Most Innovative Companies

Michael Kors

Michael Kors has built arguably the next great American fashion house, a $15.5 billion global power in the American tradition of Calvin Klein and Donna Karan. As of last November, the brand had another rocking quarter, with revenue up 39% and same-store sales up 23%. Since the company went public in 2011, its share price has tripled. Between 2010 and 2013, annual revenue quadrupled to around $2 billion.

Lists

2014: Top 50

Stories about Michael Kors

Report: Michael Kors is close to buying Versace for $2 billion

Innovation By Design

How Coach Lost Its Luxury Cachet

Fashion Designers Are Finally Getting Serious About Wearable Devices

Why your new favorite device could be designed by Tory Burch or Rachel Zoe, not Apple or Google

Fashion Designers Are Finally Getting Serious About Wearable Devices

The First Instagram Ad “Worked,” But What Do Brands Do Now?

The numbers say that Michael Kors’s much derided Instagram ad–the first of its kind–was a success. But how, if at all, can brands really use Instagram effectively as a paid ad platform?

The First Instagram Ad “Worked,” But What Do Brands Do Now?

A Lot Of People Liked Michael Kors’s Instagram Ad–But Will They Buy A Watch?

Michael Kors’ Microsite Helps You Visualize Your Holiday Celebration

Facebook To Introduce Want Button For Retailers

Baked In: Fashion Site Polyvore Taps an Army of Anna Wintours

Mark Zuckerberg says social dynamics of the kind Facebook pioneered will one day be a core part of every industry. In the first installment of our new series, we take a look at some companies that are “baking in” social right from the start.

Baked In: Fashion Site Polyvore Taps an Army of Anna Wintours

Fast Company Magazine

Not So Fast: Reviving Retail Sales

Retail sales are struggling — and the economy isn’t the only reason. “Innovative” efforts to revive the shopping experience have been, let’s say, uninspired.

Not So Fast: Reviving Retail Sales

Impact

Busch wants to save forests with the promise of unlimited beer

Why MIT’s social tech incubator is launching an investment fund

Ayn Rand, Leonard Nimoy, and Muhammad Ali told Neil Armstrong what to say as he stepped on the Moon

Creativity

Our favorite Twitter reactions from this year’s Emmy nominees

I’m at the T-Mobile. I’m at the Taco Bell. I’m at the combination T-Mobile and Taco Bell

This new podcast studio wants to put modern L.A. stories in your ears

Co.Design

Fast Company is hiring a design writer

How Spotify and other popular apps trick you into doing free labor

What you look like as a Renaissance painting, according to AI

Work Life

Here’s how we can make sure that every child has the opportunity to go to the moon

You’re missing out by not hiring autistic workers. Here’s how to ensure that they thrive at work

Slow to embrace diversity in the workplace? It’s probably affecting business.