Member Exclusives
The Truth About Violet Grey’s Acquisition Plans
Chief executive Sherif Guirgis set the record straight about the company’s acquisitions, and shared his growth plans with The Business of Beauty exclusively.
Klarna Shares Climb 30% in Trading Debut After $1.37 Billion IPO
The company’s shares opened at $52 each in New York, above the IPO price of $40 apiece.
Introducing Full Coverage, a Beauty Newsletter From Priya Rao
The Business of Beauty’s executive editor is bringing back her weekly newsletter, and diving into how shifting ideals, new players and cultural movements are transforming the multi-billion-dollar beauty and wellness industries.
A Beauty Editor’s Vision of Luxury Pet Care: Biche
Biche, a label founded by Highsnobiety’s Alexandra Pauly, will sell a duo of fine fragrance-infused dog grooming products, and has closed a pre-seed funding round led by executives from Europerfumes.
Peter Do Launches New Label
PD-168, the designer’s latest venture, is a monochromatic, high-fashion take on the work uniform. Just don’t call it a diffusion line.
Balenciaga Launches New Fine Fragrance Collection
Inspired by an original perfume created in the 1940s and long discontinued, the 10-piece collection will be available to purchase on Sept. 10 from select Balenciaga boutiques.
The Great Fashion Reset | The Future of Multi-Brand Retail
As major luxury retailers from Saks to Ssense struggle, independent boutiques are making a comeback.
Reformation Launches First Full Jewellery Line
The LA-based brand is expanding into demi-fine jewellery, the latest step in its bid to capture a bigger share of its customers’ closets.
Inside Kering’s Changing of the Guard
A $24 million welcome bonus was in focus as new CEO Luca de Meo took the reins from François-Henri Pinault. Improving performance will require tough choices to ‘reduce our costs, reduce our debt, and where necessary, rationalise, reorganise, reposition some of our brands,’ de Meo said.
Nike’s Chief Sustainability Officer Departs
Jaycee Pribulsky is leaving the company for a new opportunity after less than two years in the role. Her departure comes amid a choppy period of restructuring, when the sportswear giant’s sustainability efforts have faced scrutiny and it has rejigged communications on the topic.
China’s Luxury Resellers Get Physical
The resale market is expanding from apps to buzzy offline markets as taboos around secondhand fashion fade, interest in sustainability grows and the slowing economy pushes more Chinese consumers into bargain-hunting mode.
Worldview | Tokyo Fashion Week Toasts Two Decades of Trailblazers
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features China’s rebuke of Dior, South African Fashion Week’s pause and runway spectacles in Dubai and Buenos Aires.