Lauren Sherman December 18, 2023
A Bridge Too Farfetch
Perhaps now, with a new backer, Farfetch C.E.O. José Neves will do what everyone wants him to do: focus on making the marketplace business profitable.
Assessing the collateral damage and lessons learned—particularly that “winner-takes-all” nonsense—from Farfetch’s humbling: the delisting, the bridge loan, and failed Yoox Net-a-Porter merger.
Lauren Sherman October 19, 2023
Farfetch Dreams vs. Realities
Farfatch C.E.O. José Neves and president Stephanie Phair.
Once upon a time, Farfetch seemed like the future of online luxury—and fabulous boutique brands and beauty and even a secondary market for sneakerheads. Is the YNAP deal its white whale, or the prelude to another public failure?