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.
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The coronavirus pandemic has shone a spotlight on vast inequalities within fashion’s supply chain. Many of them stem from the way brands develop, source and produce garments, as well as the payment terms, and how they manage distribution calendars.
In the fourth masterclass in #BoFLIVE’s How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand series, Senior Correspondent Sarah Kent is joined by Marsha Dickson, president and co-founder of Better Buying, and Ayesha Barenblat, founder and chief executive of Remake, to talk about why brands need to examine and improve their purchasing practices in order to establish a more equitable industry and boost business.
Key Lessons from Masterclass 4: Buying Better
Also, stay tuned for the next monthly episode of BoF’s online learning series How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand.
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Masterclass 5: The Case for Culture
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France is pressing ahead with a ‘game-changing’ bill that would impose a ‘sin tax’-style penalty on fast-fashion products as high as €10 per item by 2030.
In the weeks since one of the industry’s most promising recycling start-ups filed for bankruptcy, big brands have put more money and more commitment into bringing innovations to market.
Thirty years of providing the world’s finest wool to the fashion house Loro Piana has done almost nothing for the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes.
The fast-fashion giant has joined Vargas and TPG to back a new polyester recycling venture following its failed bet on Renewcell.