De Beers Makes Sweeping Cuts to Its Elite Diamond-Buying Club
The diamond company produced less than 22 million carats last year, down from almost 35 million in 2022.
3d-printing
News & Analysis
BoF’s Latest Print Issue: 'A Connected World'
How does our increasingly interconnected world — with its opportunities and its challenges — impact the way we create, communicate and consume fashion?
BoF’s Latest Print Issue: 'A Connected World'
How does our increasingly interconnected world — with its opportunities and its challenges — impact the way we create, communicate and consume fashion?
Technology
Is Fashion Ready for the AI Revolution?
Artificial intelligence can help businesses align supply and demand, scale personal service and design better products.
Is Fashion Ready for the AI Revolution?
Artificial intelligence can help businesses align supply and demand, scale personal service and design better products.
News & Analysis
How Key Pieces Made a Comeback
A handful of brands are opting out of bold, one-season trends and placing an emphasis on simplified ranges of year-round product.
How Key Pieces Made a Comeback
A handful of brands are opting out of bold, one-season trends and placing an emphasis on simplified ranges of year-round product.
Technology
Bits & Bytes | Amazon Clothes, Apple Watch Shipments, Souq.com Funding
Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Bits & Bytes | Amazon Clothes, Apple Watch Shipments, Souq.com Funding
Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Technology
Vision Quest: 3 Technologies Shaping the Future of Fashion
How fashion companies can exploit three important innovations being talked about in tech circles from Silicon Valley to Shenzhen: messaging, 3D printing and virtual reality.
Vision Quest: 3 Technologies Shaping the Future of Fashion
How fashion companies can exploit three important innovations being talked about in tech circles from Silicon Valley to Shenzhen: messaging, 3D printing and virtual reality.
Marketing
How Newspaper Supplements Took On Fashion Magazines
While commercial success among fashion magazines is uneven, supplements are a steady oasis of profitability. How are they doing it?
How Newspaper Supplements Took On Fashion Magazines
While commercial success among fashion magazines is uneven, supplements are a steady oasis of profitability. How are they doing it?
News & Analysis
Burberry Sues J.C. Penney For Selling Knockoffs
Burberry Group Plc sued J. C. Penney Co on Tuesday, accusing the US retailer of trademark infringement for selling outerwear that featured exact copies of its famous Burberry check pattern.
Burberry Sues J.C. Penney For Selling Knockoffs
Burberry Group Plc sued J. C. Penney Co on Tuesday, accusing the US retailer of trademark infringement for selling outerwear that featured exact copies of its famous Burberry check pattern.
Workplace & Talent
Abercrombie Executive Angelides Is Fired, Removing CEO Contender
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. said Christos Angelides, head of its namesake brand, has been fired, eliminating a potential contender to fill the teen retailer’s yearlong vacancy at the chief executive officer position.
Abercrombie Executive Angelides Is Fired, Removing CEO Contender
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. said Christos Angelides, head of its namesake brand, has been fired, eliminating a potential contender to fill the teen retailer’s yearlong vacancy at the chief executive officer position.
Financial Markets
H&M Blames Warm Weather Across US and Europe for Sales Miss
Hennes & Mauritz AB reported fourth-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ estimates as unseasonably mild weather weighed on demand in North America and Europe.
H&M Blames Warm Weather Across US and Europe for Sales Miss
Hennes & Mauritz AB reported fourth-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ estimates as unseasonably mild weather weighed on demand in North America and Europe.
Sustainability
How Fashion Brands Can Help Turn the Tide on Ocean Pollution
Adidas’ collaboration with Parley for the Oceans to create 3D-printed sneakers made from ocean waste sets an example for other brands.
How Fashion Brands Can Help Turn the Tide on Ocean Pollution
Adidas’ collaboration with Parley for the Oceans to create 3D-printed sneakers made from ocean waste sets an example for other brands.
Retail
In Digital Age, Holiday Windows Still Drive Sales
Despite the rising importance of digital touchpoints, brands and retailers are still pouring money into elaborate holiday windows. Why?
In Digital Age, Holiday Windows Still Drive Sales
Despite the rising importance of digital touchpoints, brands and retailers are still pouring money into elaborate holiday windows. Why?
Retail
Does the Young Designer/Big Retailer Dynamic Still Work?
Being stocked in a major department store is important to the growth of a young designer business, while also contributing to the image and identity of the store. But there are ups and downs in every relationship.
Does the Young Designer/Big Retailer Dynamic Still Work?
Being stocked in a major department store is important to the growth of a young designer business, while also contributing to the image and identity of the store. But there are ups and downs in every relationship.
The News in Brief
L’Oréal India in Talks to Acquire Beauty Company Innovist
L’Oréal is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Bare Anatomy parent Innovist sources told The Economic Times India.
Zegna Chairman Says War Has Clouded Visibility of Demand in Middle East
The Italian fashion house cautioned the war is reducing visibility on demand in the Middle East, which accounts for 7 percent of its sales, though all stores are currently open in the region.
Glossier Appoints New CMO
Nicole Solorzano, who joins from Ouai, is the Millennial beauty brand’s latest hire.
Macy’s CEO Points to E-Shaped Economy, Signalling Consumer Shift
The mention of a forked economy by the head of America’s largest department store signals a heightened wariness that middle-income Americans will continue to spend at the same pace.
France’s Bid to Suspend Shein’s Marketplace Rejected by Appeals Court
The decision from Paris’ Court of Appeal marked a win for the fast-fashion giant after a scandal over sex dolls resembling children for sale on its site.
Coty Announces Board Revamp
The embattled Covergirl owner has appointed five new independent directors amidst a wider leadership and company shakeup.
Zimmermann Names Roberto Eggs CEO
The Moncler Group executive will succeed longtime CEO Chris Olliver, who is staying on as executive chairman.