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Fashion’s finest honoured in New Year List: A celebration of innovation and sustainability

The New Year Honours list, unveiled this week, spotlights luminaries from the fashion and retail world, celebrating a spectrum of achievements spanning business acumen and sustainability-driven innovation. The annual tradition, designed to commend extraordinary contributions to society, has resonated deeply within the fashion sector this year,...

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Podcast: CEO Leena Nair on the future of Chanel

Chanel's global CEO Leena Nair talks to BoF founder and CEO Imran Amed about her vision for the iconic French luxury brand. Leena Nair has a string of 'firsts' to her name. In India, she was part of the first female group of students in her school, at Unilever she was the first woman to lead global human resources, responsible for 150,000...

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Chanel hires Unilever exec as new CEO

Chanel has appointed a new CEO to head its iconic luxury house. Leena Nair, 52, will replace the company’s co-owner Alain Wertheimer, who will take up the role of global executive chairman. Nair comes from Unilever and the world of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), a world far away from the luxury craft of hand-quilted handbags retailing...