Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner Announce Plan to Revive Life Magazine
The announcement comes more than 20 years after Life, which was initially founded in New York City in 1883, stopped its regular publications.
The rental platform may have redeemed its unicorn status on the public market, but critics are wary of its long-term growth potential.
Former Nasty Gal executive and angel investor Deborah Benton has launched a new fund with investor Amanda Schutzbank, aimed to set founders up for long-term success in a competitive digital landscape.
For founders of undercapitalised, unprofitable DTC brands, partnering with a strategic player earlier than anticipated is a success, not a failing, argues Matt Kaden.
Female impact investors are putting their money where their mouth is, backing sustainable fashion companies and hoping their bets pay off in more ways than one. But how savvy are values-based investments in the post-pandemic reality?
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As direct-to-consumer product companies confront an unsustainable focus on top line growth, their backers too are shifting gears, opting to invest more cautiously and with tempered expectations.
For fashion start-ups, raising money and growing sales came easily. But with costs rising and profits elusive, securing a happy ending for investors is proving much harder.
The Los Angeles-based, direct-to-consumer shoe label has a new investor and a new plan to fix fashion’s broken supply chain.
A few lucky founders have all the money they need to launch their business. Everyone else needs outside funding. Founders must consider not only how much cash they need to raise, but which investors to bring in, and on what terms.
A few lucky founders have all the money they need to launch their business. Everyone else needs outside funding. Founders must consider not only how much cash they need to raise, but which investors to bring in, and on what terms.
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A new breed of VC firms is backing next-generation digital lifestyle brands targeting millennials. BoF talks to five of the top players to decode their investment theses.
Lightspeed — the first outside investor in Snapchat — is eyeing expansion to Southeast Asia and wants to add investments in start-ups from cryptocurrency to beauty supplies.
The Hong Kong-based entrepreneur is partnering with financier Clive Ng to foster a 'cultural ecosystem' of brands targeting Millennials and Gen Z in the West and China.
From Rent the Runway to Refinery 29, BoF separates the break-outs from the flameouts.
The announcement comes more than 20 years after Life, which was initially founded in New York City in 1883, stopped its regular publications.
A deadline to submit initial offers passed on Thursday, with a final deal expected to close mid-April.
Shoppers “get bored very quickly,” Régis Schultz, JD Sports’ CEO, said.
British sportswear retailer JD Sports said trading conditions remained challenging after its like-for-like sales dropped in January, resulting in fourth-quarter growth of just 0.1 percent.
Luxury watchmaker Favre Leuba plans to unveil more than two dozen timepieces later this year, priced as much as 24,000 Swiss francs ($26,489), as part of a brand relaunch that seeks to expand the Swiss pioneer’s appeal beyond its majority Indian consumer base.
L Catterton, backed by French luxury group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, is launching a new vehicle to invest in Indian consumer-sector companies as it increases the focus on the fastest-growing major economy in the world.
The online market for secondhand apparel hit $20 billion in the US in 2023 and is expected to more than double over the next five years, according to a new report from ThredUp and Global Data.
The Swedish retailer recorded operating profit of 2.08 billion Swedish krona ($196 million), with operating margin more than doubling from the year before.