Exclusive: Deciem to Relaunch The Chemistry Brand
The Estée Lauder-owned beauty company and The Ordinary parent will relaunch one of its original brands as it moves to rekindle its reputation for incubation.
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Retail
The Future of Zara Under New Leadership
Zara-owner Inditex, the world’s largest fashion retailer, appointed a mix of new and familiar faces to top management positions this week. The shakeup comes at a pivotal moment for the Spanish giant.
The Future of Zara Under New Leadership
Zara-owner Inditex, the world’s largest fashion retailer, appointed a mix of new and familiar faces to top management positions this week. The shakeup comes at a pivotal moment for the Spanish giant.
Retail
How the New Wave of Fast Fashion Brands Really Work
Edikted is less than a year old but it’s all over TikTok and already topping search rankings among Gen Z consumers. The brand’s founder explains his formula.
How the New Wave of Fast Fashion Brands Really Work
Edikted is less than a year old but it’s all over TikTok and already topping search rankings among Gen Z consumers. The brand’s founder explains his formula.
Luxury
What You Will Learn at VOICES 2021
Explore the core themes and reserve your spot to attend BoF’s annual gathering for big thinkers.
What You Will Learn at VOICES 2021
Explore the core themes and reserve your spot to attend BoF’s annual gathering for big thinkers.
Sustainability
What COP26 Means for Fashion
Achieving the ambitions laid out at the UN climate summit that ended this week will require a wholesale transformation of the way the fashion industry operates. Are business leaders ready?
What COP26 Means for Fashion
Achieving the ambitions laid out at the UN climate summit that ended this week will require a wholesale transformation of the way the fashion industry operates. Are business leaders ready?
Retail
Can Asos Handle Fast Fashion’s Headwinds?
The abrupt departure of the fast fashion e-tailer’s CEO alongside a warning profits could fall sharply this year have raised the stakes for the company’s strategy update next month.
Can Asos Handle Fast Fashion’s Headwinds?
The abrupt departure of the fast fashion e-tailer’s CEO alongside a warning profits could fall sharply this year have raised the stakes for the company’s strategy update next month.
Sustainability
Why Fast Fashion Still Has Gen-Z’s Heart
The generation credited with leading the charge on climate activism and social justice is also propelling the growth of fast-fashion behemoths like Shein and Boohoo.
Why Fast Fashion Still Has Gen-Z’s Heart
The generation credited with leading the charge on climate activism and social justice is also propelling the growth of fast-fashion behemoths like Shein and Boohoo.
Retail
Boohoo, H&M Warn Supply Chain Issues Are Hitting European Retail
High shipping costs and global supply chain disruptions are starting to challenge European clothing retailers.
Boohoo, H&M Warn Supply Chain Issues Are Hitting European Retail
High shipping costs and global supply chain disruptions are starting to challenge European clothing retailers.
Retail
Shein Looks to Change Its Narrative With Design Challenge
This week everyone will be talking about Shein’s new design competition, Gap Inc.’s earnings and plans for fashion month.
Shein Looks to Change Its Narrative With Design Challenge
This week everyone will be talking about Shein’s new design competition, Gap Inc.’s earnings and plans for fashion month.
Retail
What Is Fast Fashion?
This week, everyone will be talking about France reopening, the debate over Pride merchandise and Zara owner Inditex’s results.
What Is Fast Fashion?
This week, everyone will be talking about France reopening, the debate over Pride merchandise and Zara owner Inditex’s results.
Retail
The Search for the Next Shein
Investment firms like Andreessen Horowitz are backing start-ups that mimic the Chinese fast-fashion giant’s blueprint, as they look to build the next big Gen Z label.
The Search for the Next Shein
Investment firms like Andreessen Horowitz are backing start-ups that mimic the Chinese fast-fashion giant’s blueprint, as they look to build the next big Gen Z label.
Sustainability
Op-Ed | Who Pays for Sustainability?
To fund a more sustainable future, the fashion system must become more productive, embracing a supply chain strategy rooted in shared risk, not lowest cost, argues John S. Thorbeck.
Op-Ed | Who Pays for Sustainability?
To fund a more sustainable future, the fashion system must become more productive, embracing a supply chain strategy rooted in shared risk, not lowest cost, argues John S. Thorbeck.
Retail
Where Do Fast Fashion’s Giants Go From Here?
The pandemic has radically shifted the retail landscape, creating new challenges for incumbents H&M Group and Zara-owner Inditex.
Where Do Fast Fashion’s Giants Go From Here?
The pandemic has radically shifted the retail landscape, creating new challenges for incumbents H&M Group and Zara-owner Inditex.
The News in Brief
De Beers Makes Sweeping Cuts to Its Elite Diamond-Buying Club
The diamond company produced less than 22 million carats last year, down from almost 35 million in 2022.
L’Oréal India in Talks to Acquire Beauty Company Innovist
L’Oréal is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Bare Anatomy parent Innovist sources told The Economic Times India.
Zegna Chairman Says War Has Clouded Visibility of Demand in Middle East
The Italian fashion house cautioned the war is reducing visibility on demand in the Middle East, which accounts for 7 percent of its sales, though all stores are currently open in the region.
Glossier Appoints New CMO
Nicole Solorzano, who joins from Ouai, is the Millennial beauty brand’s latest hire.
Macy’s CEO Points to E-Shaped Economy, Signalling Consumer Shift
The mention of a forked economy by the head of America’s largest department store signals a heightened wariness that middle-income Americans will continue to spend at the same pace.
France’s Bid to Suspend Shein’s Marketplace Rejected by Appeals Court
The decision from Paris’ Court of Appeal marked a win for the fast-fashion giant after a scandal over sex dolls resembling children for sale on its site.
Coty Announces Board Revamp
The embattled Covergirl owner has appointed five new independent directors amidst a wider leadership and company shakeup.