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Shattered Glass and Smoking Ruins on Paris' Champs Elysées

18 March 2019 • By Reuters

18 March 2019 • By Reuters

The 18th consecutive Saturday of Yellow Vest protests targeted the Parisian avenue smashing banks, ransacking restaurants, burning newspaper kiosks and looting retail stores including Dior, Longchamp, Zara and Levis.

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Shattered Glass and Smoking Ruins on Paris' Champs Elysées

The 18th consecutive Saturday of Yellow Vest protests targeted the Parisian avenue smashing banks, ransacking restaurants, burning newspaper kiosks and looting retail stores including Dior, Longchamp, Zara and Levis.

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Symbols of Luxury Smashed in Paris Yellow Vest Protests

16 March 2019 • By Bloomberg

16 March 2019 • By Bloomberg

On the Champs Elysees, store-front windows of Bulgari, Boss and Lacoste were smashed as 14,500 protesters took to the streets of Paris for the 18th weekend.

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Symbols of Luxury Smashed in Paris Yellow Vest Protests

On the Champs Elysees, store-front windows of Bulgari, Boss and Lacoste were smashed as 14,500 protesters took to the streets of Paris for the 18th weekend.

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Gucci Pulls Sweater Slammed for Resembling Blackface Imagery

7 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

7 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

The Italian luxury label apologised for selling the $890 black turtleneck, whose extra-high collar features a pair of exaggerated red lips around an opening for the wearer’s mouth.

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Gucci Pulls Sweater Slammed for Resembling Blackface Imagery

The Italian luxury label apologised for selling the $890 black turtleneck, whose extra-high collar features a pair of exaggerated red lips around an opening for the wearer’s mouth.

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BoF Professional Exclusive

What Will LVMH's Annual Results Reveal About the China Slowdown?

27 January 2019 • By Brian Baskin

BoF Professional Exclusive

What Will LVMH's Annual Results Reveal About the China Slowdown?

This week, everyone will be talking about LVMH's annual results, the end of the government shutdown and Amazon's improving fashion sense. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

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British Fashion Council Lends Support to Second Referendum After Brexit Deal Flops

15 January 2019 • By Sarah Kent

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British Fashion Council Lends Support to Second Referendum After Brexit Deal Flops

UK fashion sector fears disruptions to key imports and losing access to international talent if the UK fails to reach a deal to soften the country's exit from the European Union.

The Year Ahead: What Getting Woke Means for Brands

8 January 2019 • By BoF Team and McKinsey & Company

8 January 2019 • By BoF Team and McKinsey & Company

Younger consumers are seriously concerned with social and environmental causes, which many regard as being the defining issues of our time. What are the implication for business?

The Year Ahead: What Getting Woke Means for Brands

Younger consumers are seriously concerned with social and environmental causes, which many regard as being the defining issues of our time. What are the implication for business?

Global Currents

Luxury Market Anticipates Impact from the 'Trump of the Tropics'

7 January 2019 • By Graciela Martin and Jorge Grimberg

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Luxury Market Anticipates Impact from the 'Trump of the Tropics'

Worried about his socially conservative agenda but desperate for his promise to usher in economic reform, industry leaders feel torn as the far-right military man Jair Bolsonaro becomes president of Brazil.

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In Paris, 'Yellow Vest' Protests Cut Sharply Into Luxury Trade

18 December 2018 • By The New York Times

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In Paris, 'Yellow Vest' Protests Cut Sharply Into Luxury Trade

Several weekends of violent demonstrations across France have hit the capital’s sellers of high-end goods hard during the year’s most important shopping period.

Adut Akech: 'I Will Always Be a Refugee'

30 November 2018 • By Tamison O'Connor

Adut Akech: 'I Will Always Be a Refugee'

From living in a Kenyan refugee camp to travelling the globe as an international top model, the industry’s name to watch reveals her journey onstage at VOICES.

The Way We Are Taught to Live Has to Change: Casey Gerald

30 November 2018 • By Chantal Fernandez

The Way We Are Taught to Live Has to Change: Casey Gerald

The author spoke about the personal and emotional process of writing his memoir in the final presentation at VOICES.