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News & Analysis

The Top 10 Venture-Backed Fashion Startups

As a spate of disruptive startups inch toward a decade in business, those being disrupted are increasingly turning to acquisitions to better secure their futures. BoF identifies the top targets.

News & Analysis

The Top 10 Venture-Backed Fashion Startups

As a spate of disruptive startups inch toward a decade in business, those being disrupted are increasingly turning to acquisitions to better secure their futures. BoF identifies the top targets.


Workplace & Talent

The Best Companies To Work For In Fashion

The Business of Fashion surveyed over 2,600 industry professionals, representing more than 190 leading fashion companies around the world for our first annual report on the best companies to work for in fashion.

Workplace & Talent

The Best Companies To Work For In Fashion

The Business of Fashion surveyed over 2,600 industry professionals, representing more than 190 leading fashion companies around the world for our first annual report on the best companies to work for in fashion.


Luxury

How Direct-to-Consumer Brands Are Disrupting the Global Eyewear Business

Brands like France’s Izipizi, South Korea’s Gentle Monster and America’s Warby Parker are shaking up the eyewear market with direct-to-consumer models.

Luxury

How Direct-to-Consumer Brands Are Disrupting the Global Eyewear Business

Brands like France’s Izipizi, South Korea’s Gentle Monster and America’s Warby Parker are shaking up the eyewear market with direct-to-consumer models.


Technology

Snapchat, Facebook or Instagram: Who Is Winning the Social Media Shopping Race?

As fashion brands allocate more of their ad spend to social media, BoF examines which platforms are most efficient at delivering actual sales.

Technology

Snapchat, Facebook or Instagram: Who Is Winning the Social Media Shopping Race?

As fashion brands allocate more of their ad spend to social media, BoF examines which platforms are most efficient at delivering actual sales.


News & Analysis

Where Have All the Unicorns Gone?

The number of fashion start-ups reaching billion-dollar valuations has dropped off in 2016. BoF examines why fashion 'unicorns' have become an endangered species.

News & Analysis

Where Have All the Unicorns Gone?

The number of fashion start-ups reaching billion-dollar valuations has dropped off in 2016. BoF examines why fashion 'unicorns' have become an endangered species.


News & Analysis

How Gentle Monster Rode the K-Pop Wave to $160 Million

BoF’s Entrepreneurship Week kicks off with a report on South Korean eyewear brand Gentle Monster, which dodged the Warby Parker-clone trap with a design-led approach.

News & Analysis

How Gentle Monster Rode the K-Pop Wave to $160 Million

BoF’s Entrepreneurship Week kicks off with a report on South Korean eyewear brand Gentle Monster, which dodged the Warby Parker-clone trap with a design-led approach.


Retail

Can Young Luxury Brands Bypass Wholesale?

More and more emerging fashion designers are adopting a direct-to-consumer model, wooed by the promise of higher margins and a closer relationship with the customer. Can they really do without wholesale?

Retail

Can Young Luxury Brands Bypass Wholesale?

More and more emerging fashion designers are adopting a direct-to-consumer model, wooed by the promise of higher margins and a closer relationship with the customer. Can they really do without wholesale?


Retail

Op-Ed | Why E-tailers Need Brick-and-Mortar Stores

In a multi-channel world, where barriers to entry are falling, online fashion brands and retailers need a network of brick-and-mortar stores to fuel growth, argues Qasim Mohammad.

Retail

Op-Ed | Why E-tailers Need Brick-and-Mortar Stores

In a multi-channel world, where barriers to entry are falling, online fashion brands and retailers need a network of brick-and-mortar stores to fuel growth, argues Qasim Mohammad.


Workplace & Talent

Fashion Companies Need to Rethink Their HR Function

While most fashion companies are lagging behind in the “race for talent,” a few are getting ahead by investing in innovative HR strategies.

Workplace & Talent

Fashion Companies Need to Rethink Their HR Function

While most fashion companies are lagging behind in the “race for talent,” a few are getting ahead by investing in innovative HR strategies.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | Startups, VFiles, 3D Printing, Warby Parker

Bits & Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | Startups, VFiles, 3D Printing, Warby Parker

Bits & Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.