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.
stores
Retail
What Do Activist Investors Want From Fashion?
The arrival of an activist investor can cause a brand's stock to soar, but they can also trigger unpredictable battles over a company’s future.
What Do Activist Investors Want From Fashion?
The arrival of an activist investor can cause a brand's stock to soar, but they can also trigger unpredictable battles over a company’s future.
Global Markets
Inside Brazil’s Radical Retail Giant
With annual sales of $7 billion, an aggressive digital strategy and a slew of recent acquisitions, Magazine Luiza is determined to conquer the fashion category.
Inside Brazil’s Radical Retail Giant
With annual sales of $7 billion, an aggressive digital strategy and a slew of recent acquisitions, Magazine Luiza is determined to conquer the fashion category.
Luxury
Why an LVMH-Ralph Lauren Deal Is Unlikely
For LVMH, the American brand is too far removed from its core luxury-focused business model.
Why an LVMH-Ralph Lauren Deal Is Unlikely
For LVMH, the American brand is too far removed from its core luxury-focused business model.
Global Markets
How Much Will Luxury Benefit From Australia’s Reopening?
Wealthy tourists are key to the recovery of the Australian luxury market but analysts predict that the sector won’t return to pre-pandemic levels until next year.
How Much Will Luxury Benefit From Australia’s Reopening?
Wealthy tourists are key to the recovery of the Australian luxury market but analysts predict that the sector won’t return to pre-pandemic levels until next year.
Retail
At Revolve’s First Store, Anyone Can Be an Influencer
The fashion giant, known for its influencer trips and events, is opening a social club in LA that will be open to the general public.
At Revolve’s First Store, Anyone Can Be an Influencer
The fashion giant, known for its influencer trips and events, is opening a social club in LA that will be open to the general public.
Retail
The TikTok Thrifters Opening Physical Stores
Sellers are capitalising on the boom of ‘90s and early ‘00s vintage.
The TikTok Thrifters Opening Physical Stores
Sellers are capitalising on the boom of ‘90s and early ‘00s vintage.
Partner Content
At Flannels, Crafting Regional Retail Strategies to Drive Growth
British luxury retailer Flannels plans to open up to 15 experience-oriented flagships before 2025 to drive growth. BoF meets incoming CEO Michael Murray to discover how regional retail is evolving and how retailers can unlock growth outside of global cities.
At Flannels, Crafting Regional Retail Strategies to Drive Growth
British luxury retailer Flannels plans to open up to 15 experience-oriented flagships before 2025 to drive growth. BoF meets incoming CEO Michael Murray to discover how regional retail is evolving and how retailers can unlock growth outside of global cities.
Technology
What Will It Take for Consumers to Embrace Virtual Fitting Rooms?
Long touted as a solution for e-commerce’s low conversion rates and ballooning returns, AR and AI-powered fit-tech is gaining momentum, but is still facing the same old challenges.
What Will It Take for Consumers to Embrace Virtual Fitting Rooms?
Long touted as a solution for e-commerce’s low conversion rates and ballooning returns, AR and AI-powered fit-tech is gaining momentum, but is still facing the same old challenges.
Workplace & Talent
Are Fashion Companies Holding Firm on Diversity Commitments?
This year will serve as the critical litmus test for consumers and fashion staffers alike to filter out the companies that don’t, and do, view diversity as a long-term exercise.
Are Fashion Companies Holding Firm on Diversity Commitments?
This year will serve as the critical litmus test for consumers and fashion staffers alike to filter out the companies that don’t, and do, view diversity as a long-term exercise.
Entrepreneurship
Can Bode Build a Family Business That Lasts?
Designer Emily Adams Bode and her brother-in-law, CEO Dev Aujla, share their plans for slow-and-steady growth as they open a Los Angeles store.
Can Bode Build a Family Business That Lasts?
Designer Emily Adams Bode and her brother-in-law, CEO Dev Aujla, share their plans for slow-and-steady growth as they open a Los Angeles store.
Retail
Saving Fashion an Arm and a Leg (and Some Torsos Too)
Mannequin Madness is a company that salvages 60 tons of plastic and fibreglass figurines every year, highlighting an oft-overlooked area of sustainability in the industry.
Saving Fashion an Arm and a Leg (and Some Torsos Too)
Mannequin Madness is a company that salvages 60 tons of plastic and fibreglass figurines every year, highlighting an oft-overlooked area of sustainability in the industry.
Luxury
The Nine Lives of Proenza Schouler
What happened to the most promising brand in American fashion?
The Nine Lives of Proenza Schouler
What happened to the most promising brand in American fashion?
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.