused by the virus outbreak.
BoF LIVE: The State of Retail from China to the US
BoF unpacks what the store of the future will look like in a post-pandemic climate and whether retailers can bounce back from the tremendous financial losses caused by the virus outbreak.
The News in Brief
CFDA’s Steven Kolb Involved in Altercation with PETA Protestors
The trade body’s president physically restrained animal rights activists after they stormed a Cos runway show at New York Fashion Week.
GQ Philippines Names Danyl Geneciran Editor in Chief
The former Vogue Man Philippines editor will helm GQ’s 23rd international title, whose debut issue features covers starring Darren Criss, Jordan Clarkson and Erwan Heussaff.
Human Made Discloses $3.6 Million Undercover Purchase Price and Long-Term Financial Targets
The Tokyo-listed company will pay $3.6 million in cash for 100 percent of Undercover, with founder Jun Takahashi relinquishing corporate duties to focus solely on design.
Arizona Accuses L’Oréal of Concealing Cancer Risks Linked to Hair Relaxers
The beauty conglomerate faces over 12,000 similar lawsuits filed by individuals that have been consolidated in a Chicago federal court.
Space NK Names New CEO, Andy Lightfoot Steps Down
Chief marketing officer Emma Simpson-Scott will succeed Lightfoot, who is leaving the UK retailer after seven years at the helm.
EssilorLuxottica Managers Defend CEO After Heir Lashes Out
Twenty top lieutenants to CEO Francesco Milleri came to their boss’s defense in an escalating feud with Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, a son of the founder who abruptly left a senior role at the company.
Zara Owner Looks to US for Next Phase of Growth
Inditex is investing in the US as a key growth market, CEO Oscar Garcia Maceiras told Reuters, with store revamps and new openings planned across its Zara, Massimo Dutti and Bershka brands.