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Designer & Founder, Tommy Hilfiger

The American designer was one of the first to launch a global lifestyle brand of preppy, sporty apparel and sold it for billions.

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News & Analysis

Faded Department Store Brands Search For New Identity Online

Brands and the licensees that make their clothes are rewriting the rules of retail as they work together to court the modern consumer and compete online.

News & Analysis

Faded Department Store Brands Search For New Identity Online

Brands and the licensees that make their clothes are rewriting the rules of retail as they work together to court the modern consumer and compete online.


News & Analysis

A Week of Reckoning at Condé Nast

The publishing company is reported to have lost more than $120 million last year and plans to put Brides, Golf Digest and W up for sale. But the makeover won't end there.

News & Analysis

A Week of Reckoning at Condé Nast

The publishing company is reported to have lost more than $120 million last year and plans to put Brides, Golf Digest and W up for sale. But the makeover won't end there.


Retail

Uniqlo’s $300 Million Bet on Federer

The logic behind Uniqlo’s 10-year deal with 36-year-old tennis legend Roger Federer.

Retail

Uniqlo’s $300 Million Bet on Federer

The logic behind Uniqlo’s 10-year deal with 36-year-old tennis legend Roger Federer.


News & Analysis

Perry Ellis Advises Shareholders to Vote for Lower Buyout Offer From Founder

The company was put at the centre of an unexpected bidding war on Monday after Randa Accessories made a $444 million offer,  higher than the $437 million offer from founder George Feldenkreis.

News & Analysis

Perry Ellis Advises Shareholders to Vote for Lower Buyout Offer From Founder

The company was put at the centre of an unexpected bidding war on Monday after Randa Accessories made a $444 million offer,  higher than the $437 million offer from founder George Feldenkreis.


News & Analysis

Randa Accessories Makes Offer to Buy Perry Ellis

Randa's $28-per-share offer is 50 cents higher than a competing offer from the apparel brand's founder George Feldenkreis, and could derail Feldenkreis' deal to take the company private.

News & Analysis

Randa Accessories Makes Offer to Buy Perry Ellis

Randa's $28-per-share offer is 50 cents higher than a competing offer from the apparel brand's founder George Feldenkreis, and could derail Feldenkreis' deal to take the company private.


Luxury

Amidst Consolidation Wave, Acne Studios Could Fetch €500m

The luxury market has seen no shortage of mergers and acquisitions and the pace is picking up with Dries Van Noten and Missoni signing deals in the past week alone.

Luxury

Amidst Consolidation Wave, Acne Studios Could Fetch €500m

The luxury market has seen no shortage of mergers and acquisitions and the pace is picking up with Dries Van Noten and Missoni signing deals in the past week alone.


Sustainability

Circularity: Sustainable Fashion’s Holy Grail or Greenwashing?

For many fashion brands, circularity begins and ends with marketing campaigns or capsule collections featuring recycled materials, an approach some activists liken to greenwashing.

Sustainability

Circularity: Sustainable Fashion’s Holy Grail or Greenwashing?

For many fashion brands, circularity begins and ends with marketing campaigns or capsule collections featuring recycled materials, an approach some activists liken to greenwashing.


News & Analysis

Supreme, Ralph Lauren, Raf Simons Honoured at the 2018 CFDA Awards

The American fashion industry’s annual awards ceremony aimed to strike a balance between honouring industry stalwarts and recognising the disruptors paving a new way forward in tough times.

News & Analysis

Supreme, Ralph Lauren, Raf Simons Honoured at the 2018 CFDA Awards

The American fashion industry’s annual awards ceremony aimed to strike a balance between honouring industry stalwarts and recognising the disruptors paving a new way forward in tough times.


Retail

The Gucci-Gap Divide: How Luxury Is Winning the Race for Millennial Spend

Luxury labels like Gucci and Balenciaga — whose $1,300 'T-Shirt Shirt' spawned countless memes this week — are pulling away from the pack. When was the last time a Gap t-shirt generated that kind of traction on Instagram?

Retail

The Gucci-Gap Divide: How Luxury Is Winning the Race for Millennial Spend

Luxury labels like Gucci and Balenciaga — whose $1,300 'T-Shirt Shirt' spawned countless memes this week — are pulling away from the pack. When was the last time a Gap t-shirt generated that kind of traction on Instagram?


News & Analysis

Power Moves | Man About Town Appoints Editor, Belstaff's New Designer

This week, Nini Bonavoglia joins Man About Town as editor, while Belstaff names Sean Lehnhardt-Moore as creative director.

News & Analysis

Power Moves | Man About Town Appoints Editor, Belstaff's New Designer

This week, Nini Bonavoglia joins Man About Town as editor, while Belstaff names Sean Lehnhardt-Moore as creative director.


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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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