This Week in Fashion

What Fashion Can Learn From Chanel’s New Global CEO

17 December 2021 • By Chavie Lieber

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What Fashion Can Learn From Chanel’s New Global CEO

The luxury giant’s appointment of Leena Nair, the former chief human resources officer at Unilever, marks the first time a woman of colour will lead a major global luxury brand. It’s a much-needed change for fashion.

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Chanel’s TikTok Challenge

10 December 2021 • By Lauren Sherman

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Chanel’s TikTok Challenge

The mega-label’s advent calendar controversy was a wake-up call for luxury brands without a compelling TikTok strategy. What should they do about it?

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The Future of Zara Under New Leadership

3 December 2021 • By Chavie Lieber

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The Future of Zara Under New Leadership

This week, Zara owner Inditex, the world’s largest fashion retailer, shuffled its top management in a ‘generational handover,’ sending shares down as competition and criticism heat up.

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Virtual Fashion Is Big News. Can It Be Big Business?

26 November 2021 • By Marc Bain

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Virtual Fashion Is Big News. Can It Be Big Business?

From the Fashion Awards to Nike, the industry is trying more and more to talk to consumers in cyberspace.

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What the Potential Richemont Deal Means for Farfetch

19 November 2021 • By Chantal Fernandez

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What the Potential Richemont Deal Means for Farfetch

The fast-growing luxury marketplace’s latest results disappointed some investors, putting more pressure on the a tie-up with Richemont that could boost Farfetch’s platform ambitions.

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What COP26 Means for Fashion

12 November 2021 • By Sarah Kent

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What COP26 Means for Fashion

Achieving the ambitions laid out at the UN climate summit require a wholesale transformation of the way the fashion industry operates. Are business leaders ready?

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Unpacking Gucci’s Hollywood Show

5 November 2021 • By Chantal Fernandez

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Unpacking Gucci’s Hollywood Show

While luxury peers have largely returned to traditional fashion weeks, the Italian megabrand landed in Los Angeles this week for an off-schedule extravaganza.

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Rent the Runway’s Uphill Battle

29 October 2021 • By Cathaleen Chen

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Rent the Runway’s Uphill Battle

This week, shares in the loss-making rental platform fell on their first day of trading. Can the platform convince enough women to try rental fast enough to please investors?

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Does the E-Commerce Spinoff Make Sense?

22 October 2021 • By Cathaleen Chen

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Does the E-Commerce Spinoff Make Sense?

This week, Saks Fifth Avenue’s online arm appeared to be headed for a $6 billion IPO while an activist investor pushed Macy’s to follow suit and spinoff its own e-commerce unit. But splitting up online and offline businesses, while tempting in the short-term, may be detrimental to long-term value creation.

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A Tale of Two DTC Brands: Why Some Soar and Others Crash

15 October 2021 • By Chavie Lieber

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A Tale of Two DTC Brands: Why Some Soar and Others Crash

This week, activewear label Vuori picked up $400 million from SoftBank, while Scott Sternberg’s basics line Entireworld announced its shuttering. Why did two brands that thrived on pandemic fashion trends face two different outcomes?

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