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Luxury

Brands Beware: The Digital Grey Market Is Growing

Online grey market vendors are offering hefty discounts on luxury products via websites that mimic official e-tailers. How can they be stopped?  

Luxury

Brands Beware: The Digital Grey Market Is Growing

Online grey market vendors are offering hefty discounts on luxury products via websites that mimic official e-tailers. How can they be stopped?  


Beauty

Hermès, Gucci and the Luxury Lipstick Wars

With a new lipstick range, Hermès joins Tom Ford Beauty and Gucci in seeing colour cosmetics as the key to reaching new customers.

Beauty

Hermès, Gucci and the Luxury Lipstick Wars

With a new lipstick range, Hermès joins Tom Ford Beauty and Gucci in seeing colour cosmetics as the key to reaching new customers.


Workplace & Talent

Announcing Christian Louboutin, Harley-Davidson, Rehaimaiz and Shhhowercap

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.

Workplace & Talent

Announcing Christian Louboutin, Harley-Davidson, Rehaimaiz and Shhhowercap

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.


Retail

Nordstrom Needs New York. Does New York Need Nordstrom?

Nordstrom's massive new women's store, its first in Manhattan, is a big bet on the future of department stores even as some of its rivals are in retreat. But the Seattle-based chain isn't entering the city blind.

Retail

Nordstrom Needs New York. Does New York Need Nordstrom?

Nordstrom's massive new women's store, its first in Manhattan, is a big bet on the future of department stores even as some of its rivals are in retreat. But the Seattle-based chain isn't entering the city blind.


News & Analysis

Banana Republic Looks to Skin Tone and Size Inclusivity for Turnaround

The preppy clothing chain, which has posted three straight quarters of declining same-store sales, is under increasing pressure to reinvent itself as Gap prepares to split from Old Navy.

News & Analysis

Banana Republic Looks to Skin Tone and Size Inclusivity for Turnaround

The preppy clothing chain, which has posted three straight quarters of declining same-store sales, is under increasing pressure to reinvent itself as Gap prepares to split from Old Navy.


Beauty

Does the World Need Another Influencer Beauty Brand? Tina Craig Thinks So.

Blogging about handbags might be what made Tina Craig a fixture of fashion’s early influencer set, but the BagSnob founder is about to take on the role of beauty entrepreneur with skincare brand UBeauty.

Beauty

Does the World Need Another Influencer Beauty Brand? Tina Craig Thinks So.

Blogging about handbags might be what made Tina Craig a fixture of fashion’s early influencer set, but the BagSnob founder is about to take on the role of beauty entrepreneur with skincare brand UBeauty.


Luxury

Luxury Brands Need Better Strategies for Bollywood. Here’s Why.

Global brands are hungry for a bigger slice of India’s $30 billion luxury market but they aren’t exploiting the country’s colossal film industry to its full potential.

Luxury

Luxury Brands Need Better Strategies for Bollywood. Here’s Why.

Global brands are hungry for a bigger slice of India’s $30 billion luxury market but they aren’t exploiting the country’s colossal film industry to its full potential.


Marketing

Luxury Brands Are Taking Over the Street Art Scene

Music and sportswear companies have been buying graffiti ads for several years. From Gucci to Louboutin, now, the luxury industry is getting in on the act.

Marketing

Luxury Brands Are Taking Over the Street Art Scene

Music and sportswear companies have been buying graffiti ads for several years. From Gucci to Louboutin, now, the luxury industry is getting in on the act.


News & Analysis

The RealReal Soars 40 Percent in Debut

The shares opened at $28, above their initial public offering price of $20.

News & Analysis

The RealReal Soars 40 Percent in Debut

The shares opened at $28, above their initial public offering price of $20.


Beauty

The BoF Podcast: Makeup Artist Isamaya Ffrench on How to Define Beauty

The makeup artist behind Rihanna's thin-eyebrowed British Vogue cover speaks to Tim Blanks about the curation of identity through makeup, and the rapidly changing face of beauty.

Beauty

The BoF Podcast: Makeup Artist Isamaya Ffrench on How to Define Beauty

The makeup artist behind Rihanna's thin-eyebrowed British Vogue cover speaks to Tim Blanks about the curation of identity through makeup, and the rapidly changing face of beauty.


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The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.

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