Imran Amed

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Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief at Business of Fashion (BOF)

Host at The Business of Fashion Podcast

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‘Transform or Die’: Can a Turnaround Expert Turn Kering Around?

1 week ago | businessoffashion.com | Imran Amed

LONDON — This week, Kering named Luca de Meo as its new chief executive officer, replacing François-Henri Pinault in the top executive role. Pinault will retain his role as chairman, but made clear in a call with investors on Monday that he will be ceding day-to-day decision making to de Meo. “Luca will have full liberty to take the decisions that he wants,” Pinault said.
The BoF Podcast | Tracee Ellis Ross: Understanding the Diversity of Humanity is Good Business

1 week ago | businessoffashion.com | Imran Amed

Analysis and advice on the fast-evolving beauty business. Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s precise shade of blonde generated a lot of press this week, but online the late style icon’s hair drama is getting upstaged — by Jennifer Garner. At The Business of Beauty Global Forum 2025, Unilever Prestige’s CEO, Mary Carmen Gasco-Buisson, shares how shifting consumer expectations around value are reshaping prestige beauty, in conversation with BoF’s chief business officer and head of beauty, Johanna Stout.
Fashion’s Musical Chairs Ends - With Men in Almost Every Seat.

3 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Imran Amed

LOS ANGELES — This week, with the confirmation from LVMH on Monday that Jonathan Anderson is taking over creative direction of the women’s, men’s and haute couture collections at Dior, all of the empty chairs at fashion’s top houses have now been filled. The pieces are now in place for the biggest fashion month ever this autumn.
The BoF Podcast | Lessons in World-Building: How Emily Oberg Created Sporty & Rich

3 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Imran Amed

Analysis and advice from the front lines of the retail transformation. The Persson family, founders of H&M, are increasing their stake in the company, fuelling speculation of a potential move to take the fast-fashion retailer private despite official denials. With bold marketing, a revamped leadership team under new brand president Amy Montagne, and star power from A’ja Wilson, Nike’s long-promised women’s push is starting to stick.
The State of Fashion Special Edition | The New Face of Beauty

3 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Imran Amed |Achim Berg

Discover the latest version of The State of Fashion and view all previous editions of the report here — our annual in-depth report on the future of the fashion, beauty and luxury industries, produced in partnership with McKinsey & Company. What is beauty? It’s a question philosophers have pondered for centuries. And now it’s increasingly one being asked across the beauty industry.
The BoF Podcast | Giancarlo Giammetti on Securing Valentino’s Legacy

4 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Imran Amed

Listen to and follow the ‘BoF Podcast’: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | OvercastGiancarlo Giammetti met Valentino Garavani by chance on July 31, 1960, setting in motion one of fashion’s most enduring — and most successful — creative partnerships. Together, they transformed Valentino into a global fashion powerhouse, celebrated for its elegance, craftsmanship and cultural influence.
Has Fashion Given Up on Emerging Designers?

4 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Imran Amed

Dear BoF Community, ROME and MILAN — This week in Rome, I had the honour of sitting down with Giancarlo Giammetti for an exclusive interview on The BoF Podcast. For those not in the know, Mr. Giammetti first met the designer Valentino Garavani by chance on July 31, 1960, setting in motion one of fashion’s most enduring — and most successful — creative partnerships. Together, they built Valentino into a global fashion powerhouse, celebrated for its elegance, craftsmanship and cultural influence.
How Fashion Can Engage With the Global Culture, the Right Way

1 month ago | businessoffashion.com | Imran Amed

Dear BoF Community,The locus of fashion is shifting away from a singular focus on Western fashion capitals to seize on the palpable optimism, creative energy and economic growth of the Global South, a vast region covering the Middle East, Central and South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The BoF Podcast | Inside The Great Luxury Reset

1 month ago | businessoffashion.com | Imran Amed

Listen to and follow the ‘BoF Podcast’: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | OvercastInstead of his usual place in the host’s seat, BoF founder and CEO Imran Amed appears this week as a guest in an interview with Jonathan Wingfield, editor-in-chief of System Magazine, alongside Luca Solca, senior research analyst at Bernstein — as featured in the debut issue of System Collections.
The BoF Podcast | Redefining “Made in Africa”

1 month ago | businessoffashion.com | Imran Amed

The author has shared a Podcast.You will need to accept and consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies by our third-party partners (including: YouTube, Instagram or Twitter), in order to view embedded content in this article and others you may visit in future. Africa is experiencing an exciting shift, creatively and commercially, with growing global attention on its rapidly expanding middle-class population.