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

This ‘personal carbon sequestration’ device uses algae to remove CO2 from the air

How a grassroots group of moms helped push Walmart and other chains to act on guns

Could this half-bike, half-scooter create a new form of urban transit?

Creativity

George Lucas has made more mistakes per hour than any other director

SNL fired Shane Gillis. Here’s what those defending him don’t seem to get

Lego rebuilds the world in first brand campaign in 30 years

Co.Design

This startup wants to rebrand acne care by highlighting zits, not hiding them

This data viz could help cities fight back against Trump’s war on immigrants

Exclusive: Ford’s radical new corporate campus is a glimpse into its future

Work Life

This is why feminism needs to be the future

This is what happened when two companies swapped offices—and countries

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