http://www.businessoffashion.com The Business of Fashion is the daily must-read for fashion creatives, business professionals and entrepreneurs in more than 150 countries around the world. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:46:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_8286" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Burberry Autumn/Winter 09 | Source: Burberry"][/caption] Burberry targets India’s brand-aware middle class (Times) "Burberry, the British luxury brand, is poised to enter a joint venture to expand its presence in India, a market in which the ultra-rich are thriving because of a soaring stock market." Phillips-Van Heusen 3Q profit ... http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/11/bof-daily-digest-burberry-enters-indian-jv-pvh-raises-outlook-burkle-for-barneys-gap-profits-rise-techno-designing.html [caption id="attachment_8258" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Gucci Facebook Page | Source: Facebook"][/caption] Luxury Brands and the Case for $4,000 Sunglasses (IHT) "Imran Amed, who runs a Web site called The Business of Fashion, said that two years ago, when he started urging big luxury brands to embrace social networking as a communications tool, executives ... http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/11/bof-daily-digest-luxury-goes-social-bridging-the-zac-slim-inventory-jimmy-choos-risky-strategy-the-illusion-of-brand-control.html [caption id="attachment_8207" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="Bryanboy with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana | Source: Bryanboy"][/caption] Luxury Firms Move to Make Web Work for Them (NYT) "The luxury goods industry, struggling through a recession that has threatened some well-known names with extinction, is trying to cast off the kid gloves that have hampered its ... http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/11/bof-daily-digest-techno-luxury-saks-surprise-profit-asias-youthful-consumer-sophie-thealler-wins-cfda-isabel-marant-breaks-out.html Nick Knight: Techno King (IHT) "What makes this glossy magazine photo session different is not just that it takes place in a London museum... It’s that there are thousands, maybe millions, of other viewers out there in cyberspace following the live stream, watching the hairdresser flicking Natalia’s Mohawk or sending tweets ... http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/11/bof-daily-digest-nick-knight-live-burani-weighs-options-hm%e2%80%99s-jimmy-choo-success-asos-grows-iman-a-model-entrepreneur.html [caption id="attachment_8099" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Johann Rupert, CEO Richemont Group | Source: Connectingwatches"][/caption] Rupert ready to resume the helm at Richemont (FT) "Johann Rupert said yesterday that he would retake the helm as chief executive of Richemont from April, indicating that the world's second-largest luxury goods group still expected storms ahead." Style bloggers take ... http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/11/bof-daily-digest-rupert-helms-richemont-the-new-front-row-tom-fords-focus-prada-pushes-boundaries-pratap-weaves-magic.html [caption id="attachment_8082" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="From the Cartier Collection, Richemont Group | Source: Cartier"][/caption] Richemont’s Rupert to Take Over as CEO; Profit Slumps (Bloomberg) "Richemont SA, the world’s largest jewelry maker, said Chairman Johann Rupert will replace Norbert Platt as chief executive officer in April, taking more control amid the deepest recession since ... http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/11/bof-daily-digest-richemont-reshuffles-bally-looks-east-bulgari-back-in-black-ungaro-speaks-out-alexander-wang-in-profile.html [caption id="attachment_8060" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="Guess Autumn/Winter 09 | Source: Guess"][/caption] Guess Sets Its Sights on Europe (Business Week) "The iconic maker of fashion jeans and other apparel is expanding fast in Europe with a new retail push and tighter control of its brand." A Not-So-Guilty Pleasure (NY Times) "For months now, consumers have been ... http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/11/bof-daily-digest-guess-european-push-shoes-on-the-rise-india-in-refocus-debenhams-acquires-magasin-brioni-and-the-rca.html Luella Looks To The Future (Vogue) "AFTER the announcement yesterday by Luella Bartley that her Luella label had ceased trading, the designer has now begun the process of seeking a new backer in order to continue her eponymous label." Fashion industry downsizes: layoffs looming at Zac Posen, Gucci (NY Daily News) "It’s a ... http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/11/bof-daily-digest-luella-seeks-new-backer-layoffs-loom-on-7th-avenue-brunos-bravado-uk-fashion-wave-return-of-the-big-spender.html [caption id="attachment_8005" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Art of the Trench | Source: Burberry"][/caption] Burberry Looks Online for Ways to Gain Customers (IHT) "Angela Ahrendts still remembers when she bought her first Burberry trench coat... Ms. Ahrendts — who now runs the company — is hoping to move the quintessentially British brand into the age ... http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/11/bof-daily-digest-art-of-the-trench-luxury-as-elite-and-youthful-la-perla-lowers-prices-record-rents-in-london-ferragamo%e2%80%99s-online-museum.html [caption id="attachment_7970" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Donatella Versace by Gilles Bensimon | Source: Elle"][/caption] How Versace went from rags to riches—and back again (Newsweek) "Donatella Versace, tiny, sculpted and forever blonde, was standing backstage after her menswear show at the Teatro Versace in Milan in June... it all felt feeble, pathetic—a sad, soulless charade ... http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/11/bof-daily-digest-versace%e2%80%99s-fashion-disaster-dollars-and-scents-rent-the-runway-chatting-with-henry-holland-fast-fashion-losers.html