VF is selling Supreme to EssilorLuxottica for $1.5 billion, far less than it paid in 2020. Since then, Supreme has fallen hard in the fast-paced streetwear business.
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Are Luxury Consumers Ready For Chanel To Change Creative Direction?
Rumors have persisted for years that Chanel’s artistic director Virginie Viard was on her way out. However, in early May at the Marseille cruise collection show, Chanel president of fashion and accessories Bruno Pavlovsky disabused those rumors, emphatically stating to Fashion Network:“Virginie is doing extremely well. You know, ever since she succeeded Karl Lagerfeld, certain […]
Banana Republic Returns To Fashion ‘Fundamentals’ After Its Home-Centric CEO Exits
News just broke that Banana Republic’s president and CEO Sandra Stangl has been shown the door. While a company spokesperson replied “No comment” to my request, WWD obtained an internal memo from Gap Inc. CEO Richard Dickson stating: “As we close out the first quarter of the year, Sandra and I have agreed to transition […]
Zulily To Return After Being Acquired For $4.5 Million By Beyond
The recently defunct flash-sale site Zulily may finally have found a fitting corporate home after two unsuccessful tries by TV-shopping giant Qurate and investment firm Regent.Beyond Inc., the old Overstock.com reborn after the acquisition of Bed Bath and Beyond’s IP assets, just announced it acquired the intellectual property assets of online retailer Zulily for $4.5 […]
Luxury Marketplaces Hang On By A Thread, With The Exception Of Mytheresa
The viability of online multi-brand luxury marketplaces has been an open question for years as the most prominent names, like Farfetch, Richemont-owned Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) and Matches, have been unable to make a profitable success in the business. Despite luxury marketplaces’ early promise, recent developments suggest that luxury consumers simple don’t need online marketplaces to […]
