Ben Hedlund: “Greenwashing rightly leaves a bitter taste in many people’s mouths.”
A running sentiment is that many companies treat sustainability as a marketing gimmick, or a superficial box to check.
What’s holding the Rapha deal back?
We’re hearing that LVMH’s pursuit of Rapha is has cooled. And one big thing seems to be holding back the deal. (492 words)
From the Slack: “There’s no such thing as a ‘middle’ in e-commerce anymore.”
Subscriber Hendrik Laubscher, based recently shared some strong insights in the context of the JackThreads flameout. (474 words)
Ledbury’s Paul Trible: “We’re indifferent to this whole activewear thing.”
Menswear is trending towards sweatpants. Ledbury is doing the opposite. (281 words)
Rapha’s 12 year financials just landed in our inbox. Here’s what we learned.
The leaked financials answer our biggest question about Rapha: Why exactly are their margins – £1.1M ($1.4M) on £48.8M ($62.1M) revenues for 2016 – so small? (998 words)
Chip Wilson has a new target: Under Armour (and Kevin Plank).
It’s been a rough 2017 for Kevin Plank. This latest potential headache is the last thing he needs. (200 words)
Spiegel the contrarian.
In another life, Spiegel sounds like he could’ve been a great MLC founder. (196 words)
Reading between the lines of Natalie Massenet’s move to Farfetch.
In her non-executive, co-chairwoman role, will she really have influence beyond the “brand” name? (488 words)
Ana Andjelic: Ironically, the ‘slowness’ movement shows no signs of slowing down.
Being unplugged has become a status symbol. We’re increasingly accumulating simple (pre-Internet) pleasures in place of actual goods. (566 words)
