Social Media

Can TikTok’s Addictive Algorithm Get US Shoppers Buying?
The company, which rolled out its Shop feature to all US users this week, is banking on its powerful algorithm to help it succeed where Instagram and others have failed by delivering a constant stream of products along with its targeted content into users’ feeds.

Can TikTok’s Addictive Algorithm Get US Shoppers Buying?
The company, which rolled out its Shop feature to all US users this week, is banking on its powerful algorithm to help it succeed where Instagram and others have failed by delivering a constant stream of products along with its targeted content into users’ feeds.

The Beauty Brands Driving Explosive Sales Growth From TikTok Videos
A cadre of beauty start-ups, including Millie Bobby Brown’s makeup brand Florence by Mills, have mastered the difficult task of turning TikTok users watching clicky content into paying customers.

The Beauty Brands Driving Explosive Sales Growth From TikTok Videos
A cadre of beauty start-ups, including Millie Bobby Brown’s makeup brand Florence by Mills, have mastered the difficult task of turning TikTok users watching clicky content into paying customers.

Introducing The BoF Brand Magic Index
BoF Insights and Quilt.AI co-created The BoF Brand Magic Index to examine if customers see a brand the same way a brand sees itself. The Index quantifies and ranks 50 global luxury and fashion labels using AI-driven analysis of tens of thousands of social media posts by brands and their customers.

Introducing The BoF Brand Magic Index
BoF Insights and Quilt.AI co-created The BoF Brand Magic Index to examine if customers see a brand the same way a brand sees itself. The Index quantifies and ranks 50 global luxury and fashion labels using AI-driven analysis of tens of thousands of social media posts by brands and their customers.

The EU’s New Rules on Personalised Social Media Feeds, Explained
The Digital Services Act could impact how fashion brands and marketers reach their online audiences, particularly if they depend on algorithmic recommendations for visibility and engagement.

The EU’s New Rules on Personalised Social Media Feeds, Explained
The Digital Services Act could impact how fashion brands and marketers reach their online audiences, particularly if they depend on algorithmic recommendations for visibility and engagement.

Why Fashion Should Be Sceptical About Elon Musk’s ‘Super App’
A “super app” combining social media, payments, shopping and more would theoretically be a major step to unlocking social commerce and livestream shopping in the West, and Elon Musk says that’s exactly what he wants to build. He shouldn’t get his hopes up.

Why Fashion Should Be Sceptical About Elon Musk’s ‘Super App’
A “super app” combining social media, payments, shopping and more would theoretically be a major step to unlocking social commerce and livestream shopping in the West, and Elon Musk says that’s exactly what he wants to build. He shouldn’t get his hopes up.

How Luxury Finally Cracked TikTok
Higher-end fashion labels have become more prolific on the short-form video app in 2023. BoF unpacks how brands are growing buzz on TikTok.

How Luxury Finally Cracked TikTok
Higher-end fashion labels have become more prolific on the short-form video app in 2023. BoF unpacks how brands are growing buzz on TikTok.

What Really Happens on a Tarte Influencer Trip
For nearly a decade the beauty brand has built its marketing around sending social media celebrities on lavish vacations, a practice that’s become increasingly controversial. Could a trip to New York for 13 ordinary customers and their plus-ones to see Beyoncé in concert alter that perception? One reporter tagged along to find out.

What Really Happens on a Tarte Influencer Trip
For nearly a decade the beauty brand has built its marketing around sending social media celebrities on lavish vacations, a practice that’s become increasingly controversial. Could a trip to New York for 13 ordinary customers and their plus-ones to see Beyoncé in concert alter that perception? One reporter tagged along to find out.

Unravelling What Threads Means for Fashion
Brands including Nike, American Eagle and Fashion Nova have jumped on Meta’s Twitter alternative, but the app has yet to prove its staying power or that it offers real benefits to fashion brands.

Unravelling What Threads Means for Fashion
Brands including Nike, American Eagle and Fashion Nova have jumped on Meta’s Twitter alternative, but the app has yet to prove its staying power or that it offers real benefits to fashion brands.

Op-Ed | Debunking the Quiet Luxury Myth
‘Quiet luxury’ appears to be spreading like wildfire, but the trend is likely to prove both shallow and fleeting, argues Eugene Rabkin.

Op-Ed | Debunking the Quiet Luxury Myth
‘Quiet luxury’ appears to be spreading like wildfire, but the trend is likely to prove both shallow and fleeting, argues Eugene Rabkin.

Op-Ed | Demna’s Right, Fashion Entertainment Is a Problem
Clothes have become more like memes than physical goods, moments to take part in online, with catastrophic consequences for the environment, writes Alec Leach.

Op-Ed | Demna’s Right, Fashion Entertainment Is a Problem
Clothes have become more like memes than physical goods, moments to take part in online, with catastrophic consequences for the environment, writes Alec Leach.