Chanel
Chanel is a French luxury fashion house founded by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in Paris in 1910. The company is privately owned by the Wertheimer family and headquartered in Paris.


Can Paris Fashion Week Survive a Coronavirus Second Wave?
Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermès and others say they'll stage live runway shows this autumn. But France’s sharp uptick in coronavirus cases could jeopardise organisers’ vision for a fashion week that mixes live-streaming and in-person events.

Can Paris Fashion Week Survive a Coronavirus Second Wave?
Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermès and others say they'll stage live runway shows this autumn. But France’s sharp uptick in coronavirus cases could jeopardise organisers’ vision for a fashion week that mixes live-streaming and in-person events.

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Chanel Haute Couture, January 22, 2013
BoF's editor-at-large travels back to Karl Lagerfeld’s Shakespearean Fairyland, when he transformed the Grand Palais into a forest right out of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Chanel Haute Couture, January 22, 2013
BoF's editor-at-large travels back to Karl Lagerfeld’s Shakespearean Fairyland, when he transformed the Grand Palais into a forest right out of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'

Why Aren’t More Chinese Department Stores Going Bankrupt?
While consolidation continues in China’s department store sector, the pandemic hasn’t dramatically hastened store closures and bankruptcies the way it has in the US. What’s their secret?

Why Aren’t More Chinese Department Stores Going Bankrupt?
While consolidation continues in China’s department store sector, the pandemic hasn’t dramatically hastened store closures and bankruptcies the way it has in the US. What’s their secret?

How to Make Your Sale Stand Out
From once-a-year events to private access, retail experts and consumer psychologists share the best discounting strategies for getting customers to shop sales.

How to Make Your Sale Stand Out
From once-a-year events to private access, retail experts and consumer psychologists share the best discounting strategies for getting customers to shop sales.

Where Do Independent Fashion Brands Go From Here?
Many have already closed, or will shut down in the coming months. But for those that make it through the industry’s implosion, they’ll need to find a better, more viable way of doing business. Some thoughts on moving forward.

Where Do Independent Fashion Brands Go From Here?
Many have already closed, or will shut down in the coming months. But for those that make it through the industry’s implosion, they’ll need to find a better, more viable way of doing business. Some thoughts on moving forward.

Why Beauty Brands Are Struggling to Develop New Products
The industry relies on a steady stream of launches to keep consumers interested. Pandemic-related shortages of key ingredients and delays in clinical testing have made it harder for them to deliver.

Why Beauty Brands Are Struggling to Develop New Products
The industry relies on a steady stream of launches to keep consumers interested. Pandemic-related shortages of key ingredients and delays in clinical testing have made it harder for them to deliver.

How Fashion Can Tap Into China’s Latest TV Craze
Hit programmes are a powerful way for brands to appeal to China’s 900 million internet users, but the mass marketing approach won’t pay off for everyone. Which brands are in position to benefit most?

How Fashion Can Tap Into China’s Latest TV Craze
Hit programmes are a powerful way for brands to appeal to China’s 900 million internet users, but the mass marketing approach won’t pay off for everyone. Which brands are in position to benefit most?

Who Wants to Buy Europe's Failing Fashion Brands?
An online retailer chasing growth, a supplier-turned-retailer, and a worried Italian government are among the unlikely cast of investors shelling out for brands including Warehouse, Naf Naf and Corneliani. The assets are small fish, but the deals could hint at bigger transactions to come.

Who Wants to Buy Europe's Failing Fashion Brands?
An online retailer chasing growth, a supplier-turned-retailer, and a worried Italian government are among the unlikely cast of investors shelling out for brands including Warehouse, Naf Naf and Corneliani. The assets are small fish, but the deals could hint at bigger transactions to come.

Lebanon’s Fashion Industry Hit by Triple Crisis
An explosion that rocked Beirut this week damaged or destroyed the headquarters of internationally renowned couturiers like Elie Saab, Zuhair Murad and Rabih Kayrouz and came at a time when Lebanon was already facing economic collapse and the coronavirus.

Lebanon’s Fashion Industry Hit by Triple Crisis
An explosion that rocked Beirut this week damaged or destroyed the headquarters of internationally renowned couturiers like Elie Saab, Zuhair Murad and Rabih Kayrouz and came at a time when Lebanon was already facing economic collapse and the coronavirus.

With Brand at Crossroads, Burberry's CEO Bets Big on China's Young Money
Burberry's turnaround was always going to be an uphill battle. Now, as the pandemic thwarts the company's plans to reinvigorate top-line growth this year, Marco Gobbetti is betting that a digital edge with Asia's Millennial and Gen-Z clients will pay off.

With Brand at Crossroads, Burberry's CEO Bets Big on China's Young Money
Burberry's turnaround was always going to be an uphill battle. Now, as the pandemic thwarts the company's plans to reinvigorate top-line growth this year, Marco Gobbetti is betting that a digital edge with Asia's Millennial and Gen-Z clients will pay off.