How 2020 Changed the World's Biggest Fashion Market

How the WFH Revolution Will Rewire the Workplace [View on Web]( [Add to contacts]( [New reader? Subscribe]( [BoF]( THE DAILY DIGEST ADVERTISEMENT [SCAD_DDNL_DEC14-19]( THE UPFRONT Dear BoF Community, China was already fashion's most important market before the pandemic, but [the country's rapid recovery from the coronavirus cemented that status](. Consumer spending soared in the second half of the year, and Chinese tech giants changed how clothes are bought and sold. Zoe Suen will walk you through a very eventful year. Also, the [work from home revolution]( that began during the pandemic will take on new dimensions next year. Read more in the State of Fashion 2021 report. Brian Baskin, Deputy Editor TODAY'S MUST READ [China Decoded]( [How 2020 Changed the World’s Biggest Fashion Market]( BY Zoe Suen [From Covid-19 to trade tensions, read about the forces that shaped China’s fashion, beauty and luxury sectors over the past 12 months and what to expect in 2021.]( Try BoF Professional for 30 days for $1/£1 [JOIN]( TOP STORIES [The Year Ahead: The WFH Revolution Will Rewire the Workplace]( BY BoF Team and McKinsey & Company [Companies should refine their blends of remote and on-premises work, invest in reskilling talent and instil a greater sense of shared purpose and belonging in employees.]( [News & Analysis]( [Patagonia’s New CEO Plots a Post-Trump Future for the Activist Brand]( BY Bloomberg [Ryan Gellert talks about how his #Resistance clothing company can continue the climate fight.]( [Fashion Show Review]( [Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2001, September 26, 2000]( BY Tim Blanks [BoF’s editor at large revisits the beauty in the horror and the horror in the beauty that were the tentpoles of McQueen’s aesthetic.]( [Podcasts]( [The BoF Podcast: Rashad Robinson on Addressing Racial Inequality in Fashion]( BY BoF Team [This summer’s protests forced fashion to examine its longstanding issues with racial discrimination at every level. At BoF VOICES, Color Of Change president Rashad Robinson laid out how to turn the industry’s new awareness into meaningful action.]( [Sponsored feature]( [CNMI Launches Report and Roadmap to Socially Sustainable Wage Practices in Fashion]( BY BoF Studio [Having conducted the largest survey of wage and payment conditions in the luxury sector, the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana hopes to act as an example to other international manufacturing hubs.]( NEWS BRIEFS - [Kering Confirms French Investigation For Financial Crimes]( - [Pitti Uomo and Milan Fashion Week Men’s Announce Dates for Physical-Digital Hybrid Events]( - [MatchesFashion Appoints Natalie Kingham as Global Fashion Officer]( BoF CAREERS - FEATURED JOBS  [Wholesale Sales Manager]( [O](    London, United Kingdom  [Retail Director]( [A](  Los Angeles, United States  [Assistant Buyer - Menswear (f/m/d)]( [M](  Munich, Germany [View All Jobs](  [Subscribe Were you forwarded this email? To subscribe to this newsletter, click below.]( for Free]( 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