Lululemon Sees Annual Revenue, Profit Below Estimates Amid Board, Demand Challenges
CEO Calvin McDonald stepped down in December following months of share price weakness and lack of design freshness.
Podcasts
Podcasts on fashion news & analysis | The Business of Fashion
Luxury
The Debrief | Why Chanel Is Opening Private Boutiques
BoF’s luxury editor Robert Williams offers insight into the surprising news that the mega-label plans to open stores dedicated to serving top customers.
The Debrief | Why Chanel Is Opening Private Boutiques
BoF’s luxury editor Robert Williams offers insight into the surprising news that the mega-label plans to open stores dedicated to serving top customers.
Technology
The Secrets to Sustained Success on TikTok
At the BoF Professional Summit, viral TikTok creators Nic Kauffman and Wisdom Kaye explained what drives success on the platform, while communications executive Christopher Bugg and talent agent Pranav Mandavia discussed the critical elements of a compelling TikTok strategy for brands.
The Secrets to Sustained Success on TikTok
At the BoF Professional Summit, viral TikTok creators Nic Kauffman and Wisdom Kaye explained what drives success on the platform, while communications executive Christopher Bugg and talent agent Pranav Mandavia discussed the critical elements of a compelling TikTok strategy for brands.
Sustainability
The Debrief: Is This the Beginning of the End for Leather?
Brands including Stella McCartney, Balenciaga and Hermès are making products from mushroom-based material. BoF’s chief sustainability correspondent Sarah Kent details the forces pushing next-gen fabrics like mycelium leather forward — and whether the much-hyped sustainability solution has a future in fashion.
The Debrief: Is This the Beginning of the End for Leather?
Brands including Stella McCartney, Balenciaga and Hermès are making products from mushroom-based material. BoF’s chief sustainability correspondent Sarah Kent details the forces pushing next-gen fabrics like mycelium leather forward — and whether the much-hyped sustainability solution has a future in fashion.
Technology
How Fashion Can Use Digital IDs
Imaginary Ventures’ Natalie Massenet, and Natasha Franck, founder of digital ID-maker Eon discuss what giving every garment a digital identity could do for fashion.
How Fashion Can Use Digital IDs
Imaginary Ventures’ Natalie Massenet, and Natasha Franck, founder of digital ID-maker Eon discuss what giving every garment a digital identity could do for fashion.
Retail
The Debrief: The Decline of the Skinny Jean
This week on The Debrief, BoF correspondent Chavie Lieber chronicles the rise and fall of the once-dominant denim silhouette — and explains why it’ll never go away completely.
The Debrief: The Decline of the Skinny Jean
This week on The Debrief, BoF correspondent Chavie Lieber chronicles the rise and fall of the once-dominant denim silhouette — and explains why it’ll never go away completely.
Luxury
The Debrief: How Luxury Woos the World’s Biggest Spenders
BoF’s Chavie Lieber dives into the elaborate and secretive way luxury brands court their high-spending clients with trips to exotic locales and entry to exclusive events.
The Debrief: How Luxury Woos the World’s Biggest Spenders
BoF’s Chavie Lieber dives into the elaborate and secretive way luxury brands court their high-spending clients with trips to exotic locales and entry to exclusive events.
Workplace & Talent
How to Fix the Loneliness Epidemic
To mark Mental Health Awareness Month, intimacy expert and podcast host Lila lays out a formula for creating intimacy to combat loneliness.
How to Fix the Loneliness Epidemic
To mark Mental Health Awareness Month, intimacy expert and podcast host Lila lays out a formula for creating intimacy to combat loneliness.
Sustainability
The Debrief: Fashion’s Greenwashing Problem
In a sea of unsubstantiated claims about sustainability, BoF’s Sarah Kent explains why it's so hard to measure impact, and what sort of regulation could be coming for fashion.
The Debrief: Fashion’s Greenwashing Problem
In a sea of unsubstantiated claims about sustainability, BoF’s Sarah Kent explains why it's so hard to measure impact, and what sort of regulation could be coming for fashion.
Media
Inside the Unauthorised Biography of Anna Wintour
On this week’s episode of The BoF Podcast, BoF’s Imran Amed quizzes Amy Odell on how she went about biographing the fashion media icon, and the surprising things she learned on the way.
Inside the Unauthorised Biography of Anna Wintour
On this week’s episode of The BoF Podcast, BoF’s Imran Amed quizzes Amy Odell on how she went about biographing the fashion media icon, and the surprising things she learned on the way.
Luxury
The Debrief: How Vacation Clothes Became Big Business
BoF’s Tamison O’Connor explains how the fashion industry is betting on resortwear as consumers return to their pre-pandemic lifestyles and travel rebounds.
The Debrief: How Vacation Clothes Became Big Business
BoF’s Tamison O’Connor explains how the fashion industry is betting on resortwear as consumers return to their pre-pandemic lifestyles and travel rebounds.
Technology
Benoit Pagotto: Fashion Brands Are Getting Community Building Wrong
At the BoF Professional Summit, RTFKT’s co-founder explained why he agreed to sell to Nike in 2021, and unpacked how brands can leverage web3 and associated technologies to grow their communities.
Benoit Pagotto: Fashion Brands Are Getting Community Building Wrong
At the BoF Professional Summit, RTFKT’s co-founder explained why he agreed to sell to Nike in 2021, and unpacked how brands can leverage web3 and associated technologies to grow their communities.
Technology
The Debrief: Who Is Designing Fashion in the Metaverse?
BoF’s Marc Bain chats with Lauren Sherman about the 3D creators, game designers and NFT experts bringing fashion into the virtual world.
The Debrief: Who Is Designing Fashion in the Metaverse?
BoF’s Marc Bain chats with Lauren Sherman about the 3D creators, game designers and NFT experts bringing fashion into the virtual world.
The News in Brief
Puig Announces New CEO
Jose Manuel Albesa will succeed Marc Puig, becoming the first non-family member to lead the Spanish conglomerate in more than 20 years.
Spandex Maker Lycra Files for Bankruptcy After Years of Stress
The company has been hampered with disruptions to supply chains, elevated inflation, growing competition from low-cost manufacturers and trade tariffs.
US SEC Preparing to Eliminate Quarterly Reporting Requirement, WSJ Says
The proposal would give companies the option to share results twice a year.
Kering Unveils New Jewellery Unit, Merges Fashion Brand Reporting
Kering’s newly created jewellery division regroups Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo and Qeelin brands as the company aims to pool resources. The conglomerate is also regrouping fashion brand reporting, shielding smaller labels from investor scrutiny.
Bondholders Approve Saks Global’s Five-Year Business Plan
Saks is moving towards exiting bankruptcy and tapped an additional $300 million of its Chapter 11 financing package.
Luxury Stocks Face Most Bearish Sentiment in Years, UBS Says
War in the Middle East, the luxury industry’s fastest-growing market, threatens to delay a long-expected rebound in demand.
Trump Signs Order to Combat Fraudulent ‘Made in America’ Labels, White House Says
The executive order directs the FTC chairman to prioritise enforcement of existing laws against sellers and manufacturers who falsely claim products are made in America.