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.
consumers
Marketing
How to Market a Hero Product
From J.Crew to Still Here, brands are leaning into hero product campaigns to capture customer attention. But balancing hero moments with broader brand storytelling remains key.
How to Market a Hero Product
From J.Crew to Still Here, brands are leaning into hero product campaigns to capture customer attention. But balancing hero moments with broader brand storytelling remains key.
Luxury
How Luxury Brands Aim to Keep the 2% Coming Back for More
Exclusive labels are lavishing top-spending clients with special events as luxury’s customer base shrinks.
How Luxury Brands Aim to Keep the 2% Coming Back for More
Exclusive labels are lavishing top-spending clients with special events as luxury’s customer base shrinks.
Technology
Generative AI Is Revolutionising Virtual Try-On. Will Shoppers Use It?
Open-sourced large language models have made it easier to create realistic images of online shoppers in outfits before they buy them. The next challenge is getting people to actually use the technology.
Generative AI Is Revolutionising Virtual Try-On. Will Shoppers Use It?
Open-sourced large language models have made it easier to create realistic images of online shoppers in outfits before they buy them. The next challenge is getting people to actually use the technology.
Beauty
Indie Perfume Brand Maison Crivelli Expands Africa Presence
The fine French perfume house, known for its premium scents including Hibiscus Mahajád and Tuberose Astrale, is targeting dynamic countries like Nigeria and Ghana.
Indie Perfume Brand Maison Crivelli Expands Africa Presence
The fine French perfume house, known for its premium scents including Hibiscus Mahajád and Tuberose Astrale, is targeting dynamic countries like Nigeria and Ghana.
Beauty
Break Out Your Brushes, Eyeshadow Is Back
The sleepy category is waking up after years of ‘clean girl’ minimalism caused a sales slump.
Break Out Your Brushes, Eyeshadow Is Back
The sleepy category is waking up after years of ‘clean girl’ minimalism caused a sales slump.
Global Markets
How Arab Jewellery Designers Took Local Heritage Global
Backed by a deep history in the jewellery trade, a new generation of Arab designers are taking the region’s craftsmanship global while many heritage jewellery houses are re-inventing themselves and gaining greater prominence.
How Arab Jewellery Designers Took Local Heritage Global
Backed by a deep history in the jewellery trade, a new generation of Arab designers are taking the region’s craftsmanship global while many heritage jewellery houses are re-inventing themselves and gaining greater prominence.
Beauty
Bringing K-Beauty to Black and Brown Skin
As K-beauty’s global fanbase becomes more diverse, newcomer K+Brown is hoping to invite more customers into the fold with products designed for darker skin tones. It enters a dynamic, yet complex, category.
Bringing K-Beauty to Black and Brown Skin
As K-beauty’s global fanbase becomes more diverse, newcomer K+Brown is hoping to invite more customers into the fold with products designed for darker skin tones. It enters a dynamic, yet complex, category.
Retail
Executive Memo | How to Cut Costs While Investing for the Future
Fashion is facing a crunch as consumers grow more cautious and the full impact of tariffs comes into view. Brands and retailers need to cut their expenses, but they can’t stop investing towards the future if they want to win in the long-term.
Executive Memo | How to Cut Costs While Investing for the Future
Fashion is facing a crunch as consumers grow more cautious and the full impact of tariffs comes into view. Brands and retailers need to cut their expenses, but they can’t stop investing towards the future if they want to win in the long-term.
Beauty
Why Are Barrette Sales Spiking? Thank Ozempic.
Hair loss is on the rise, in step with GLP-1 drug usage and general stress levels, and causing a measurable shift in clip preferences.
Why Are Barrette Sales Spiking? Thank Ozempic.
Hair loss is on the rise, in step with GLP-1 drug usage and general stress levels, and causing a measurable shift in clip preferences.
Technology
AI’s Transformation of Online Shopping Is Just Getting Started
A rapidly growing share of consumers is using AI to find and buy products. Brands need to be ready, says the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.
AI’s Transformation of Online Shopping Is Just Getting Started
A rapidly growing share of consumers is using AI to find and buy products. Brands need to be ready, says the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.
Beauty
How Tariffs Are Reshaping the Fragrance Boom
US-imposed tariffs were blamed for slowdowns in the earnings reports of several prominent fragrance makers, but the full picture of what’s next for the category goes a little deeper.
How Tariffs Are Reshaping the Fragrance Boom
US-imposed tariffs were blamed for slowdowns in the earnings reports of several prominent fragrance makers, but the full picture of what’s next for the category goes a little deeper.
Sports
Gymshark’s Path to $1 Billion in Sales Leads Through the US
The UK fitness brand is on the cusp of reaching its billion-dollar sales target, and sees expanding in the US, where it’s about to open its first New York City store, as the surest route there.
Gymshark’s Path to $1 Billion in Sales Leads Through the US
The UK fitness brand is on the cusp of reaching its billion-dollar sales target, and sees expanding in the US, where it’s about to open its first New York City store, as the surest route there.
The News in Brief
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.
AII Launches Industry-First Tool Standardising Measurement of Carbon Emissions
The new tool published by the climate-focused nonprofit aims to create a standardised benchmark across textile facilities to accelerate fashion’s efforts to decarbonise.
Marco De Vincenzo Exits Etro
The creative director’s departure after four years was a decision of ‘mutual agreement’ according to the Italian label.