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About a year into his tenure as Bloomingdale’s chief executive, Olivier Bron knows what’s ailing American department stores: too much focus on financial returns, and not enough on shoppers.
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Creative experiences and a less-standardised approach to operations and design have helped iconic stores like Selfridges, Liberty and Le Bon Marché resist multi-brand retail’s decline.
A $2.65 billion merger of two of America’s largest department stores, with involvement from Amazon and Salesforce, is a bet that scale and technology can breathe new life into an ailing business model.
BoF Senior Correspondent Sheena Butler-Young and Retail Editor Cathleen Chen discuss the ongoing struggle of American department stores to remain relevant and what lessons they might learn from their European counterparts.
Cathaleen Chen is Retail Editor at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and drives BoF’s coverage of the retail and direct-to-consumer sectors.
As the global luxury e-commerce engine stalls, BoF correspondent Austin Kim discusses his look at independent boutiques finding that the right strategic move is to stay offline.
As the pipeline to scaling a fashion business grows more precarious, some designers are ditching the pursuit of global prestige in favour of a slower approach to growth they say is more sustainable — and more fulfilling.
Brands are finally able to apply for refunds, but now they also have to decide how to deal with the customers who paid higher prices on their products, some of which are filing lawsuits against retailers demanding compensation of their own.
Textile, clothing and footwear stores reported a 1.2 percent month-on-month sales increase, while department stores recorded a 1.1 percent sales rise.
There is no such thing as retirement for the Belgian designer. With his new Venice foundation, he’s blossoming professionally and personally under the influence of La Serenissima.
The rollout of the movie has been one big promotion party for the fashion industry — with participation from everyone from Walmart to Dior — showing fashion and Hollywood’s appetite for partnership is only growing.
Robert Williams breaks down Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel cruise success, Miu Miu’s stalling growth and Métier’s next chapter.
The Italian luxury group’s first-quarter performance surpassed market expectations powered by solid growth in direct-to-consumer sales in the US.
