The BoF Podcast: Racism and Inequality in Fashion’s Supply Chains

Why LVMH and Kering Struggle to Build Start-Up Brands

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2021 Why big luxury groups like LVMH and Kering struggle with start-up brands. L'Oréal, Coty and other beauty giants are staking their future on skin care and science. Chanel, Stella McCartney and more were in the spotlight at China's Spring Festival Gala. Plus, this week on The BoF Podcast we examine fashion's imperative to tackle systemic racism and inequality in its global supply chains.

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RETAIL Racism and Inequality Are Stitched Into the Garments We Wear By BoF Team

This week, Doug Stephens speaks with Kalkidan Legesse and Robert Hoppenheim about fashion's moral imperative to take responsibility for the people it impacts. READ MORE

LUXURY Can Big Luxury Build New Fashion Brands? By Vikram Alexei Kansara

LVMH's decision to pull the plug on the Fenty fashion label it launched with Rihanna only two years ago underscored just how elusive start-up success has been for Europe's big luxury groups. READ MORE

BEAUTY For Beauty's Biggest Players, Science Is Back in Style By Robert Williams

L'Oréal, Coty and other beauty companies are betting on skin care lines with technical-sounding names and lab-concocted ingredients to help them pull out of a pandemic slump. READ MORE

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NEWS BRIEFS Stylist Zerina Akers Launches E-Commerce Marketplace 'Black Owned Everything' Amazon Sues New York Attorney General Over Covid Protocol Japanese E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Reports 15.2% Boost in Annual Revenues China's Spring Festival Gala Showcases the Likes of Chanel, Stella McCartney and Sankuanz Kuwaiti Property Giant Tamdeen Acquires Fashion and Beauty Publication 3oud Douyin Draws Over 70 Billion Digital Interactions While Ringing in the Year of the Ox

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