The BoF 500

The retail innovator has grown Comme des Garçons into global multi-brand fashion business with revenues of over $320 million.

The creative director fuses elements of the gallery, home and store to create new retail and co-working spaces.

The vice president of Mercury Group and chief executive officer of Tsum has led the department store through the recession.

Having catered to Colombia’s international designer fashion market for 20 years with his multi-brand boutique, he now operates concessions for the likes of Valentino, Corneliani and Etro.

The founders of Parisian multi-brand boutique The Broken Arm have carved out a niche among creatives and international tourists.

The cutting-edge retailer reinvented luxury merchandising and precise editing, drawing four million hits a month to the website.

After bolstering Lane Crawford’s menswear offering and mainland expansion, Keith joined Selfridges to manage its retail stores and online marketplaces.

The duo turned a niche fashion archive bookstore into a destination beloved by fashion insiders.

The power couple behind one of Milan’s most successful multi-brand boutiques is taking their model to department stores and Asia.

The former power couple are leading fashion entrepreneurs in the Ukrainian market, having co-founded Asthik Group, one of Ukraine’s fastest growing luxury retail companies, and launched Ienki Ienki, the fashionable brand of puffer coats.

They brought a pared-back European aesthetic to affluent Mumbai shoppers with their multi-brand home and fashion lifestyle stores.

With her father, the gallerist opened a boutique stocking up-and-comers like Peter Pilotto that has quickly become an uptown favourite.