E-Commerce Week | The Stage is Set for an E-Commerce Explosion

| Fashion 2.0

Fab.com Screenshot | Source: Fab.com

Yesterday, BoF was first to bring you the news of the recent $18 million investment in Farfetch.com. Today, we continue a week focused on e-commerce by examining the historical challenges faced by online retailers and how recent innovations and infrastructural advances have fundamentally improved the economics of e-commerce, setting the stage for a renaissance in online retail. SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Following the burst of

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Calvin Klein’s house, Vente-Privee targets USA, Feel good fashion, From Bond Street to Shoreditch, Amazon’s Bezos

| Daily Digest

Fern Mallis and Calvin Klein by John Calabrese | Source: WWD

The House That Calvin Klein Built (WWD) “Omnipresent as Calvin Klein is throughout the world, the man behind the brand has a reputation for being anything but that… Yet during a rare public tête-à-tête with Fern Mallis Monday night, the designer opened up… No subject seemed to be too personal for the 68-year-old Klein, who appeared relaxed and affable throughout the interview — his first at 92Y in 12 years.”

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Hong Kong value, Condé Nast TV, Amazon as magazine middle man, Surface technique, Bollywood style

| Daily Digest

Chanel on Canton Road | Source: Asian Central

Highest Quality, Lowest Prices in Hong Kong (Bloomberg) “Hong Kong retail sales, boosted by mainland Chinese tourists, surged 26 percent to HK$264 billion ($34 billion) in the eight months through August… Zhang Zuoru said it was worth waiting in line in the Tsim Sha Tsui tourist district of the former British colony. She bought a bag in the Chanel store on Canton Road for 33,000 yuan ($5,190), at least 20 percent less

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H&M’s summer dip, Amazon fashion, Gap’s China strategy, Social media strategy, Inez and Vinoodh at 25

| Daily Digest

H & M Summer 2010 | Source: H & M

H&M flags discounts, Q2 profit in line, shares dip (Reuters) “Swedish fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz said a two-month sales dip brought on by cold weather could force it to make deeper discounts for the next three months as it met forcasts for second-quarter profit.” Why Amazon Needs to Stay Out of Fashion Retail (BNET) “Do we really need another place to buy clothes online? Amazon is apparently so

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Cortazar and Ungaro part ways, Amazon buys Zappos, Italian luxury stable, Rio in Tokyo

| Daily Digest

Esteban Cortazar, courtesy of Bryanboy

Cortazar Leaves Ungaro (Vogue.com) “Following a lengthy period of less than emphatic denials and weak shows of unity between Ungaro and the label’s ceo, Mounir Moufarrige, the decision has been taken to dissolve the relationship, WWD reports. It is expected to be formerly announced later today that the separation is by mutual agreement.” Amazon to buy Zappos (Drapers) “Amazon is set to buy US footwear

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