Robert Burke

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#BoFLIVE: Is This the End of the American Mall?

21 May 2020 • By BoF Team

21 May 2020 • By BoF Team

Watch retail consultant Robert Burke discuss the future of the shopping mall and the role it will play in a troubled retail landscape, with BoF’s Lauren Sherman and Cathaleen Chen.

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#BoFLIVE: Is This the End of the American Mall?

Watch retail consultant Robert Burke discuss the future of the shopping mall and the role it will play in a troubled retail landscape, with BoF’s Lauren Sherman and Cathaleen Chen.

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Designers Lobby to ‘Fix’ the Fashion System. Will It Work?

15 May 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

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Designers Lobby to ‘Fix’ the Fashion System. Will It Work?

In recent weeks, three different groups of designers and retailers have proposed shifts to the industry’s product delivery and discounting calendars in a bid to create healthier, more profitable businesses. Can they pull it off?

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Can Neiman Marcus Survive Bankruptcy?

7 May 2020 • By Cathaleen Chen

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Can Neiman Marcus Survive Bankruptcy?

Beyond restructuring its $5 billion of debt, the Dallas-based luxury department store chain still needs to reinvent itself to survive in the long run, experts say.

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Is This the End of Wholesale, or the Beginning of Something Better?

7 April 2020 • By Chantal Fernandez

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Is This the End of Wholesale, or the Beginning of Something Better?

Department stores are cancelling orders and delaying payments, pushing designers to breaking point and calling into question a system that has been challenged for years.

Will Luxury Streetwear Get Millennials Into Department Stores?

11 November 2016 • By Christopher Morency

Will Luxury Streetwear Get Millennials Into Department Stores?

BoF examines how luxury department stores are teaming up with urban labels like Kith and Off-White to tap millennial spending and open new sales channels.

Mr Ralph Lauren and the Ultimate Changing of the Guard

10 June 2014 • By Lisa Wang

10 June 2014 • By Lisa Wang

In our next instalment of Cover Stories, we explore the legacy of Mr Ralph Lauren — head of America’s first fashion family and the cover star of Port magazine’s Summer 2014 issue — and the inevitable question that every founder-led company faces: how to plan for succession, that ultimate changing of the guard?

Mr Ralph Lauren and the Ultimate Changing of the Guard

In our next instalment of Cover Stories, we explore the legacy of Mr Ralph Lauren — head of America’s first fashion family and the cover star of Port magazine’s Summer 2014 issue — and the inevitable question that every founder-led company faces: how to plan for succession, that ultimate changing of the guard?

Fashion Inflation: Why Are Prices Rising So Fast?

2 August 2013 • By Lauren Sherman

2 August 2013 • By Lauren Sherman

From shoes to handbags to ready-to-wear, the price of designer fashion has increased precipitously over the last decade. What’s driving the rising prices? And how high can they go?

Fashion Inflation: Why Are Prices Rising So Fast?

From shoes to handbags to ready-to-wear, the price of designer fashion has increased precipitously over the last decade. What’s driving the rising prices? And how high can they go?