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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.
Virtual influencers had faded from fashion campaigns, but now amid all the metaverse hype they’re popping up again, with Prada and Pacsun turning to virtual faces.
As the creator space has matured, brands must be thoughtful about crafting a strategy that leverages influencer marketing’s full power, considering everything from talent scouting to the effectiveness of metrics.
Diana Pearl is Senior News and Features Editor at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and drives BoF’s marketing and media coverage.
As brands release their first spring ads, those that make an emotional appeal with fresh talent are resonating – as long as they remember to put the product front and centre.
Sunday night’s Oscars concluded an awards season that fashion’s biggest labels used to show off their new creative game. BoF breaks down what we learned about brands’ celebrity strategies.
Ryan Murphy’s smash hit chronicling the ill-fated romance of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. is reshaping the trend cycle.
This week on The Debrief, BoF correspondent Lei Takanashi explains why the industry remains tethered to a small circle of established rap stars and whether a new generation of talent can break through.
The Estée Lauder-owned beauty company and The Ordinary parent will relaunch one of its original brands as it moves to rekindle its reputation for incubation.
Wholesale remains essential for the luxury industry, but the rules of engagement have changed. Brands need to know how to minimise the risks and maximise the rewards in their relationships with multibrand players.
The Swedish fast-fashion retailer is one of a shrinking number of companies that’s still drawing attention to its emissions goals. Plus, a Shanghai Fashion Week preview.
Small fashion labels have always been shortchanged by their wholesale partners. A wave of high-profile bankruptcies has turned a structural injustice into an existential crisis. There is a better way to do business, writes Imran Amed.
