Foot Locker Inc.’s sales surpassed analysts’ expectations as turnaround efforts and a rekindled relationship with key partner Nike Inc. begin to pay off, but investors …
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Under Armour’s Shares Surge as Restructuring Shows Progress
Under Armour Inc. reported results that exceeded analysts’ expectations and raised its guidance as the athletic-wear brand shows signs of improvement under returning founder Kevin …
Macy’s Profit Beats Estimates as Turnaround Shows Progress
Macy’s Inc. handily beat profit estimates in the most recent quarter, leading the department-store operator to raise its outlook for the remainder of the year. …
UK Fashion Industry Isn’t Making Progress on Leadership Diversity, Report Finds
Most UK fashion firms lag when it comes to inclusivity in their leadership ranks — and many executives are blind to the issue, according to …
Big Brands’ Slow Climate Progress Put Targets Out of Reach, Report Finds
In 2018, a group of fashion companies pledged to halve the planet-warming emissions associated with their business by 2030, launching the UN Fashion Charter for …
Victoria’s Secret Sees Progress Despite Wider-Than-Forecast Loss
Victoria’s Secret & Co. reported a larger-than-expected quarterly loss amid a rise in investment in marketing and technology, but the company said its efforts are …
Campaign trail: follow Napoleon’s progress across Europe | Europe holidays
Ajaccio, Corsica, 1769-1778 Napoleon was born in Ajaccio on 15 August 1769, the year the French took back Corsica from the Genoese and just a …
Selfridges, Hermès Quietly Exit Fashion Pact Amid Slow Progress
Three times a year, the chief executives of some of fashion’s most powerful companies gather to discuss a shared, and increasingly urgent, challenge: how to …
At Warby Parker and Allbirds, Signs of Progress
The eyewear maker’s results were consistent with its recent outings. Sales rose 12 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of the year on the strength …
Stella Jean Drops Out of Milan Fashion Week Citing Stalled Diversity Progress
Stella Jean, the only Black member of The National Chamber of Italian Fashion, said she will no longer show at this month’s Milan Fashion Week, …
BFC Report Finds Half of European Brands Have a Diversity Strategy But Progress Still Lags
A new report by the British Fashion Council (BFC) and the MBS Group, a UK-based executive search firm, found that 51 percent of European fashion …
Widespread Inaction on Sustainability Eclipses Progress at Fashion’s Biggest Companies
The current decade marks a critical inflection point for the fashion industry to transform in line with global ambitions to curb climate change and establish …
Vanessa Kingori: Conformity Is the ‘Enemy of Progress, Creativity and Business’
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. In 2018, Vanessa Kingori joined British Vogue as its first female publisher. Since then, she …