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.
regulation
Beauty
What Beauty Brands Need to Know About the EU’s Regulation of Retinol
The European Commision has put one of the skin care industry’s most popular ingredients under review. If the new law passes, brands will have up to 3 years to reformulate existing products and take a new approach to ever-expanding international portfolios.
What Beauty Brands Need to Know About the EU’s Regulation of Retinol
The European Commision has put one of the skin care industry’s most popular ingredients under review. If the new law passes, brands will have up to 3 years to reformulate existing products and take a new approach to ever-expanding international portfolios.
Sustainability
Money, Power and Conflicts of Interest: Climate Politics Are Coming for Fashion
The UN’s annual COP climate summit ended Wednesday with an agreement to transition away from fossil fuels. The fraught, days-long negotiations to get there point to the challenges facing fashion companies seeking to deliver on these ambitions.
Money, Power and Conflicts of Interest: Climate Politics Are Coming for Fashion
The UN’s annual COP climate summit ended Wednesday with an agreement to transition away from fossil fuels. The fraught, days-long negotiations to get there point to the challenges facing fashion companies seeking to deliver on these ambitions.
Partner Content
Understanding the Potential of Digital Product Passports
New regulations from the European Commission will require fashion and other consumer goods to be fitted with unique digital product passports as early as 2026. At BoF’s VOICES 2023, the CEO of Arianee demystifies the future of digital product passports and their ability to reimagine fashion brands’ revenue stream.
Understanding the Potential of Digital Product Passports
New regulations from the European Commission will require fashion and other consumer goods to be fitted with unique digital product passports as early as 2026. At BoF’s VOICES 2023, the CEO of Arianee demystifies the future of digital product passports and their ability to reimagine fashion brands’ revenue stream.
News & Analysis
The State of Fashion 2024: Riding Out the Storm
The eighth annual State of Fashion report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company reveals an industry navigating deep uncertainty. Download the full report to understand the 10 themes that will define the industry and the opportunities for growth in the year ahead.
The State of Fashion 2024: Riding Out the Storm
The eighth annual State of Fashion report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company reveals an industry navigating deep uncertainty. Download the full report to understand the 10 themes that will define the industry and the opportunities for growth in the year ahead.
Technology
Millions of Luxury Products Now Come With Unique Digital Passports. Here’s What That Means.
Brands are starting to adopt the tags in large numbers as they prepare to meet major new EU regulations coming down the pipeline. They’re using the opportunity to build in customer-facing features that can appeal to shoppers, too.
Millions of Luxury Products Now Come With Unique Digital Passports. Here’s What That Means.
Brands are starting to adopt the tags in large numbers as they prepare to meet major new EU regulations coming down the pipeline. They’re using the opportunity to build in customer-facing features that can appeal to shoppers, too.
Retail
Why Shein Keeps Buying Its Rivals
The ultra-fast fashion giant’s latest acquisition of Missguided and a partnership with Forever 21 will grant it access to new customers and distribution channels.
Why Shein Keeps Buying Its Rivals
The ultra-fast fashion giant’s latest acquisition of Missguided and a partnership with Forever 21 will grant it access to new customers and distribution channels.
Retail
The Week Ahead: The Big Verdict for Farfetch-YNAP and More
The industry will be keeping an eye on a key moment for Farfetch, plus Birkenstock’s trajectory, the return of LA Fashion Week and the escalating crisis in the Middle East. That, and what else to watch for in the coming days.
The Week Ahead: The Big Verdict for Farfetch-YNAP and More
The industry will be keeping an eye on a key moment for Farfetch, plus Birkenstock’s trajectory, the return of LA Fashion Week and the escalating crisis in the Middle East. That, and what else to watch for in the coming days.
Retail
Unpacking Fashion’s Crime Wave
Amid a wave of high-profile incidents of theft and violence, big retailers are taking increasingly drastic steps, including closing stores and beefing up security.
Unpacking Fashion’s Crime Wave
Amid a wave of high-profile incidents of theft and violence, big retailers are taking increasingly drastic steps, including closing stores and beefing up security.
News & Analysis
FTC’s Amazon Antitrust Lawsuit Faces High Bar in US Court
The company is also fighting claims from another private civil lawsuit that said the company has stifled competition for shipping and fulfilment services.
FTC’s Amazon Antitrust Lawsuit Faces High Bar in US Court
The company is also fighting claims from another private civil lawsuit that said the company has stifled competition for shipping and fulfilment services.
Retail
US Sues Amazon for Breaking Antitrust Law and Harming Consumers
The US Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday, charging the online retailer with harming consumers through higher prices in the latest US government legal action aimed at breaking Big Tech’s dominance of the internet.
US Sues Amazon for Breaking Antitrust Law and Harming Consumers
The US Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday, charging the online retailer with harming consumers through higher prices in the latest US government legal action aimed at breaking Big Tech’s dominance of the internet.
Workplace & Talent
How Hollywood Stylists Can — and Just Might — Unionise
Strict labour laws in the US have long stood in the way of unionising efforts in creative industries like fashion. But in light of Hollywood’s historic strike and the ever-burgeoning gig economy, the tides may be shifting.
How Hollywood Stylists Can — and Just Might — Unionise
Strict labour laws in the US have long stood in the way of unionising efforts in creative industries like fashion. But in light of Hollywood’s historic strike and the ever-burgeoning gig economy, the tides may be shifting.
Beauty
What Beauty Needs to Know About the Biggest New Regulations in 80 Years
The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulations Act (MoCRA) transforms the US cosmetics landscape from a self-governing body to a federally regulated industry. And with the first deadline just months away, brands need to take heed of new FDA guidelines.
What Beauty Needs to Know About the Biggest New Regulations in 80 Years
The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulations Act (MoCRA) transforms the US cosmetics landscape from a self-governing body to a federally regulated industry. And with the first deadline just months away, brands need to take heed of new FDA guidelines.
The News in Brief
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.
Exclusive: Akt London Enters Sephora
The UK label will roll out its hero deodorant to Sephora US doors and launch its full assortment online as the LVMH-owned retailer expands its body care offering.