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BoF Daily Digest | ‘Big O’ birthdays, Hermès growth in 2012, ‘Cyber Week’...
François Lesage | Source: Simple Virtues ‘Big O’ Birthdays for Generations of Designers (IHT) “The loss last week of François Lesage, the beating heart of Parisian embroidery, at age 82, marks fashion...
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BoF Daily Digest | M-Commerce surging, Pandora’s downfall, Forever21 to...
Gilt App Screen Shot | Source: Gilt Groupe Mobile, Tablets Lead Holiday Charge (WWD) “Holiday shopping has given new meaning to the term ‘click and order.’ In addition to a rise in the number of...
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BoF Daily Digest | Behind the brands, Mulberry boost, CFDA rejects offer,...
Hermès Canton Road | Source: B on brand Behind the brands (China Daily) “A survey confirms China’s luxury goods buyers are young and keen on pampering themselves.Gan Tian reports… The focus of this...
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BoF Daily Digest | Asian engine, Menswear market growth, Online in India,...
Hong Kong skyline | Source: Flick River Across Asia, an Engine of Growth for Luxury Firms (IHT) “Europe is struggling to contain a spiraling debt crisis, the U.S. economy is beset with high...
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BoF Daily Digest | Hermès appeal, Pricing Kors IPO, Twitter fear, Internship...
Hermès Store | Source: GQ Hermès and the secret of luxe appeal (GQ) “Hermès is a phenomenon: probably the most successful, perhaps the most creative, certainly the most respected and one of the most...
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BoF Daily Digest | Seoul magnet, Simons in Dior hat, Burke to Bulgari, Karl’s...
Louis Vuitton Incheon Airport, Seoul | Source: Inluxe S.Koreans go mass-market, online for luxury goods (Reuters) “Sixty years ago, war-torn South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world....
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BoF Daily Digest | Billion dollar man, Yoox samples China, Inditex eases,...
Michael Clinton | Source: Direct Marketing News Michael Clinton, Hearst’s Billion-Dollar Man (WWD) “It was a mere 18 months ago that many questioned whether his career at Hearst Magazines was over… But...
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BoF Daily Digest | Kors’ record IPO, Hermès shores up defense, Startup fever,...
Michael Kors | Source: Wall Street Journal Kors IPO sets US fashion record (FT) “Michael Kors, an upmarket fashion and accessories brand, has launched the biggest-ever public offering in US fashion,...
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BoF Daily Digest | Caution in China, Prada slump, Fashion week flare up, H&M...
Salvatore Ferragamo store Huhehaote China | Source: Moda Online Luxury brands turn cautious on China (FT) “Watching three malls open within a square mile over the past year and a fourth preparing to...
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BoF Daily Digest | Flocking to UK luxury bargains, China’s leg up, Blogging...
Gucci store Bicester Village | Source: Thread Luxury shoppers travel to UK for bargains (FT) “The changing appetites of Asian shoppers have driven share prices of luxury groups up and down during the...
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BoF Daily Digest | Valli Couture, Pre-fall’s problem, Fakes in the digital...
Giambattista Valli Fall 2011 Couture | Source: Style.com Giambattista Valli is Officially a Couturier Now (The Cut) “Giambattista Valli showed his first couture collection in Paris earlier this year,...
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BoF Daily Digest | Mobile allure, LVMH grows Hermès stake, Nike’s brand...
App Icons | Source: Blogversity Online retailing: The mobile allure (FT) “The transparency and convenience of ‘mobile commerce’ have given Americans the upper hand over retailers, according to Mr...
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BoF Daily Digest | Gucci groove, Alaia’s excellence, Consumption equality,...
Frida Giannini | Source: Vogue Taiwan How Gucci Got Its Groove Back (Departures) “Today she’s happy being the woman behind the brand, unlike Ford, who was ultimately bigger than Gucci, which is why, in...
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BoF Daily Digest | Liz Claiborne’s new name, Indian e-commerce, Marc’s world,...
Liz Claiborne Autumn/Winter 09/10 | Source: NY Mag For Liz Claiborne, will new name bring better luck? (MSN Money) “When Liz Claiborne sold its namesake brand to J.C. Penney late last year for $288...
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BoF Daily Digest | Future of denim, Fashion tech frenzy, China luxury trends,...
Rising Sun jeans | Source: FM8Y Niche specialists will take denim into the future (The National) “The classic five-pocket western jeans may be just that – a classic – but perhaps more consumers are now...
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BoF Daily Digest | Chinese fast lane, Russian spending, Second-hand luxury,...
Bottega Veneta Store China | Source: Be the Boss Chinese are up to speed with life in the fast lane (LA Times) “Companies obsessed with China a few years back for its flagrant counterfeiting now see it...
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BoF Daily Digest | Singapore to the fore, Twitter’s ambition, Fashion...
Louis Vuitton Singapore | Source: Luxuo Singapore to the fore (FT) “‘Until two to three years ago, not much had happened in Singapore’s [fashion and retail] scene,’ says Jean-Baptiste Debains,...
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BoF Daily Digest | Escada turnaround, Claiborne shares plummet, Parallel...
Escada Spring/Summer 2011 | Source: Fanpop How Escada Clawed Its Way Back From Bankruptcy (Die Welt) “With Berlin Fashion Week — the first big fashion event of 2012 — just a week away, excitement is...
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BoF Daily Digest | Couture dream, Lion Capital’s defence, Supergroup sales...
Lanvin by But Sou Lai | Source: NY Times The Inside Story of a Couture Dream in the Making (IHT) “Few dare to focus on a blank page, even if it has a gilded trim, or to imagine that a cover could be...
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BoF Daily Digest | Croc phenomenon, Tiffany loses lustre, Pre-Fall confusion,...
Crocs store Holland | Source: Open Travel How Crocs Moved from Fashion Trend to $1 Billion Phenom (Forbes) “If they weren’t exactly running out to buy a pair of those bulbous bright resin (please don’t...
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