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Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Hello BoF Professionals, welcome to our latest members-only briefing: The Week Ahead. Think of it as your 'cheat sheet' to what everyone will be talking about on Monday.
THE CHEAT SHEET
China's Tech Sector Stumbles, and Luxury Shudders
JD.com's automated logistics and warehouse complex in Gu'an, China | Source: Getty
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Retail's Quarterly Health Check
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Monday: Estée Lauder
Tuesday: Coty, TJX, Kohl’s, Urban Outfitters
Wednesday: L Brands, Target
Thursday: Gap, Ross
Friday: Foot Locker
Indie Beauty Brands Take Center Stage
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The Bottom Line: Big beauty companies still need to prove they can create innovative products and play on Instagram, or they will continue to lose sales to a swarm of independent upstarts.
COMMENT OF THE WEEK: CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION
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Last week's comment of the week, from a designer who was leaving fashion after a decade because he felt the industry had lost its creative energy, sparked much discussion on BoF's Instagram account. Here are some highlights:
"When I’m going to multi brand store, sometimes I can’t define one designer from another. Most designers now create not to inspire but to make money." -@miagchilo
"The blending of styles and experimentation of interpolated movements helps to progress fashion. Meaning is what we make of it, I’m grateful there’s more fluidity." -@gauramoodley
"Things can't stay the same forever but we have to make sure that the artistic direction of fashion will move forward in a way that can still be be marketable and maintain its integrity and historic value. Fashion should definitely be inclusive but not at the price of the great legacies that have been left behind." -@thequeenjamesversion
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Editor's Note: This article was revised on 19 August, 2018. A previous version of this article misstated that 600 brands will exhibit at Indie Beauty Expo. This is incorrect. The event will feature 250 brands.
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