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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.

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News & Analysis

How I Became… Chief Operating Officer of Evolved By Nature

By harnessing liquid silk to replace biologically harmful chemicals in skincare and textiles, capturing the interest and subsequent investment from Chanel, Dr Rebecca Lacouture is paving the way in sustainable beauty product development.

News & Analysis

How I Became… Chief Operating Officer of Evolved By Nature

By harnessing liquid silk to replace biologically harmful chemicals in skincare and textiles, capturing the interest and subsequent investment from Chanel, Dr Rebecca Lacouture is paving the way in sustainable beauty product development.


China

Caution: China’s Luxury Rebound May Not Be What It Seems

Sales trends in Mainland China are encouraging, but don’t reflect anything remotely close to a cure for luxury’s woes.

China

Caution: China’s Luxury Rebound May Not Be What It Seems

Sales trends in Mainland China are encouraging, but don’t reflect anything remotely close to a cure for luxury’s woes.


Luxury

Rolex Joins Leading Watchmakers Withdrawing From Baselworld

The flagging event has already seen high-profile exits including Swatch Group, Patek Philippe and Chanel.

Luxury

Rolex Joins Leading Watchmakers Withdrawing From Baselworld

The flagging event has already seen high-profile exits including Swatch Group, Patek Philippe and Chanel.


Global Markets

How to Make Digital Fashion Weeks Work

When fashion weeks in Asia were called off, designers and organisers had to think on their feet and turned to livestreams to engage with their communities digitally. Here’s what worked and what didn’t.

Global Markets

How to Make Digital Fashion Weeks Work

When fashion weeks in Asia were called off, designers and organisers had to think on their feet and turned to livestreams to engage with their communities digitally. Here’s what worked and what didn’t.


Marketing

How to Win at Instagram Live

While consumers are confined to their homes, they are engaging with brands more than ever on the social media platform through real-time, live stream programming. But the point isn’t to sell products.

Marketing

How to Win at Instagram Live

While consumers are confined to their homes, they are engaging with brands more than ever on the social media platform through real-time, live stream programming. But the point isn’t to sell products.


Luxury

The BoF Podcast: Sam McKnight on Why Fashion Is the ‘Eternal Optimist’

In the latest special edition of the BoF Podcast, celebrated hair stylist Sam McKnight talks to BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks about the future of hairstyling and the fashion industry beyond the coronavirus pandemic.

Luxury

The BoF Podcast: Sam McKnight on Why Fashion Is the ‘Eternal Optimist’

In the latest special edition of the BoF Podcast, celebrated hair stylist Sam McKnight talks to BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks about the future of hairstyling and the fashion industry beyond the coronavirus pandemic.


Luxury

For Luxury, an Acceleration of the Inevitable

Will the coronavirus pandemic change the way consumers shop forever? When it comes to the market for personal luxury goods, expect behaviour to shift far more quickly than anticipated.

Luxury

For Luxury, an Acceleration of the Inevitable

Will the coronavirus pandemic change the way consumers shop forever? When it comes to the market for personal luxury goods, expect behaviour to shift far more quickly than anticipated.


Financial Markets

Industry Sees Hope in China, as Coronavirus Takes Toll in the West

Coronavirus is spreading across the world with signs of recovery in Asia offset by growing pandemonium in Europe and the United States.

Financial Markets

Industry Sees Hope in China, as Coronavirus Takes Toll in the West

Coronavirus is spreading across the world with signs of recovery in Asia offset by growing pandemonium in Europe and the United States.


Luxury

Does Chanel's Barely There E-Commerce Strategy Make Sense in the Pandemic?

The luxury giant does not sell fashion, fine jewellery or watches online, leaving it without alternatives for many of its lucrative categories as stores are closed.

Luxury

Does Chanel's Barely There E-Commerce Strategy Make Sense in the Pandemic?

The luxury giant does not sell fashion, fine jewellery or watches online, leaving it without alternatives for many of its lucrative categories as stores are closed.


Fashion Week

A Year Without Fashion Shows

It’s increasingly likely that fashion shows will be cancelled for the duration of the year. What will be lost? How might the industry adapt? And what will fashion week look like when the crisis ends?

Fashion Week

A Year Without Fashion Shows

It’s increasingly likely that fashion shows will be cancelled for the duration of the year. What will be lost? How might the industry adapt? And what will fashion week look like when the crisis ends?