De Beers Makes Sweeping Cuts to Its Elite Diamond-Buying Club
The diamond company produced less than 22 million carats last year, down from almost 35 million in 2022.
Videos
The home of fashion video on BoF.
Technology
BoF LIVE: The Future of Virtual Fashion
A panel of experts join BoF to discuss how fashion fits into the nuanced worlds of NFTs, the metaverse, crypto and gaming.
BoF LIVE: The Future of Virtual Fashion
A panel of experts join BoF to discuss how fashion fits into the nuanced worlds of NFTs, the metaverse, crypto and gaming.
Retail
BoF LIVE: Why Price Inflation Is Coming to Fashion
Simeon Siegal, BMO Capital Markets managing director and Jyothi Rao, Intermix chief executive join BoF to discuss why fashion brands are raising prices and pulling back on discounts, and whether the trend will last.
BoF LIVE: Why Price Inflation Is Coming to Fashion
Simeon Siegal, BMO Capital Markets managing director and Jyothi Rao, Intermix chief executive join BoF to discuss why fashion brands are raising prices and pulling back on discounts, and whether the trend will last.
Sustainability
Re-Invention: How Fashion’s Megabrands Will Adapt to Post-Pandemic Customer Behaviour
A grand Paris store reopens. But when customers return, what will they expect?
Re-Invention: How Fashion’s Megabrands Will Adapt to Post-Pandemic Customer Behaviour
A grand Paris store reopens. But when customers return, what will they expect?
Workplace & Talent
BoF LIVE: Why Fashion Needs Chief Brand Officers
Labels are hiring chief brand officers, who are tasked with navigating an environment where everything can affect their images — and consumers care about what holidays they offer their employees and who their suppliers are.
BoF LIVE: Why Fashion Needs Chief Brand Officers
Labels are hiring chief brand officers, who are tasked with navigating an environment where everything can affect their images — and consumers care about what holidays they offer their employees and who their suppliers are.
Marketing
BoF LIVE: How Brands Can Leverage the Power of Social Media
The rules of social media marketing are changing, and brands sit at a critical juncture as they revamp their strategies — BoF’s Alexandra Mondalek probes the pros and cons of various approaches with a panel of experts.
BoF LIVE: How Brands Can Leverage the Power of Social Media
The rules of social media marketing are changing, and brands sit at a critical juncture as they revamp their strategies — BoF’s Alexandra Mondalek probes the pros and cons of various approaches with a panel of experts.
Luxury
Disruption: Is Luxury Fashion Ready to Change?
An industry reawakens. But could hushed haute couture salons be hotbeds of radical thinking?
Disruption: Is Luxury Fashion Ready to Change?
An industry reawakens. But could hushed haute couture salons be hotbeds of radical thinking?
Retail
BoF LIVE: How to Create Loyalty With Customers Through Gamification
A panel of experts discuss how brands are revamping their loyalty programs to reward shoppers for things like reading marketing emails and making TikTok clips, in hopes of driving sales.
BoF LIVE: How to Create Loyalty With Customers Through Gamification
A panel of experts discuss how brands are revamping their loyalty programs to reward shoppers for things like reading marketing emails and making TikTok clips, in hopes of driving sales.
Retail
BoF LIVE: Cracking the Last Mile Opportunity
A panel of experts join BoF to discuss how to improve the final leg of a product’s journey from distribution centre to destination.
BoF LIVE: Cracking the Last Mile Opportunity
A panel of experts join BoF to discuss how to improve the final leg of a product’s journey from distribution centre to destination.
Retail
BoF LIVE: The Future of Fashion Resale
Digital platforms have transformed the second-hand fashion market. How should brands and retailers tap into the opportunity?
BoF LIVE: The Future of Fashion Resale
Digital platforms have transformed the second-hand fashion market. How should brands and retailers tap into the opportunity?
Media
BoF LIVE: Being Black in Fashion Media
Agenda-setting Black fashion journalists Robin Givhan, George Wayne, Constance White, Lindsay Peoples Wagner and Pierre A. M’Pelé (aka Pam Boy) discuss their experiences in the industry.
BoF LIVE: Being Black in Fashion Media
Agenda-setting Black fashion journalists Robin Givhan, George Wayne, Constance White, Lindsay Peoples Wagner and Pierre A. M’Pelé (aka Pam Boy) discuss their experiences in the industry.
Media
BoF LIVE: The Future of Payments
On the latest BoF Live, buy-now, pay-later experts discuss the customer-acquisition benefits of the payment option, as well as what the future of financing looks like for consumers and brands.
BoF LIVE: The Future of Payments
On the latest BoF Live, buy-now, pay-later experts discuss the customer-acquisition benefits of the payment option, as well as what the future of financing looks like for consumers and brands.
Media
BoF LIVE: The State of Fashion — Watches and Jewellery
The authors of BoF and McKinsey & Company’s Watches and Jewellery report unpack their findings and forecasts for the future of the two sectors.
BoF LIVE: The State of Fashion — Watches and Jewellery
The authors of BoF and McKinsey & Company’s Watches and Jewellery report unpack their findings and forecasts for the future of the two sectors.
The News in Brief
L’Oréal India in Talks to Acquire Beauty Company Innovist
L’Oréal is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Bare Anatomy parent Innovist sources told The Economic Times India.
Zegna Chairman Says War Has Clouded Visibility of Demand in Middle East
The Italian fashion house cautioned the war is reducing visibility on demand in the Middle East, which accounts for 7 percent of its sales, though all stores are currently open in the region.
Glossier Appoints New CMO
Nicole Solorzano, who joins from Ouai, is the Millennial beauty brand’s latest hire.
Macy’s CEO Points to E-Shaped Economy, Signalling Consumer Shift
The mention of a forked economy by the head of America’s largest department store signals a heightened wariness that middle-income Americans will continue to spend at the same pace.
France’s Bid to Suspend Shein’s Marketplace Rejected by Appeals Court
The decision from Paris’ Court of Appeal marked a win for the fast-fashion giant after a scandal over sex dolls resembling children for sale on its site.
Coty Announces Board Revamp
The embattled Covergirl owner has appointed five new independent directors amidst a wider leadership and company shakeup.
Zimmermann Names Roberto Eggs CEO
The Moncler Group executive will succeed longtime CEO Chris Olliver, who is staying on as executive chairman.