Intelligence

When Online Shopping Goes Wrong

3 April 2018 • By Chantal Fernandez

3 April 2018 • By Chantal Fernandez

In the age of Amazon, shoppers have little patience. Here’s how retailers are using personal service — and the occasional free dog toy — to retain customers when the worst happens.

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When Online Shopping Goes Wrong

In the age of Amazon, shoppers have little patience. Here’s how retailers are using personal service — and the occasional free dog toy — to retain customers when the worst happens.

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Fashion-Tech

5 Technologies Transforming Retail in 2018

19 January 2018 • By Kati Chitrakorn

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Fashion-Tech

5 Technologies Transforming Retail in 2018

From artificial intelligence to blockchain, five important innovations can help fashion businesses make their processes more efficient, enhance user experience and offer an improved overall customer value proposition.

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Video

Optimising for Impact: Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age

1 December 2017 • By Chantal Fernandez

1 December 2017 • By Chantal Fernandez

Married entrepreneurs Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker and Rachel Blumenthal of Rockets of Awesome talk leveraging data and building consumer relationships on stage at #BoFVOICES. Watch now.

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Video

Optimising for Impact: Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age

Married entrepreneurs Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker and Rachel Blumenthal of Rockets of Awesome talk leveraging data and building consumer relationships on stage at #BoFVOICES. Watch now.

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Intelligence

For Direct-to-Consumer Brands, Scaling Isn’t Easy

14 November 2017 • By Chantal Fernandez

14 November 2017 • By Chantal Fernandez

Barriers to entry in online fashion are lower than ever, but in a crowded and competitive online marketplace, scaling and customer retention remain significant challenges.

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For Direct-to-Consumer Brands, Scaling Isn’t Easy

Barriers to entry in online fashion are lower than ever, but in a crowded and competitive online marketplace, scaling and customer retention remain significant challenges.

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Fashion-Tech

How Fashion’s Most Talked-About Start-Ups Are Actually Performing

5 September 2017 • By Lauren Sherman

5 September 2017 • By Lauren Sherman

From Rent the Runway to Refinery 29, BoF separates the break-outs from the flameouts.

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Fashion-Tech

How Fashion’s Most Talked-About Start-Ups Are Actually Performing

From Rent the Runway to Refinery 29, BoF separates the break-outs from the flameouts.

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Intelligence

The Top 10 Venture-Backed Fashion Startups

4 May 2017 • By Lauren Sherman

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Intelligence

The Top 10 Venture-Backed Fashion Startups

As a spate of disruptive startups inch toward a decade in business, those being disrupted are increasingly turning to acquisitions to better secure their futures. BoF identifies the top targets.

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Careers

The Best Companies To Work For In Fashion

24 April 2017 • By Amanda Dargan and Robin Mellery-Pratt

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Careers

The Best Companies To Work For In Fashion

The Business of Fashion surveyed over 2,600 industry professionals, representing more than 190 leading fashion companies around the world for our first annual report on the best companies to work for in fashion.

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Intelligence

How Direct-to-Consumer Brands Are Disrupting the Global Eyewear Business

7 March 2017 • By Limei Hoang

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Intelligence

How Direct-to-Consumer Brands Are Disrupting the Global Eyewear Business

Brands like France’s Izipizi, South Korea’s Gentle Monster and America’s Warby Parker are shaking up the eyewear market with direct-to-consumer models.

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Fashion-Tech

Snapchat, Facebook or Instagram: Who Is Winning the Social Media Shopping Race?

20 December 2016 • By Chantal Fernandez

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Fashion-Tech

Snapchat, Facebook or Instagram: Who Is Winning the Social Media Shopping Race?

As fashion brands allocate more of their ad spend to social media, BoF examines which platforms are most efficient at delivering actual sales.

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Intelligence

Where Have All the Unicorns Gone?

7 October 2016 • By Kate Abnett

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Intelligence

Where Have All the Unicorns Gone?

The number of fashion start-ups reaching billion-dollar valuations has dropped off in 2016. BoF examines why fashion 'unicorns' have become an endangered species.

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