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BoF Daily Digest | Holiday collaboration, KCD and Spring deal, Burberry sales...
Neiman Marcus/Target | Source: The Budget Babe Target Teams Up With Neiman Marcus to Create a Holiday Sales Smash (Forbes) “You don’t need to be a fashion slave to understand that the newly announced...
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BoF Daily Digest | Marvin S. Traub, Lyst picks up $5m, Dunhill winds up in...
Marvin Traub at Bloomingdale's | Source: NY Times Marvin S. Traub, Impresario of Bloomingdale’s, Dies at 87 (NY Times) “One of the most creative retailers of his era, Mr. Traub made Bloomingdale’s...
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BoF Daily Digest | Fancy moves, Permira sells Valentino, China real estate...
The Fancy screen shot | Source: TechCrunch The Fancy’s E-Commerce Expansion Continues (TechCrunch) “This week, New York-based The Fancy, a Pinterest-like site with a focus on not just browsing, but...
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Week in Review | YSL Retrobranding, Making the Case for a Modern Couture, The...
Week in Review July 9-13 Making Sense of the YSL Retrobranding (Insight & Analysis) “When Hedi Slimane was appointed creative director of Yves Saint Laurent, last March, YSL’s parent company, PPR,...
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BoF Daily Digest | Lunch with Stella, China’s stylish side, Russian...
Stella McCartney | Source: My o My Lunch with Stella McCartney (FT) “Even for someone as competitively normal as Stella McCartney, who somehow manages to take the position that – despite her status as...
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BoF Daily Digest | Olympics economy, Discounting in India, Lucky aggregator,...
Olympic flags on Regent Street | Source: Canada.com Retailers fear Olympics might ring hollow (FT) “Optimism that the games would generate a rise in economic activity, to offset the effects of the...
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BoF Daily Digest | Future of fashion week, Rising rents in HK, Hearst upbeat,...
Technology and Fashion Week crowd | Photo: Courtesy, Fashion GPS Debating Fashion Week’s Role In The Digital Age (Style.com) “‘When I started New York fashion week in 1993, digital cameras did not...
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BoF Daily Digest | Fashion week in São Paulo, Joe Fresh at J.C. Penney,...
Reinaldo Lourenco June 2012 | Source: The Seattle Times São Paulo Fashion Week: One of the biggest fashion weeks in the world (Exec) “For many years, quality fashion in Brazil came from the European...
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BoF Daily Digest | Appetite for luxury, Forerunner’s $40m fund, Billabong...
Louis Vuitton Autumn/Winter 2012 | Source: Luxury Insider Emerging markets buy into luxury (FT) “Emerging market appetites for high-end handbags, fashionwear, champagne and cognac appeared to be...
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Week in Review | Camille Bidault-Waddington, Fit for Print, Mentorship tips,...
Week in Review July 23-27 The Creative Class | Camille Bidault-Waddington (The Creative Class) “‘I can’t help it. I’ll always have sweaters full of holes and scruffy hair,’ says Camille...
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BoF Daily Digest | Tavi’s girl world, September issues, Luxury in Beirut,...
Tavi Gevinson by Emily Beri | Source: NY Times The Oracle of Girl World (NY Times) “By the time Teen Vogue named her ‘the luckiest 13-year-old on the planet,’ in 2009, Ms. Gevinson had appeared on the...
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BoF Daily Digest | JC Penney plots turnaround, King Karl, Hugo Boss growth...
J.C. Penney store in Manhattan Mall | Source: Business Week Why JC Penney Will Come Back (The Motley Fool) “Rome wasn’t built in a day, and no one said JC Penney’s turnaround would happen overnight...
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BoF Daily Digest | Coach’s competition crisis, Olympic effect, J.Crew in HK,...
Coach Spring/Summer 2012 | Source: My Daily Coach Droops As Kors Grabs Handbag Customers In Slowdown: Retail (Bloomberg) “The largest U.S. maker of luxury leather goods is facing rising competition...
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BoF Daily Digest | Cautionary tales, Kids’ wear in China, Abercrombie profits...
Kari Sigerson and Miranda Morrison | Source: Malibu Mag A Hard Spill in Designer Shoes (NY Times) “Kari Sigerson and Miranda Morrison couldn’t take a wrong step in their climb from Fashion Institute of...
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BoF Daily Digest | Argentinian exodus, Creative start-ups, Russian modesty,...
Skyline of Buenos Aires | Source: Skyscraper City Argentina: luxury goods companies head for the exit (FT) “Joining a growing list of luxury brands fleeing Argentina, Ralph Lauren has announced that it...
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Week in Review | François-Henri Pinault CEO Talk, Etienne Russo, The Man...
Week in Review July 30- August 3 BoF Exclusive | François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PPR (CEO Talk) “On the day of the official announcement of a major joint-venture between...
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BoF Daily Digest | Apple eyes The Fancy, LVMH in India, Anya’s investors,...
Joe Einhorn, CEO The Fancy | Source: Forbes Apple Wants To Buy Pinterest Rival, The Fancy (Business Insider) “Apple is in talks to acquire The Fancy, a fast-growing social commerce site backed by...
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BoF Daily Digest | Prada revenues jump, Bill Blass shake up, Magazine...
Prada Autumn/Winter 2012 | Source: Ftape Prada first-half revenue buoyed by robust Asian growth (Reuters) “Italian fashion house Prada, which competes with Louis Vuitton and PPR’s Gucci, posted a 36.5...
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BoF Daily Digest | Remembering Anna Piaggi, Tumi soars, Esprit’s key hire,...
Anna Piaggi by David Bailey | Source: AnOther Anna Piaggi, Fashion Editor With a Keen Eye for Trends, Dies at 81 (NY Times) “Anna Piaggi, an oracular Italian fashion editor known for an endless array...
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BoF Daily Digest | Revamping The Cut, West End boost, Short-selling luxury,...
New TheCut.com screen shot | Source: The Cut Revamped ‘The Cut’ Blog Will Take On The Fashion Glossies (Business Insider) “Readers of New York Magazine’s fashion blog The Cut are in for a treat when...
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