The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
"Making Apple's Watch Fashionable" (The Business of Fashion)
"For Apple's Watch to work, the company will need to harness an ecosystem of fashion and accessories designers as well as an ecosystem of app developers."
"Online Retailer Zalando Selling Stake Worth $465 Million" (Bloomberg)
"Zalando SE, Europe's largest online fashion retailer, is selling 17.9 million existing shares after reporting its first full-year profit."
"The Apple Watch Is Here. You Have $17,000?" (Re/Code)
"Chief Executive Tim Cook used the stage at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco to tout the smartwatch's now familiar features."
"Amazon Opens Store on Alibaba's Tmall" (Reuters)
"Amazon.com Inc has opened an online store on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's fast-growing online marketplace, Tmall.com as it seeks to expand in China."
"South Korean Cosmetics Startup Memebox Aims Globally by Raising $29 Million" (Forbes)
"One startup is taking beauty sales online with the hopes that it can capture a market that does more than $500 billion in annual sales globally."
The data and technology business has developed proprietary tools that allow analysis of customer engagement, marketing strategies and lifetime value, working with the likes of The Economist, MyTheresa and Diageo. BoF speaks to Good Growth’s CEO and co-founder to learn more.
The sneaker brand has faced challenges in the year since it launched a 3D online space and introduced NFT-linked sneakers, but it sees a long-term opportunity ahead in virtual goods and experiences, including a chance to make them a significant part of its business.
The company, which rolled out its Shop feature to all US users this week, is banking on its powerful algorithm to help it succeed where Instagram and others have failed by delivering a constant stream of products along with its targeted content into users’ feeds.
The buzzy brand, which used the technology to help design the collection it showed at New York Fashion Week, appears to be the first to use it to create physical runway looks, or at least the first to acknowledge it.