Condé Nast Union Threatens Strike Ahead of Met Gala
The union delivered the announcement through a video at a bargaining session today, promising “a week of union actions” in the statement.
This week, Vanity Fair France names Camille Bidault-Waddington as fashion director, while Browns announces several appointments within its buying department.
Ahead of our flagship VOICES event in December, the BoF community in Australia descended on the Sydney Opera House to hear international fashion industry leaders discuss pressing fashion issues.
Under pressure from international competition, unaffordable real estate and manufacturing woes, Australia’s fashion industry is facing a crisis. But there are signs of hope amidst the gloom.
BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.
Imran Amed discusses omni-channel retail strategies with Paula Reed of Mytheresa.com, Chris Kyvetos of Sneakerboy and Ulric Jerome of Matchesfashion.com at the annual DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference.
Continuing our look back at the stories that drove the conversation and defined the year in the business of fashion, today we highlight some of 2013’s top articles in our Fashion 2.0 channel.
With the launch of Sneakerboy, Chris Kyvetos, a member of the recently launched BoF 500, is targeting a new generation of luxury consumers with a highly covetable selection of sneakers and an innovative digital retail model that blends the tactility of a physical store with the efficiencies of the Internet.
With the launch of Sneakerboy, Chris Kyvetos, a member of the recently launched BoF 500, is targeting a new generation of luxury consumers with a highly covetable selection of sneakers and an innovative digital retail model that blends the tactility of a physical store with the efficiencies of the Internet.
The entrepreneurial menswear buyer launched a luxury sneaker business with an innovative omni-channel model.
The union delivered the announcement through a video at a bargaining session today, promising “a week of union actions” in the statement.
The transaction, which includes funding from Blackstone and Goldman Sachs, values the company at $6.4 billion.
The Lithuania-based group said growth had been spurred by entering new markets including Denmark and Finland and an expansion into luxury fashion.
The Barcelona-based firm set the price guidance at €24.50 per share, according to terms seen by Bloomberg News, giving the company an implied market value of €13.9 billion ($14.9 billion).
Chairman Reinold Geiger’s investment holding company, L’Occitane Groupe SA, is considering an offer for the Hong-Kong listed firm’s shares he does not already own, at HK$33 to HK$34 per share, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
The private equity fund has entered into a definitive deal with the Percassi family, which will retain a “significant stake” in the business.
The company confirmed in January that it planned to restart activities in Venezuela in the first half of 2024 with local partner Grupo Futura.
The move means Shein could be liable for fines of as much as 6 percent of global revenue for violating the law, designed to curtail the spread of illegal content online.