Cathaleen Chen

After BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed's recent column on how the industry ‘eats its young,' we received an overwhelming response from brand founders and entrepreneurs sharing their frustrations with the fashion system.

As Saks Global emerges from bankruptcy in record time, the Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman owner has started to pay back critical vendors, rebuilt inventory and eliminated much of its debt. But winning back the industry's trust is a different challenge altogether.

Saks Global CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck joins Imran Amed and Cathaleen Chen to explain how he is steering the retailer through bankruptcy in under four months — and why he's betting on the resilience of the American luxury customer to fuel what comes next.

The right mix of novelty, accessibility and scarcity helped the tie-up break through the noise and go viral, even boosting Swatch's share price.

As Swatch and Audemars Piguet sparked a global retail frenzy over the weekend with a $400 plastic pocket watch, BoF’s Cathaleen Chen and Mimosa Spencer dissect whether high-low collaborations democratise luxury or dilute brand equity in an industry built on exclusivity.

Don’t mistake Everlane’s reported sale to Shein for a generational eulogy. The ideals the brand helped popularise — conscious, informed consumption — are still very much alive.

With its boardroom battle in the rearview, the activewear giant can finally focus on defending its relevance and figuring out its next growth engine as rivals chip away its category dominance.

The recent success of retailers from Coach to Zara may be powered by the surprising resilience of America’s middle class, many of whom have moved up, not down, the economic ladder.

A crop of small but emerging brands is capitalising on demand for novelty in the category, using TikTok-savvy marketing and a lifestyle-driven position to chip away at the dominance of established players like Lululemon.

The big box retailer's reunion with the designer who defined the ‘Tar-zhay' era will need to deliver more than nostalgia to reignite demand for its apparel offering.