In June, Chanel reported financial results for the first time in its history. Now, the $10 billion fashion house is evolving its digital strategy and shuffling some of its executives. What does this spell for the future of the brand?
Luxury sneakers are the ultimate status symbols for a new generation of consumers. Now brands like Balenciaga, Versace and Gucci are upping their game.
BoF’s editor-at-large reflects on the latest cycle of menswear shows, including the high-profile streetwear takeover in Paris, and what they say about the future of men’s fashion.
The multipronged group has shaken up its ranks of managers and designers, rolled out new e-commerce platforms and become a patron of the French technology scene.
It has appointed former fashion magazine journalist Riccardo Vannetti as its new chief marketing officer as the group pushes ahead with a management facelift.
The made-in-Africa fashion brand, founded in 2004 by Ali Hewson and Bono, is ceasing its current operations, BoF has learned.
Brands from Louis Vuitton to Balenciaga are courting male shoppers as the market becomes more competitive and lurches towards streetwear.
The luxury market has seen no shortage of mergers and acquisitions and the pace is picking up with Dries Van Noten and Missoni signing deals in the past week alone.
The French luxury conglomerate is in talks to sell its 51 percent stake in the label back to the British designer after a 5-year partnership.
The fashion group released full-year earnings for the first time, posting revenues of $9.62 billion for 2017, an 11 percent rise from a year earlier.
The footwear designer is opening his first men’s boutique in London’s Burlington Arcade and aims to make men’s shoes 20 percent of the business.
The luxury group’s controlling family sold shares at a steep discount, sparking concern about the company's profitability.
The Italian label has continued to enjoy solid growth in China, defying a wider downturn in demand for European luxury. The June 11 presentation of its summer collection will be the latest in a series of travelling shows.
Whereas Rolex is both a buyer and seller of its second-hand watches through official retail partners, Audemars is setting up a marketplace where sellers set prices.
The recovery long promised by luxury brands seems nowhere in sight, as the expansion of war in the Middle East, along with China’s tax crackdown on the wealthy, piled further pressure on the world’s biggest luxury conglomerates in the third quarter, and executives buckled in for a tough winter.
The French leather goods powerhouse reported no sales growth in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan, its biggest market, last quarter.
Performance was weighed down by the core Moncler brand, known for its puffer jackets, which posted a 1 percent decline in revenue during the quarter.
The Indian brand will hold a special event at the Florence show.
The Lii designer took home the top award after winning the Karl Lagerfeld prize at the LVMH Prize earlier this year.
Total shipments rose 2.7 percent to $23.6 billion in the first nine months of the year, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said Tuesday.