Inside LVMH's 24 Sèvres, Is Fast Fashion Too Fast? The Struggle to Break into Luxury

The Venice Effect, Independent Boutiques Outfitting America, US Retailers' Bid to Save NAFTA [View on Web]( [Add to contacts]( [New reader? Subscribe]( [BoF]( THE DAILY DIGEST TODAY'S MUST READ [Inside 24 Sèvres, LVMH’s New Multi-Brand E-Commerce Play]( BY Imran Amed [LVMH chief digital officer Ian Rogers speaks to BoF’s Imran Amed about the strategy behind the conglomerate’s long-awaited return to multi-brand fashion e-commerce.]( [Read more]( TOP STORIES [Reflections on the Venice Effect]( BY Tim Blanks [The Venice Biennale still offers the worlds of fashion and design the grandest opportunities to impress their finer selves, says Tim Blanks.]( [Read more]( [The Independent Boutiques Outfitting America]( BY Tamara Abraham [In a world where many brick-and-mortar stores are struggling, the ability to curate a buy for the quirks of local taste has given some independent retailers rare power.]( [Read more]( NEWS BRIEFS [Op-Ed | Not Even T.J. Maxx Is Immune to Retail's Woes]( [TJX Cos., the operator of TJ Maxx, on Tuesday reported first-quarter sales that fell short of forecasts, surprising analysts who expected the off-price chain to defy the retail industry's struggles.]( [US Retailers Urge Trump's New Trade Envoy to Save NAFTA]( [If the US trade deal changes, apparel trade groups say the industry could be faced with rising costs and another blow to its already-fragile profit margins.]( [Urban Outfitters Misses First Quarter Forecasts]( [Urban Outfitters Inc. on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $11.9 million.]( [Facebook Adds Snapchat-Like Camera Filters to Instagram]( [Facebook has been amping up its camera tool to take on Snapchat's features such as disappearing messages and face-tracking filters, which are hugely popular among its teenage and millennial users.]( [L'Oreal Receives Bid For The Body Shop From Italy's Investindustrial]( [The sale by L'Oreal, which has owned The Body Shop since 2006, has drawn interest from a series of private equity investors and a decision is expected in the coming months. Â]( [A Wall Street Dealmaker's All-In Bet on Retail]( [At at time when the long, slow death of retail is accelerating, private equity investor Stefan Kaluzny runs the risk of staking his $3.5 billion firm to an industry that might just be doomed to fail.]( [Asos Warehouse Fire Destroys Stock Worth $8 Million]( [The incident is not the first time the online retailer has been hit by fire accidents. Its main distribution centre in the UK at Barnsley caught fire in 2014, causing £30 million worth of damage.]( [Bits & Bytes | Snap's Spectacles Designer, Fashion Steps Up to Smartwatches]( [This week, how Lauryn Morris fused fashion and tech to design Snapchat Spectacles, while Tag Heuer and Fossil go all-in on smartwatches.]( [DAILY DIGEST Fashion News from Around the Web]( 1 [Is British Fast Fashion Too Fast?]( ["ASOS stocks 85,000 styles on its site. Boohoo turns around collections in two weeks flat. And competitors are freaking out."]( 2 [In a New Era of Retail, Shuttering All Stores Isn't the Answer]( ["As retailers face a self-reckoning amid a challenging environment, the key is to find a state of equilibrium between the old and the new."]( Dive]( 3 [Followers of Fashion Struggle to Break into Luxury]( ["Specialist MBA courses tailored to the sector are risky — getting a job is tough."]( Financial Times]( 4 [Vice and Lululemon's Brand Innovation]( ["Vice's marketing arm helps the athleisure company figure out what it stands for."]( New Yorker]( 5 [How Social Media Influencers Helped Turn NYX and Becca Into Multimillion-Dollar Cosmetics Brands]( ["Around 92 percent of makeup users get information on beauty products from influencers’ YouTube videos."]( FROM THE ARCHIVE [The Rise, Stumble and Future of Lululemon]( BY Lauren Sherman [How will the activewear brand that helped create the market rise above a consumer backlash sparked by a defective product, an avalanche of new competitors and an estranged, yet influential founder? BoF speaks to chief executive Laurent Potdevin.]( [Read more]( [Subscribe Were you forwarded this email? To subscribe to this newsletter, click below.]( for Free]( [BoF CAREERS - FEATURED JOBS]( [Art Director]( [Tommy Hilfiger]( Amsterdam, Netherlands [Bumble and bumble & GLAMGLOW Visual Merchandising Executive]( [Estée Lauder Companies]( London, United Kingdom [Online Trade Manager]( [Topshop]( London, United Kingdom [Manager, Digital Production]( [Louis Vuitton]( New York, United States [Director of Talent Aquisition]( [H&M]( New York, United States [Senior Account Manager]( [Village]( London, United Kingdom [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