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Skims is a shapewear brand with inclusive size ranges, founded by Kim Kardashian in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, US.

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Workplace & Talent

How AI Is Changing Fashion’s Recruiting Process

A growing number of fashion and beauty brands are looking to AI to solve age-old recruiting challenges, from wading through piles of résumés to writing job postings — but even with all their promise, these new technologies aren’t without shortcomings.

Workplace & Talent

How AI Is Changing Fashion’s Recruiting Process

A growing number of fashion and beauty brands are looking to AI to solve age-old recruiting challenges, from wading through piles of résumés to writing job postings — but even with all their promise, these new technologies aren’t without shortcomings.


Financial Markets

The Year Ahead: The Future of Fashion Deal-Making

For fashion’s private market investors, deal-making may provide less-than-ideal returns and raise questions about the long-term value creation opportunities across parts of the fashion industry, reports The State of Fashion 2024.

Financial Markets

The Year Ahead: The Future of Fashion Deal-Making

For fashion’s private market investors, deal-making may provide less-than-ideal returns and raise questions about the long-term value creation opportunities across parts of the fashion industry, reports The State of Fashion 2024.


Retail

Major Brands Fret as ‘Dupes’ Lure Holiday Shoppers

Growing demand for lookalike products, coupled with a pullback in spending due to inflation, is cutting in to sales of some trendy, big-name products.

Retail

Major Brands Fret as ‘Dupes’ Lure Holiday Shoppers

Growing demand for lookalike products, coupled with a pullback in spending due to inflation, is cutting in to sales of some trendy, big-name products.


Technology

How Social Media Turned Athletes Into Fashion Marketing Machines

Platforms like Instagram let sports stars connect with fans in ways they couldn’t previously, while helping to make fashion a vital element of an athlete’s image and branding.

Technology

How Social Media Turned Athletes Into Fashion Marketing Machines

Platforms like Instagram let sports stars connect with fans in ways they couldn’t previously, while helping to make fashion a vital element of an athlete’s image and branding.


Sports

Case Study | Fashion’s New Rules For Sports Marketing

Capitalising on sport’s soaring commercial and cultural relevance is becoming a primary focus for fashion brands. Winning sports-marketing strategies today hinge on building long-term, collaborative partnerships with athletes and organisations that resonate with a brand’s target consumers, as experts in BoF’s latest case study explain.

Sports

Case Study | Fashion’s New Rules For Sports Marketing

Capitalising on sport’s soaring commercial and cultural relevance is becoming a primary focus for fashion brands. Winning sports-marketing strategies today hinge on building long-term, collaborative partnerships with athletes and organisations that resonate with a brand’s target consumers, as experts in BoF’s latest case study explain.


Retail

What Birkenstock’s IPO Says About the Future of the Fashion Market

After 18 months of hardly any listings on the equity market, a number of fashion brands are now eyeing public offerings in the coming months. A full recovery, however, is yet to be in sight.

Retail

What Birkenstock’s IPO Says About the Future of the Fashion Market

After 18 months of hardly any listings on the equity market, a number of fashion brands are now eyeing public offerings in the coming months. A full recovery, however, is yet to be in sight.


News & Analysis

Why Fashion Brands and Wealthy Americans (Still) Love London

The British economy may be in the doldrums, but London remains a magnet for international fashion brands and American tourists, writes Imran Amed.

News & Analysis

Why Fashion Brands and Wealthy Americans (Still) Love London

The British economy may be in the doldrums, but London remains a magnet for international fashion brands and American tourists, writes Imran Amed.


Retail

Lizzo’s Shapewear Brand Yitty Is Launching Its First Gender Neutral Line

A year after making a splash in the shapewear market, Yitty is expanding its product offering to underrepresented gender identities and ramping up its customer engagement efforts.

Retail

Lizzo’s Shapewear Brand Yitty Is Launching Its First Gender Neutral Line

A year after making a splash in the shapewear market, Yitty is expanding its product offering to underrepresented gender identities and ramping up its customer engagement efforts.


Retail

Emma and Jens Grede: The Power Couple Behind the Kardashian Industrial Complex

The architects of multiple retail triumphs, including Skims and Good American, share a personal and professional chemistry that fuels their success.

Retail

Emma and Jens Grede: The Power Couple Behind the Kardashian Industrial Complex

The architects of multiple retail triumphs, including Skims and Good American, share a personal and professional chemistry that fuels their success.


Retail

The Debrief | How Skims Took on Victoria’s Secret and Spanx

Kim Kardashian’s ‘solution wear’ line was recently valued at $3.2 billion. BoF correspondent Alexandra Mondalek charts the rise of the brand, and details what challenges lie ahead.

Retail

The Debrief | How Skims Took on Victoria’s Secret and Spanx

Kim Kardashian’s ‘solution wear’ line was recently valued at $3.2 billion. BoF correspondent Alexandra Mondalek charts the rise of the brand, and details what challenges lie ahead.