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Worldview | Tashkent Fashion Week Shores Up International Support
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features South Korea’s Misto Holdings, Nigerian textile plant developers and Bahrain’s Investcorp.
Retailers Pummelled by Trump’s Trade War Entertain More ‘Take-Private’ Offers
Hit hard by President Trump’s trade war and volatile markets, some publicly traded retailers are increasingly considering offers to sell to private equity.
Why Food Is Everywhere in Fashion Advertising
As foodie culture peaks and the cost of living rises, food is popping up more than ever in fashion imagery.
The Business of Ballerina Farm
Hannah Neeleman is the farmfluencer who broke the internet thanks to the public’s obsession with her picturesque life, career choices and family dynamics. Now, she is taking her burgeoning lifestyle empire global.
The Executive Briefing: Gen-Z Blues, Quiet Sustainability and One Big Sneaker Deal
This month, amid a lull in Trump’s trade war, two giant sneaker retailers merged, beauty’s Gen-Z strategy showed its age and fashion updated its sustainability pitch. Read on for your concise breakdown of May’s key developments from executive editor Brian Baskin.
Indian Jewellers Accelerate Global Rollout From Dallas to Doha
Centuries-old heritage brands and contemporary jewellers from India are opening stores in North America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the UK, but few have broadened their offering to appeal to a client base beyond the South Asian diaspora.
This Week: Three Questions for Retailers
Sneakers, lipstick and of course, tariffs, will be on investors’ minds as companies report quarterly results.
How Fashion Can Engage With the Global Culture, the Right Way
Creative and commercial energy is increasingly driven by frontier markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Global brands must learn how to embrace and amplify local cultures in these markets in an authentic way.
A Slap on the Wrist Won’t Solve Luxury’s Sweatshops Problem
This week, Italy’s Competition Authority closed a probe into whether Dior misled consumers about working conditions at its suppliers without finding any wrongdoing. But a new case linking Valentino to poor labour practices suggests this is a problem that won’t go away easily.
Trump Tariffs Hit European Luxury, Shares Tank
LVMH and Hermès stock fell about 3 percent and 4 percent respectively, in line with sector peers including Kering, Prada and Burberry, after the US president announced a 50 percent duty on imports from the European Union.
Want to Sell Lip Gloss? Get Boys to Do It
Lancôme’s Juicy Tubes campaign meant to coast on nostalgia. It found a new campaign niche instead.
Fashion’s World-Builder-in-Chief
Niklas Bildstein Zaar’s knack for designing immersive experiences has made him a go-to collaborator for the likes of Demna, Haider Ackermann, Anne Imhof and Travis Scott.