US SEC Preparing to Eliminate Quarterly Reporting Requirement, WSJ Says
The proposal would give companies the option to share results twice a year.
consumers
Retail
Can a Shop Truly Be a ‘Third Place’? | The Debrief
A growing number of retailers are adding listening bars, cafés and lounges to keep shoppers lingering — but can a commercial space ever foster real community? The Debrief breaks it down with retail editor Cat Chen.
Can a Shop Truly Be a ‘Third Place’? | The Debrief
A growing number of retailers are adding listening bars, cafés and lounges to keep shoppers lingering — but can a commercial space ever foster real community? The Debrief breaks it down with retail editor Cat Chen.
Beauty
How Do You Bounce Back After Backlash? Boy Smells Offers an Answer
The queer-founded fragrance label is opening its first-ever store, months after weathering negative chatter around its creative overhaul. Now, it’s ready to win core customers back — and reach new ones.
How Do You Bounce Back After Backlash? Boy Smells Offers an Answer
The queer-founded fragrance label is opening its first-ever store, months after weathering negative chatter around its creative overhaul. Now, it’s ready to win core customers back — and reach new ones.
Sports
Can Sports Brands Turn Hypebeasts Into Athletes?
As the lines between fashion and sports customers blur, sportswear brands have an opportunity to attract casual consumers to innovations designed for serious athletes.
Can Sports Brands Turn Hypebeasts Into Athletes?
As the lines between fashion and sports customers blur, sportswear brands have an opportunity to attract casual consumers to innovations designed for serious athletes.
Luxury
Would Basquiat Have Loved or Hated All the Merch?
Despite ongoing debates about how Jean-Michel Basquiat would have viewed the mass marketing of his art, new book ‘The Making of an Icon’ sheds light on his complex relationship with fame, money, and his posthumous legacy.
Would Basquiat Have Loved or Hated All the Merch?
Despite ongoing debates about how Jean-Michel Basquiat would have viewed the mass marketing of his art, new book ‘The Making of an Icon’ sheds light on his complex relationship with fame, money, and his posthumous legacy.
Beauty
Make America Smell Like Cowboys Again?
The Western trend has crossed categories, triggering boom times for leathery fragrance launches.
Make America Smell Like Cowboys Again?
The Western trend has crossed categories, triggering boom times for leathery fragrance launches.
Retail
Victoria’s Secret Is Desperate to Learn How to Sell Bras Again
The retailer lost its cultural cachet and the faith of investors. CEO Hillary Super has a plan to win it all back.
Victoria’s Secret Is Desperate to Learn How to Sell Bras Again
The retailer lost its cultural cachet and the faith of investors. CEO Hillary Super has a plan to win it all back.
Global Markets
Why Streetwear Is Still Booming in Latin America
While streetwear may have lost momentum in western markets, it continues to surge in countries like Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, where local entrepreneurs are injecting new energy into scenes that were already lively.
Why Streetwear Is Still Booming in Latin America
While streetwear may have lost momentum in western markets, it continues to surge in countries like Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, where local entrepreneurs are injecting new energy into scenes that were already lively.
Luxury
Gucci’s Demna Debut Boosting Store Traffic
The brand has successfully harnessed the designer’s buzzy Milan fashion week presentation to draw shoppers back to its stores in the key US market, after years of lackluster sales, data shows.
Gucci’s Demna Debut Boosting Store Traffic
The brand has successfully harnessed the designer’s buzzy Milan fashion week presentation to draw shoppers back to its stores in the key US market, after years of lackluster sales, data shows.
Luxury
The Winners of the Phoebe Philo Bag Revival
Handbags Philo designed during her tenures at Chloé and Celine have recently been revived at both luxury houses, to the benefit of the brands and resellers, but not necessarily Philo herself.
The Winners of the Phoebe Philo Bag Revival
Handbags Philo designed during her tenures at Chloé and Celine have recently been revived at both luxury houses, to the benefit of the brands and resellers, but not necessarily Philo herself.
Beauty
‘Gilmore Girls’ and the Art of Nostalgia Marketing
With a 'Gilmore Girls' collaboration, Bliss continues its strategy to court Millennial and Gen-X shoppers; in a marketplace increasingly saturated by Y2K references, it may take more than a beloved name to win them over.
‘Gilmore Girls’ and the Art of Nostalgia Marketing
With a 'Gilmore Girls' collaboration, Bliss continues its strategy to court Millennial and Gen-X shoppers; in a marketplace increasingly saturated by Y2K references, it may take more than a beloved name to win them over.
Retail
What the Cowboy Boot Boom Says About America
The style statement is also a story about nostalgia, nationalism and America’s search for identity in times of uncertainty.
What the Cowboy Boot Boom Says About America
The style statement is also a story about nostalgia, nationalism and America’s search for identity in times of uncertainty.
Beauty
The GLP-1 Arms Race, Explained
The pharmaceutical boom in weight-loss drugs has put companies like Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly in ever-fiercer competition. Now more heavyweights, like Pfizer and Astrazeneca, are entering the ring. Who will come out on top?
The GLP-1 Arms Race, Explained
The pharmaceutical boom in weight-loss drugs has put companies like Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly in ever-fiercer competition. Now more heavyweights, like Pfizer and Astrazeneca, are entering the ring. Who will come out on top?
The News in Brief
Kering Unveils New Jewellery Unit, Merges Fashion Brand Reporting
Kering’s newly created jewellery division regroups Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo and Qeelin brands as the company aims to pool resources. The conglomerate is also regrouping fashion brand reporting, shielding smaller labels from investor scrutiny.
Bondholders Approve Saks Global’s Five-Year Business Plan
Saks is moving towards exiting bankruptcy and tapped an additional $300 million of its Chapter 11 financing package.
Luxury Stocks Face Most Bearish Sentiment in Years, UBS Says
War in the Middle East, the luxury industry’s fastest-growing market, threatens to delay a long-expected rebound in demand.
Trump Signs Order to Combat Fraudulent ‘Made in America’ Labels, White House Says
The executive order directs the FTC chairman to prioritise enforcement of existing laws against sellers and manufacturers who falsely claim products are made in America.
Lanvin Deputy CEO Siddhartha Shukla Exits Brand
Owner Lanvin Group said it is ‘fully committed’ to the French label’s development under creative director Peter Copping, with CEO Andy Lew in charge of management.
Ulta Beauty Forecasts Annual Profit Below Estimates
Shares declined in after-hours trading as the beauty retailer expressed a cautious outlook for 2026.
Exclusive: Brita Invests in Shower Filter Firm Hello Klean
The German water filtration firm has acquired a minority stake in Hello Klean, which sells shower heads it claims mitigate the effects of hard water.