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Technology

The Smart Glasses Gold Rush, Explained

Meta’s $3.5 billion investment in EssilorLuxottica is the clearest sign yet that some of the biggest names in tech and eyewear see smart glasses as a commercially viable category with a long-term future.

Technology

The Smart Glasses Gold Rush, Explained

Meta’s $3.5 billion investment in EssilorLuxottica is the clearest sign yet that some of the biggest names in tech and eyewear see smart glasses as a commercially viable category with a long-term future.


Direct-to-Consumer

How Brands Can Beat the E-Commerce Slowdown

The upside for online sales may be lower than many retailers anticipated. Physical stores and social commerce could make up the gap.

Direct-to-Consumer

How Brands Can Beat the E-Commerce Slowdown

The upside for online sales may be lower than many retailers anticipated. Physical stores and social commerce could make up the gap.


Direct-to-Consumer

What’s Behind DTC’s Sudden Obsession With Indie Fashion

Warby Parker, Everlane and other brands are partnering with small, but buzzy fashion labels as an inexpensive way to find new customers, and regain some status with shoppers who have moved on.

Direct-to-Consumer

What’s Behind DTC’s Sudden Obsession With Indie Fashion

Warby Parker, Everlane and other brands are partnering with small, but buzzy fashion labels as an inexpensive way to find new customers, and regain some status with shoppers who have moved on.


Direct-to-Consumer

The DTC Eyewear Brands Challenging Warby Parker

Warby Parker’s continued brick-and-mortar expansion has given two of its less recognisable digitally-native peers — Zenni Optical and Eyebuydirect — a chance to raise their profiles among online shoppers.

Direct-to-Consumer

The DTC Eyewear Brands Challenging Warby Parker

Warby Parker’s continued brick-and-mortar expansion has given two of its less recognisable digitally-native peers — Zenni Optical and Eyebuydirect — a chance to raise their profiles among online shoppers.


Direct-to-Consumer

Why Brand Awareness Is DTC’s New Challenge

Brands like Warby Parker, Allbirds and Olaplex have successfully slashed digital advertising costs. Now they need to figure out new ways to find customers.

Direct-to-Consumer

Why Brand Awareness Is DTC’s New Challenge

Brands like Warby Parker, Allbirds and Olaplex have successfully slashed digital advertising costs. Now they need to figure out new ways to find customers.


Direct-to-Consumer

For Many Digital Retailers, Profits and Growth Appear to Be Mutually Exclusive

DTC brands and e-commerce platforms delivered some rare good news this week in the form of shrinking losses, but investors were largely unimpressed.

Direct-to-Consumer

For Many Digital Retailers, Profits and Growth Appear to Be Mutually Exclusive

DTC brands and e-commerce platforms delivered some rare good news this week in the form of shrinking losses, but investors were largely unimpressed.


Direct-to-Consumer

Are DTC Brands Pulling Off Brick-and-Mortar?

As online advertising remains expensive and crowded, digital brands continue to invest in physical stores to drive customer growth. Warby Parker and Allbirds provide disparate case studies for how to navigate physical retail.

Direct-to-Consumer

Are DTC Brands Pulling Off Brick-and-Mortar?

As online advertising remains expensive and crowded, digital brands continue to invest in physical stores to drive customer growth. Warby Parker and Allbirds provide disparate case studies for how to navigate physical retail.


Direct-to-Consumer

What Happens When Digital Brands Have to Cut Back on Marketing

With an uncertain economic outlook, digital brands are forced to make tough calls on whether to cut back on marketing at the expense of growth or continue to spend and accept lower profits.

Direct-to-Consumer

What Happens When Digital Brands Have to Cut Back on Marketing

With an uncertain economic outlook, digital brands are forced to make tough calls on whether to cut back on marketing at the expense of growth or continue to spend and accept lower profits.


Direct-to-Consumer

How In-Store Services Help DTC Brands Win at Brick-and-Mortar

A growing number of direct-to-consumer brands have found a winning retail formula by putting a modern spin on routine services such as piercings and eye exams.

Direct-to-Consumer

How In-Store Services Help DTC Brands Win at Brick-and-Mortar

A growing number of direct-to-consumer brands have found a winning retail formula by putting a modern spin on routine services such as piercings and eye exams.


Retail

The Debrief | Making Sense of the Direct-to-Consumer Reckoning

Mounting customer acquisition costs and a pressure to grow fast have made it hard to build a profitable DTC business. BoF deputy editor Brian Baskin and retail correspondent Cathaleen Chen join Lauren Sherman to analyse the past, present and future of the market.

Retail

The Debrief | Making Sense of the Direct-to-Consumer Reckoning

Mounting customer acquisition costs and a pressure to grow fast have made it hard to build a profitable DTC business. BoF deputy editor Brian Baskin and retail correspondent Cathaleen Chen join Lauren Sherman to analyse the past, present and future of the market.