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

The U.S. betrayed the healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus

4 ways to reboot the economy that fix the climate at the same time

We should all wear masks now

Creativity

Here’s how you can get 500 hours of free HBO content for quarantine bingeing

This hilarious impression of Joe Exotic from Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ will make you roar

Alexis Ohanian on what brands should—and shouldn’t!–be saying right now

Co.Design

Ikea’s new digital strategy engages users where they are: At home

The 4 best masks you can make yourself

The rise of quarantine UX: How COVID-19 has upended the very idea of convenience

Work Life

I was skeptical of group life-coaching, until I tried one geared at WOC

9 steps to take right now if you’ve been laid off

‘I’m at risk’: What it’s like to work at McDonald’s during the COVID-19 crisis