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.
The new American edition of the Italian fashion magazine appointed a business head from WSJ. Magazine, where she was executive director of international fashion. She reports to Grazia USA’s chief executive Dylan Howard, formerly a top executive at the parent company of Us Weekly and InTouch tabloids. He now runs Pantheon Media Group, which licensed Grazia from Italian owner Mondadori Group last year.
Maxwell joins fellow WSJ. Magazine alum David Thielebeule, who was appointed Grazia USA’s editor in chief in December. The publication plans to produce digital content, including video and social media, as well as a 400-page quarterly print edition.
Luxury book publishers — and husband and wife — Prosper and Martine Assouline join BoF founder and editor-in-chief Imran Amed to discuss the genesis of their publishing business and how they are growing it into a global lifestyle brand.
Now under the ownership of British publisher Future, both Marie Claire and WhoWhatWear are contending with how to grow their new parent’s US operations in the ever-challenging media landscape.
Fast Company has named The Business of Fashion one of the ‘world’s most innovative companies’ for a second time for demonstrating ‘how a media brand can leverage AI to add reader value rather than erode trust with AI-written news articles.’
The ByteDance-owned app has big ambitions to be an e-commerce player in league with Amazon with influence in fashion on par with Instagram. Now it’s facing new threats — both from outside and within.