Brexit Effect Drives Tourist Spending, Louis Vuitton x Supreme, BCBG Max Azria to Close Stores

The New Era of Luxury Retail, Safilo Plunges, What If Stores Stop Selling Stuff Trump Doesn't Like? [View on Web] [Add to contacts] [New reader? Subscribe] [BoF] THE DAILY DIGEST SPONSORED BY [PV Paris - Jan (16 - 28) 2017 ] TODAY'S MUST READ [The End of Cookie-Cutter Luxury Stores] BY Luca Solca [Luxury brands must reimagine their retail experiences, pivoting away from larger, standardised stores to something more authentic and varied, argues Luca Solca.] [Read more] TOP STORIES [Brexit Effect Drives Tourist Spending in the UK] BY Limei Hoang [The sharp decline in the British pound has sparked an influx of Asian and American tourists looking for cheaper luxury goods.] [Read more] [Safilo Plunges as LVMH Said Close to Buying Marcolin Stake] BY Bloomberg [The LVMH agreement could also involve investing in Marcolin’s Italian manufacturing operations, as well as the creation of a new company.] [Read more] [Video | 'Stress Is the Bubonic Plague of the 21st Century'] BY BoF Team [Bob Roth, executive director of the David Lynch Foundation, discussed the power of meditation at VOICES, BoF's annual gathering for big thinkers.] [Read more] [Louis Vuitton x Supreme: A Protean New York] BY Tim Blanks [Integrating Supreme and Louis Vuitton was the sort of challenge Kim Jones, a long-time connoisseur of cults, was put on the planet to meet.] [Read more] [Warlike Thoughts at Rick Owens] BY Tim Blanks [Rick Owens felt he’d been earnest enough with his previous collections and that it was time to wallow in beauty. But as artificial and decadent as his new forms wanted to be, they broadcast a message of protection for the hard times ahead.] [Read more] NEWS BRIEFS [BCBG Max Azria to Close Stores and Restructure as Online Shift Takes Toll] [The chain plans to reduce its focus on brick-and-mortar shops, concentrating instead on licensing, e-commerce and selling through other retailers.] [China's Alibaba Becomes Major Sponsor of Olympics] [International Olympic Committee sources have reported that major sponsors pay about $100 million per four-year cycle, which includes one summer and one winter games.] [Power Moves | Carven Appoints Creative Director, Reed Krakoff Joins Tiffany & Co.] [This week, Serge Ruffieux has been named creative director at Carven, Reed Krakoff has joined Tiffany & Co, and Condé Nast has made promotions to strengthen its leadership team.] [DAILY DIGEST Fashion News from Around the Web] 1 [How Anna Wintour’s Longtime Party Planner Turned to Trump] ["Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, the former director of special events for Vogue, helps plan an inauguration that is distressing many in the fashion world."][The New York Times] 2 [Your Clothes Will Be on the Radio] ["Knowing exactly where all your inventory is all the time leads to many possibilities for business."][Bloomberg View] 3 [What If Stores Stop Selling Stuff Trump Doesn't Like?] ["Wynn Las Vegas removed the Tom Ford line of cosmetics and sunglasses from its retail locations last weekend."][Racked] 4 [Shiseido Just Bought a Makeup App That Scans Your Skin and Creates Custom Foundation] ["Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido announced its US subsidiary was buying the three-year-old company for an undisclosed amount."][Fortune] 5 [Designers Can Refuse to Dress the Trumps. Other Artists Should Have the Same Freedom.] ["With the election of Donald Trump, this desire for genuine authenticity has swept through the fashion industry."][The Washington Post] FROM THE ARCHIVE [Why Fashion Will Learn to Love Melania Trump] BY Chantal Fernandez [Despite the fashion community's near-unanimous support of Hillary Clinton, it will not be able to ignore that America's future First Lady's style now has a global platform.] [Read more] [Subscribe Were you forwarded this email? To subscribe to this newsletter, click below.][Subscribe for Free] [BoF CAREERS - FEATURED JOBS] [Senior Creative Manager] [Farfetch] London, United Kingdom [Director of Digital] [Louis Vuitton] New York, United States [Senior Account Manager] [ZOÏ Agency] New York, United States [DIGITAL CONTENT COORDINATOR (M/F)] [Christian Dior Couture] Paris, France [Digital Marketing Manager] [Drake's] London, United Kingdom [E-commerce Fulfillment Supervisor] [Le Labo] Brooklyn, United States [View All Jobs] Follow Us [The Business of Fashion] [Sponsorship & Advertising] [About] This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Add to Address Book] | [Unsubscribe] | [Edit Newsletter Subscriptions] The Business of Fashion Moray House - 6th Floor · 23-31 Great Titchfield St London W1W 7PA · United Kingdom