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.
New and rapidly evolving markets offer exciting opportunities for the fashion industry, but the sector also faces an internal reckoning as it struggles to measure up to growing demands for a more inclusive future.
The industry is grappling with an uncertain outlook amid projections for slowing growth and mounting socio-political unrest, but new technology and business models offer hope for innovative solutions.
At VOICES, the curator and artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries argued that a softer ‘mondialité,’ where local and global identities coexist, could be the solution to growing nationalism, adding that artists must play a role in creating alternative futures.
At VOICES, the curator and artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries argued that a softer ‘mondialité,’ where local and global identities coexist, could be the solution to growing nationalism, adding that artists must play a role in creating alternative futures.
By serving elaborate hammam treatments at affordable prices, Turkish entrepreneurs are beating the bearded hipsters at their own game at barber shops across Europe.
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It is time to vanquish this derogatory phrase used against designers and creators who step outside the narrow confines of what the world — and other Africans — tell us it means to dress, think and be like an African.
Despite the rise of nationalism, isolationist rhetoric and reshoring, globalisation will not stall in 2018.
To round off the year, we revisit the articles that sparked the most debate, yielded the biggest insights, and got the fashion industry talking in 2017. Today, we highlight some of the top global stories.
Private investor-turned-philanthropist Amed Khan and film producer Chin-Chin Yap discussed the shocking scale of the refugee crisis at #BoFVOICES. Watch now.
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Both Brexit and Trump are a clear and present danger to the highly globalised fashion industry.
At a panel discussion hosted by UNICEF partner Louis Vuitton and BoF on Thursday, the humanitarian organisation's Lisa Szarkowski explained how the country's tragic refugee crisis impacts million of children, and what individuals can do to help.
At a panel discussion hosted by UNICEF partner Louis Vuitton and BoF on Thursday, the humanitarian organisation's Lisa Szarkowski explained how the country's tragic refugee crisis impacts million of children, and what individuals can do to help.
To round off the year, we revisit the articles that sparked the most debate, yielded the biggest insights, and got the fashion industry talking in 2016. Today, we highlight some of the global stories that shaped fashion in 2016.
Alexander Betts, Leopold Muller Professor in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Oxford University, on the knock-on effects of Brexit and what we can expect to happen next.
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.