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The Trouble With Luxury E-Commerce
This week, Ssense said it laid off 138 workers, and MatchesFashion received a $73 million cash injection from its shareholder. From more niche players to giants like Farfetch, the pressure remains high for luxury e-tailers.

The Trouble With Luxury E-Commerce
This week, Ssense said it laid off 138 workers, and MatchesFashion received a $73 million cash injection from its shareholder. From more niche players to giants like Farfetch, the pressure remains high for luxury e-tailers.

Ssense Is the Latest Fashion Company to Reduce Headcount
The Montreal-based e-commerce retailer laid off 138 employees last week, or 7 percent of its total workforce.

Ssense Is the Latest Fashion Company to Reduce Headcount
The Montreal-based e-commerce retailer laid off 138 employees last week, or 7 percent of its total workforce.

Rethinking Luxury’s Distribution Strategy
Luxury brands and retailers’ business models and channel strategies are undergoing deep shifts, both online and off, as they adjust to new customer behaviours, reports The State of Fashion 2023.

Rethinking Luxury’s Distribution Strategy
Luxury brands and retailers’ business models and channel strategies are undergoing deep shifts, both online and off, as they adjust to new customer behaviours, reports The State of Fashion 2023.

Luxury E-Commerce: Crash or Correction?
In a little more than one year, luxury e-commerce stocks, from Farfetch to The RealReal, have plummeted from astronomical highs to trading at significant discounts to benchmark Amazon.

Luxury E-Commerce: Crash or Correction?
In a little more than one year, luxury e-commerce stocks, from Farfetch to The RealReal, have plummeted from astronomical highs to trading at significant discounts to benchmark Amazon.

The Instagrammer Who Became a Fashion Powerbroker
A simple post by @upnextdesigner’s Albert Ayal can change a young designer’s career. But Ayal is as much a connector as a curator.

The Instagrammer Who Became a Fashion Powerbroker
A simple post by @upnextdesigner’s Albert Ayal can change a young designer’s career. But Ayal is as much a connector as a curator.

Sequoia Capital China Acquires Majority Stake in We11done
The deal will help Seoul-based We11done to accelerate growth of its direct-to-consumer business across China, Europe and the US.

Sequoia Capital China Acquires Majority Stake in We11done
The deal will help Seoul-based We11done to accelerate growth of its direct-to-consumer business across China, Europe and the US.

Can Arthur Kar Build the Supreme of Cars?
L’art de l’automobile’s new collaboration with Porsche, set to be unveiled at Dover Street Market this week, is the latest sign of the growing opportunity at the intersection of fashion and automobiles.

Can Arthur Kar Build the Supreme of Cars?
L’art de l’automobile’s new collaboration with Porsche, set to be unveiled at Dover Street Market this week, is the latest sign of the growing opportunity at the intersection of fashion and automobiles.

Can Fashion Start-Ups Cash In on the Tennis Boom?
For a new wave of tennis-inflected fashion start-ups, success may depend on balancing the energy of the sport’s increasingly inclusive present with the allure of its exclusive past.

Can Fashion Start-Ups Cash In on the Tennis Boom?
For a new wave of tennis-inflected fashion start-ups, success may depend on balancing the energy of the sport’s increasingly inclusive present with the allure of its exclusive past.

How an Emerging Brand Plans to Parlay Instagram Buzz Into Luxury Sales
Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault’s label KNWLS’ has celebrity fans, plenty of Instagram buzz and rising sales. Now the design duo are hoping to prove to buyers and consumers they can move beyond corsets and bondage-inspired pieces.

How an Emerging Brand Plans to Parlay Instagram Buzz Into Luxury Sales
Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault’s label KNWLS’ has celebrity fans, plenty of Instagram buzz and rising sales. Now the design duo are hoping to prove to buyers and consumers they can move beyond corsets and bondage-inspired pieces.

Ssense Raises Money from Sequoia at $4.1 Billion Valuation, Eyes Chinese Market
BoF can reveal the funding marks the first-ever external investment for the Montreal-based luxury e-commerce company, known for its curated selection of brands, ambitious editorial strategy and younger audience.

Ssense Raises Money from Sequoia at $4.1 Billion Valuation, Eyes Chinese Market
BoF can reveal the funding marks the first-ever external investment for the Montreal-based luxury e-commerce company, known for its curated selection of brands, ambitious editorial strategy and younger audience.