This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Iran’s retail crisis, Japanese department stores and China’s lacklustre May Day holiday spending.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Iran’s retail crisis, Japanese department stores and China’s lacklustre May Day holiday spending.
President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday asked a US court to pause its ruling against the administration’s 10 percent global tariff while the federal government pursues an appeal.
As Saks Global emerges from bankruptcy in record time, the Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman owner has started to pay back critical vendors, rebuilt inventory and halved debt. But winning back the industry's trust is a different challenge altogether.
As Saks Global emerges from bankruptcy in record time, the Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman owner has started to pay back critical vendors, rebuilt inventory and halved debt. But winning back the industry's trust is a different challenge altogether.
Saks Global chief executive Geoffroy van Raemdonck outlines his plan for reinventing the retailer’s business model and winning back the industry’s trust. Photo: inside the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship in Manhattan.
Beauty built an entire industry around Gen Alpha’s shopping frenzy. But as the legal and ethical consequences of marketing to kids come into focus, tween-focused brands face their watershed moment.
Beauty built an entire industry around Gen Alpha’s shopping frenzy. But as the legal and ethical consequences of marketing to kids come into focus, tween-focused brands face their watershed moment.
Under new leadership, the luxury five-star hotel in the French capital is developing fresh food and beverage concepts and an updated wellness offering to appeal to local and global consumers alike. BoF sits down with the hotel’s general manager to learn more.
Under new leadership, the luxury five-star hotel in the French capital is developing fresh food and beverage concepts and an updated wellness offering to appeal to local and global consumers alike. BoF sits down with the hotel’s general manager to learn more.
Gen Z is turning beauty into a social sport, blending AI, ingredient obsession and a preference for in-store shopping. But only brands with real credibility and community cachet will convert curiosity into lasting loyalty.
Gen Z is turning beauty into a social sport, blending AI, ingredient obsession and a preference for in-store shopping. But only brands with real credibility and community cachet will convert curiosity into lasting loyalty.
Gen Z — from teens to twentysomethings — are flocking to in-store locations for their beauty purchases. But only after doing their due diligence online.
Skinfluencers may dismiss products like makeup wipes, pore strips and face scrubs, but that hasn’t stopped them from becoming unlikely hits for beauty disruptors.
Skinfluencers may dismiss products like makeup wipes, pore strips and face scrubs, but that hasn’t stopped them from becoming unlikely hits for beauty disruptors.
Join us for our next BoF Professional Masterclass on Wednesday, May 20, at 17:00 BST / 12:00 EDT as case study author Lei Takanashi and a panel of experts exploring how brands cultivate hype through community-based storytelling, the role of hero products, and intimate retail experiences that turn customers into believers.
Join us for our next BoF Professional Masterclass on Wednesday, May 20, at 17:00 BST / 12:00 EDT as case study author Lei Takanashi and a panel of experts exploring how brands cultivate hype through community-based storytelling, the role of hero products, and intimate retail experiences that turn customers into believers.
Hype is often misunderstood as fleeting or superficial, but it’s ultimately about getting consumers excited and offers brands a powerful means to cut through noise and capture attention. With shoppers tiring of viral marketing stunts, however, brands need a new playbook that can deliver sustained cultural momentum.
Hype is often misunderstood as fleeting or superficial, but it’s ultimately about getting consumers excited and offers brands a powerful means to cut through noise and capture attention. With shoppers tiring of viral marketing stunts, however, brands need a new playbook that can deliver sustained cultural momentum.
Case Study | The New Hype Playbook: From Drops to Stories
Italian daily la Repubblica reported, without citing sources, that Armani CEO Giuseppe Marsocci is preparing a business plan as he moves to appoint two advisers to oversee the sale.
Italian daily la Repubblica reported, without citing sources, that Armani CEO Giuseppe Marsocci is preparing a business plan as he moves to appoint two advisers to oversee the sale.