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What Makes a Luxury Store Successful

From distinctive design to high-low experiences, there’s a new list of must-haves for making upscale retail work in 2022.

Retail

What Makes a Luxury Store Successful

From distinctive design to high-low experiences, there’s a new list of must-haves for making upscale retail work in 2022.


Luxury

Balenciaga to Open Paris ‘Couture Store’

The Avenue George V store will stock limited-edition pieces and act as a ‘gateway to couture,’ said CEO Cédric Charbit.

Luxury

Balenciaga to Open Paris ‘Couture Store’

The Avenue George V store will stock limited-edition pieces and act as a ‘gateway to couture,’ said CEO Cédric Charbit.


Partner Content

How Neiman Marcus Group Is Optimising Its Digital Transformation

With over $200m invested in its technology, and new backing from Farfetch, the Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman owner seeks to revolutionise luxury experiences through digital innovation.

Partner Content

How Neiman Marcus Group Is Optimising Its Digital Transformation

With over $200m invested in its technology, and new backing from Farfetch, the Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman owner seeks to revolutionise luxury experiences through digital innovation.


Retail

How to Navigate the Return of Wholesale

After a hard pivot to e-commerce during the pandemic, many brands are back to working with retailers. This time, they say the terms have changed in their favour.

Retail

How to Navigate the Return of Wholesale

After a hard pivot to e-commerce during the pandemic, many brands are back to working with retailers. This time, they say the terms have changed in their favour.


Retail

How to Take a Brand From Local to Global

For most of its first two decades, Farm Rio was little known outside its native Brazil. But since entering the US in 2019, the dressmaker has made a splash in contemporary womenswear, with sales reaching $50 million in its new market last year. Next up: Europe.

Retail

How to Take a Brand From Local to Global

For most of its first two decades, Farm Rio was little known outside its native Brazil. But since entering the US in 2019, the dressmaker has made a splash in contemporary womenswear, with sales reaching $50 million in its new market last year. Next up: Europe.


Technology

The Technologies Reinventing Physical Retail

In-store mobile apps and micro-fulfilment tech can address consumer pain points and enable companies to incorporate their physical retail networks into omnichannel shopping journeys.

Technology

The Technologies Reinventing Physical Retail

In-store mobile apps and micro-fulfilment tech can address consumer pain points and enable companies to incorporate their physical retail networks into omnichannel shopping journeys.


Retail

Can Levi’s Be More Than a Denim Brand?

The American retailer wants to reach $10 billion in sales by 2027, with plans to open more stores, expand into new categories and potentially buy other fashion companies.

Retail

Can Levi’s Be More Than a Denim Brand?

The American retailer wants to reach $10 billion in sales by 2027, with plans to open more stores, expand into new categories and potentially buy other fashion companies.


Technology

The Opportunity in Hyper-Personalising Shopping

Big Data and AI can power one-to-one experiences that build long-term loyalty.

Technology

The Opportunity in Hyper-Personalising Shopping

Big Data and AI can power one-to-one experiences that build long-term loyalty.


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.

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.


Global Markets

Vietnam’s Luxury Market Is Heating Up

Gucci and Tiffany are among the brands investing in the Southeast Asian market with an increasingly wealthy and cosmopolitan consumer class.

Global Markets

Vietnam’s Luxury Market Is Heating Up

Gucci and Tiffany are among the brands investing in the Southeast Asian market with an increasingly wealthy and cosmopolitan consumer class.


Technology

COS Is Trying to Crack the Code On High-Tech Stores

The H&M brand is rolling out a suite of new in-store technologies at its US locations to engage shoppers and learn what works.

Technology

COS Is Trying to Crack the Code On High-Tech Stores

The H&M brand is rolling out a suite of new in-store technologies at its US locations to engage shoppers and learn what works.


Technology

Zalando Co-CEO on Bringing Data Science to Fashion Retail

AI is critical to how the German fashion giant matches millions of customers with the right product in the right fit.

Technology

Zalando Co-CEO on Bringing Data Science to Fashion Retail

AI is critical to how the German fashion giant matches millions of customers with the right product in the right fit.