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Inditex is Still Betting on Brick-and-Mortar Retail

20 June 2019 • By Reuters

20 June 2019 • By Reuters

The Zara-owner has cut the number of stores it has in its home market, but is expanding the footprint of existing locations.

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Inditex is Still Betting on Brick-and-Mortar Retail

The Zara-owner has cut the number of stores it has in its home market, but is expanding the footprint of existing locations.

How Three Influencers Built Legitimate Fashion Brands

20 June 2019 • By Victoria Berezhna

How Three Influencers Built Legitimate Fashion Brands

The influencers behind Totême, Midnight 00 and Attico have built respected multi-million-dollar businesses without resorting to blatant associations with their personal brands.

Vestiaire Collective Eyes International Expansion After $45 Million Funding Round

20 June 2019 • By Cathaleen Chen

20 June 2019 • By Cathaleen Chen

French investment bank Bpifrance and CEO Max Bittner led the financing, enabling the Paris-based social luxury resale platform to enter new markets and invest in tech.

Vestiaire Collective Eyes International Expansion After $45 Million Funding Round

French investment bank Bpifrance and CEO Max Bittner led the financing, enabling the Paris-based social luxury resale platform to enter new markets and invest in tech.

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Resellers Are Courting Shoppers Away From Brands. Can They Work Together Instead?

20 June 2019 • By Cathaleen Chen

BoF Professional Exclusive

Resellers Are Courting Shoppers Away From Brands. Can They Work Together Instead?

The resale market is growing 21 times faster than the fashion industry overall. Below, BoF outlines the ways luxury labels and resellers can make money together.

How an Investigative Journalist Ended up Writing a Karl Lagerfeld Biography

20 June 2019 • By Laure Guilbault

20 June 2019 • By Laure Guilbault

Ahead of Thursday’s much-anticipated Karl Lagerfeld memorial in Paris, Le Monde’s Raphaelle Bacqué shares the challenging reporting and research process behind her new book, 'Kaiser Karl'.

How an Investigative Journalist Ended up Writing a Karl Lagerfeld Biography

Ahead of Thursday’s much-anticipated Karl Lagerfeld memorial in Paris, Le Monde’s Raphaelle Bacqué shares the challenging reporting and research process behind her new book, 'Kaiser Karl'.

Dubai Developer in Pole Position to Buy Roberto Cavalli

19 June 2019 • By Reuters

19 June 2019 • By Reuters

Two other binding offers for the whole group have been submitted by Italy's Diesel-owner OTB and US brand management company Bluestar Alliance, the source said.

Dubai Developer in Pole Position to Buy Roberto Cavalli

Two other binding offers for the whole group have been submitted by Italy's Diesel-owner OTB and US brand management company Bluestar Alliance, the source said.

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Shopify Is Setting Up Fulfillment Network in US, Just Like Amazon

19 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

19 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

The online platform, which celebrity Kylie Jenner uses to sell cosmetics, is the top-performing stock in Canada this year.

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Shopify Is Setting Up Fulfillment Network in US, Just Like Amazon

The online platform, which celebrity Kylie Jenner uses to sell cosmetics, is the top-performing stock in Canada this year.

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Bernard Arnault Is Now Worth More Than $100 Billion

19 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

19 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

LVMH's chairman just joined Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in the world’s most exclusive wealth club.

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Bernard Arnault Is Now Worth More Than $100 Billion

LVMH's chairman just joined Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in the world’s most exclusive wealth club.

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Lululemon Closes Menswear-Only Stores

19 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

19 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

Despite plans to more than double its men’s business in the next five years, the athleticwear company has quietly closed its men’s standalone stores in New York City and Toronto.

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Lululemon Closes Menswear-Only Stores

Despite plans to more than double its men’s business in the next five years, the athleticwear company has quietly closed its men’s standalone stores in New York City and Toronto.

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Adidas Sells Diversity. Black Employees Say It Doesn't Practice It.

19 June 2019 • By The New York Times

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Adidas Sells Diversity. Black Employees Say It Doesn't Practice It.

For many, the internal tensions at Adidas reflect a larger issue facing the American sports apparel industry, which has a combined annual revenue of more than $20 billion on shoe sales alone.