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The tween jewellery retailer reported in court filings in Delaware that it had debts of between $1 billion and $10 billion.
With gold at historic highs, designers are trading in 18 carat for sterling silver, silk cords and lab-grown diamonds — reshaping the definition of fine jewellery along the way.
Even as luxury fashion brands face declining demand, jewellery sales are booming. The Debrief explores how smaller designers and novel pieces are capturing consumer interest and finding new paths to growth.
Cathaleen Chen is Retail Editor at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and drives BoF’s coverage of the retail and direct-to-consumer sectors.
Small fashion labels have always been shortchanged by their wholesale partners. A wave of high-profile bankruptcies has turned a structural injustice into an existential crisis. There is a better way to do business, writes Imran Amed.
Fashion’s enfant terrible is trading exclusivity for the mass market. Is it the ultimate fashion coup, or the final surrender of prestige?
The e-commerce giant is betting that a ‘culture of AI’ can solve the mysteries of physical retail and help power its new pricey namesake luxury label.
The number of companies suing for tariff refunds has spiked recently, with the latest group including companies such as Prada and Adidas, in a sign importers aren’t confident in the plan to create a claims process.
The Swedish fast-fashion retailer is one of a shrinking number of companies that’s still drawing attention to its emissions goals. Plus, a Shanghai Fashion Week preview.
Small fashion labels have always been shortchanged by their wholesale partners. A wave of high-profile bankruptcies has turned a structural injustice into an existential crisis. There is a better way to do business, writes Imran Amed.
Fashion’s enfant terrible is trading exclusivity for the mass market. Is it the ultimate fashion coup, or the final surrender of prestige?
Textile hubs are already feeling the cascading risks of the conflict in Iran as Washington ramps up forced labour probes to revive tariffs, while decarbonisation in fashion’s factories might finally have a standard to go off of.
