Why Nike Can’t Find Its Next Hit
For years, a coveted pair of Air Jordans could send sneaker fans into a frenzy. But when Nike brought back the black-and-blue Air Jordan 1 Royal this ...
Olivier Bron on Making Bloomingdale’s Desirable Again
For most of the last 30 years, the American department store has been a story of decline: store closures, bankruptcies, endless discounting and floors...
The Generation Fashion Forgot
Fashion has long been obsessed with youth, treating young shoppers as both trendsetters and the engine of growth. Yet brands including Evereve, Ulla J...
Ask Imran Anything: Vanity Metrics, Creativity and Commerce, Gucci’s Future
This week, by popular demand, we are back for the third installment of Ask Me Anything, where listeners from around the world send in their most press...
Who’s to Blame for Bad Customer Service?
A $15,000 mechanical bird named Molly has become an unlikely flashpoint for retail. After pop star Kelly Clarkson accused Brooklyn boutique Art of Pla...
How Independent Thinking Powered the Spring/Summer 2027 Shows
Tim Blanks, editor-at-large at The Business of Fashion, joins Imran Amed for their seasonal review of the Spring/Summer 2027 shows. In London, Simon...
The Verdict on Luxury Fashion’s Designer Reset
Fashion's biggest wave of creative-director musical chairs is now a year or so in, and the early read is starting to emerge. Over a dozen major houses...
Marc Jacobs: 'I Don't Think That The Creative Is to Blame'
Today, we introduced The BoF 500 Class of 2026: 100 new members added to our ever-growing index of people shaping the global fashion industry. This ye...
Luxury’s Italian Supply Chain Reckoning Isn’t Over
In 2024, Milan prosecutors uncovered sweatshop-like conditions within the Italian supply chains of major luxury brands, revealing that workers faced d...
Feed Me's Emily Sundberg on How Fashion Underestimates Its Customers
Every weekday morning, a certain slice of New York opens the same e-mail. Lawyers, bankers, editors, restaurateurs: some of the city's most plugged-in...