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How to Create an Inclusive Workplace

21 October 2019 • By Tamison O'Connor

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How to Create an Inclusive Workplace

Employees who feel comfortable and engaged make for a more productive and innovative workforce. Here’s how to make meaningful change in your company.

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As Victoria’s Secret Weighs What’s Next, Rihanna May Be Onto Something

14 September 2019 • By Bloomberg

14 September 2019 • By Bloomberg

The once-dominant lingerie brand is retrenching as new rivals present clear and focused messages that are resonating with consumers.

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As Victoria’s Secret Weighs What’s Next, Rihanna May Be Onto Something

The once-dominant lingerie brand is retrenching as new rivals present clear and focused messages that are resonating with consumers.

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The Men of Victoria’s Secret Lay Out Female-Driven Turnaround Plan

11 September 2019 • By Bloomberg

11 September 2019 • By Bloomberg

The lingerie brand has been trying to reconnect with customers who have increasingly turned to rivals that embrace female empowerment and diverse body types, like Aerie and ThirdLove

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The Men of Victoria’s Secret Lay Out Female-Driven Turnaround Plan

The lingerie brand has been trying to reconnect with customers who have increasingly turned to rivals that embrace female empowerment and diverse body types, like Aerie and ThirdLove

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Jeffrey Epstein the CEO's First Talking Point at L Brands Investor Meeting

10 September 2019 • By Bloomberg

10 September 2019 • By Bloomberg

Group CEO Les Wexner employed Epstein as a personal money manager for years, building a relationship close enough for Epstein to buy his Manhattan mansion before severing ties more than a decade ago.

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Jeffrey Epstein the CEO's First Talking Point at L Brands Investor Meeting

Group CEO Les Wexner employed Epstein as a personal money manager for years, building a relationship close enough for Epstein to buy his Manhattan mansion before severing ties more than a decade ago.

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What to Look Out for at L Brands' Investor Meeting

9 September 2019 • By Bloomberg

9 September 2019 • By Bloomberg

With company shares down 35 percent this year, investors are poised to demand answers at Tuesday's meeting. Here are some of the issues likely to be on shareholders’ minds.

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What to Look Out for at L Brands' Investor Meeting

With company shares down 35 percent this year, investors are poised to demand answers at Tuesday's meeting. Here are some of the issues likely to be on shareholders’ minds.

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Rihanna Takes Aim at Victoria’s Secret

30 August 2019 • By BoF Team

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Rihanna Takes Aim at Victoria’s Secret

The superstar’s Savage x Fenty lingerie line, which just raised $50 million in new funding, is gaining ground on the declining but still-dominant mall brand. Her inclusive, Amazon-streamed answer to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show could provide a boost.

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Victoria’s Secret Considers a Change in Marketing

22 August 2019 • By Bloomberg

22 August 2019 • By Bloomberg

L Brands' admission that Victoria’s Secret needs change marks a key shift for a company that hasn’t much strayed from its push-up-bra aesthetic, despite consumer values moving towards themes such as female empowerment and body positivity.

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Victoria’s Secret Considers a Change in Marketing

L Brands' admission that Victoria’s Secret needs change marks a key shift for a company that hasn’t much strayed from its push-up-bra aesthetic, despite consumer values moving towards themes such as female empowerment and body positivity.

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Victoria's Secret Slumps Again as Bath & Body Works Keeps Growing

21 August 2019 • By Bloomberg

21 August 2019 • By Bloomberg

L Brands' profit beat estimates in the latest quarter but Victoria’s Secret continues to struggle amid shifting consumer demands and the group's ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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Victoria's Secret Slumps Again as Bath & Body Works Keeps Growing

L Brands' profit beat estimates in the latest quarter but Victoria’s Secret continues to struggle amid shifting consumer demands and the group's ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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Retailers Look to Put a Bad Week Behind Them

18 August 2019 • By Brian Baskin

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Retailers Look to Put a Bad Week Behind Them

This week, everyone will be talking about financial results from Gap Inc., Nordstrom and other major retailers, the latest twists at L Brands and the booming clothing rental market. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet

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The Inner Workings of Victoria’s Secret: A Chairman and His Circle

8 August 2019 • By Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez

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The Inner Workings of Victoria’s Secret: A Chairman and His Circle

Creative director Ed Razek is exiting Victoria’s Secret as the brand suffers from sinking sales and media reports of past links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But the root of the problem may be the very thing that made the company so successful in the first place: billionaire L Brands chairman Les Wexner’s tight grip on power.