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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2021 Gucci landed in Los Angeles this week for a Hollywood Boulevard extravaganza building on its off-schedule show strategy. Rents in Hong Kong's prime shopping areas are near their lowest in more than a decade. Now available to non-subscribers: In the luxury sector, key business decisions concerning China are still taken by Western executives, resulting in common mistakes, argue Luca Solca and Jasmine Zhu. Plus, this week on The BoF Podcast, Sinead Burke talks to Imran Amed about bringing inclusivity to fashion, as featured in Episode 3 of The BoF Show.

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WORKPLACE & TALENT Sinéad Burke: 'Fashion Has the Power to Change How Society Views People.' By BoF Team

The educator and advocate speaks to Imran Amed about her ongoing quest to make fashion more inclusive, as featured in the third episode of The BoF Show, now streaming on Bloomberg Quicktake. READ MORE

LUXURY Unpacking Gucci's Hollywood Show By Chantal Fernandez

While luxury peers have largely returned to traditional fashion weeks, the Italian megabrand landed in Los Angeles this week for an off-schedule extravaganza. READ MORE

CHINA The Biggest Mistakes Luxury Brands Make in China By Luca Solca and Jasmine Zhu China is the world's most important luxury market, but key business decisions concerning the country are still taken by Western executives based in Europe, resulting in common and costly mistakes, argue Luca Solca and Jasmine Zhu. READ MORE

CHINA World's Most Expensive Retail Rents Tumble to Decade Low in Hong Kong By Bloomberg Rents in three of the city's prime shopping areas are near the lowest in more than a decade in the wake of 2019′s anti-government demonstrations and some of the world's strictest Covid-19 travel restrictions. READ MORE

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