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As Bitcoin soars, luxury brands consider accepting crypto payments
Bitcoin’s soaring value has caught the attention of high-end fashion brands and retailers, prompting further interest in offering cryptocurrencies as a means of payment to …
Copenhagen International Fashion Fair Launches CIFF Media to Support Independent Brands
The bi-annual Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) — one of Europe’s longest-running and most established trade shows — is broadening its offer and programming for …
The BoF Podcast | How Independent Brands Can Thrive in a Fashion World Ruled by Giants
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The Indie Beauty Brands Transforming Africa’s Hair Care Market
Indie hair care brands have their sights set on Africa’s beauty market. A wave of brands, including those founded by hair stylists Sam McKnight and …
Indie Fragrance Brands’ Big Athlete Opportunity
It isn’t just his tenacity and grit on the field that Australian Football League star Isaac Quaynor takes pride in. “My favourite thing for anyone …
4 Brands Going BIG on Black Friday 2024
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The Impact Of Black Brands On Hip Hop Fashion
In the past five decades of fashion and jewelry in Hip Hop culture, there has always been a sense of opulence coupled with gaudy excess …
How Beauty Brands Can Beat a Holiday Season Slowdown
This year’s holiday shopping season looks to be somewhat muted. The National Retail Federation forecasts US holiday retail sales will grow around 3.5 percent, the …
Reliance Brands Limited CEO to Step Down
Darshan Mehta is leaving his post as Reliance Brands Limited’s president and chief executive, according to a report from The Times of India. Mehta will …
The Debrief | What Happened to Beauty’s Billion-Dollar Brands?
BoF senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young is joined by beauty correspondent Daniela Morosini to explore the rise and fall of indie beauty disruptors like Anastasia Beverly …
Anna Sui Launches New Fragrances for Brand’s 25th Anniversary
On Wednesday, fashion designer Anna Sui unveiled Wild Wonder, a collection of five new scents celebrating the label’s 25 years in the fragrance business. Each …
How Big Box Retailers Won Over Premium Beauty Brands
Despite offering premium products packed with trending ingredients like Vitamin C and niacinamide, when the time came for premium skincare brand Naturium to choose its …
The Denim Brands of the 2010s Grow Up
If there’s one certainty in the denim business, it’s change. The category is defined by booms and busts. Trends — in silhouettes, stretch and fit …
Korean-American Brands Lean Back Into K-Beauty
One October weekend, over 4,000 attendees queued for hours outside the skincare brand Glow Recipe’s 10th anniversary pop-up in Los Angeles. Styled after a Korean …
Western Brands Are Losing More Ground to Cheaper Chinese Rivals
China’s growing consumer frugality has led to yet another quarter of sluggish earnings for some global brands, but turbocharged growth for their local rivals. A …
Fashion Brands Are Capitalising on Baseball’s Biggest World Series in Decades
On Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, Steven Mena, founder of streetwear label Menace, was finalising designs on his computer for a run of graphic T-shirts …
How Brands Survive the Election Ad Blitz
In the next two weeks, brands have two inescapable forces to compete with for eyeballs online. In the lead up to election day on Nov. …
China’s Booming Grey Markets Add Woes to Luxury Brands
China’s second-hand and grey markets for luxury goods are booming, as price hikes from luxury brands in a weak economy are prompting some shoppers to …
8 Best Jewelry Brands For Men to Flaunt & Represent in 2024
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