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Get Out of China's Coercive Cotton Fields View on Web Add to contacts New reader? Subscribe THE DAILY DIGEST ADVERTISEMENT WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS WEEK This Week in Fashion Get Out of China's Coercive Cotton Fields BY Vikram Alexei Kansara This week, claims that over half a million Muslims from minorities in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region are being forced to pick cotton widely used in the global fashion industry stunned consumers and stained major brands, highlighting longstanding traceability problems that must be solved. Try BoF Professional for 30 days for $1/£1 JOIN News & Analysis What Anna Wintour's Big Promotion Means for Condé Nast BY Chantal Fernandez As the publisher focuses on returning to profitability, a new unified content strategy under Anna Wintour, more powerful at the publisher than ever, aims to make its strategy more efficient and intertwined. Try BoF Professional for 30 days for $1/£1 JOIN Retail Prophet The Radical Strategy That Drove Nike's Pandemic Success BY Doug Stephens How a bold direct-to-consumer push unveiled by former chief executive Mark Parker almost four years ago drove the sportswear giant's stock price to an all-time high in the middle of a pandemic. BoF Professional The Retail Footprint of the Future BY Casey Hall In the post-pandemic world, conventional approaches to store network optimisation are no longer enough. Fashion brands need to urgently scrutinise their global retail footprint or risk further financial blows in 2021. Try BoF Professional for 30 days for $1/£1 JOIN Opinion Post Corona: From the Brand Age to the Product Age BY Scott Galloway The primacy of brand is giving way to the primacy of product as the internet rewires media and business, argues Scott Galloway in an exclusive excerpt from his latest book, 'Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity.' News & Analysis Are These Fashions Linked to Forced Labour? Brands Can't Confidently Say No. BY Robert Williams At least 570,000 Uighur Muslims are being forced to work in Chinese cotton fields that produce one-fifth of the world's supply, a new report says. Most fashion brands can't promise their products aren't implicated, with concern spreading from fast-fashion and sportswear giants to major luxury groups. BoF Professional No Parties, No Problem: How Fashion Is Selling Holiday Clothes in 2020 BY Alexandra Mondalek In a year where sweatpants, pyjamas and activewear dominated fashion, brands have had to adjust their own offerings just to survive. So, what sells? Try BoF Professional for 30 days for $1/£1 JOIN 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 BoF CAREERS - FEATURED JOBS   Social Media Manager, Beauty Burberry      London, United Kingdom   Associate, Digital Customer Engagement Ralph Lauren   New York, United States   Trade Marketing Specialist On Running   Berlin, Germany View All Jobs Subscribe Were you forwarded this email? To subscribe to this newsletter, click below. Subscribe for Free Follow Us The Business of Fashion Sponsorship & Advertising About This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com 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