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How Skincare Products Can Prove Their Value
In the face of discount-seeking consumers and dupe culture, brands are doing more to prove their formulas are worth their premium prices.
Worldview: Trade Talks at Ethiopia’s Hub of Africa Fashion Week
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Saks Fifth Avenue in India, Uzbekistan’s textile giants and luxury’s Chinese New Year campaigns.
The Live Shopping Boom Doesn’t Stop with TikTok
TikTok helped bolster the adoption of live shopping outside of China, but brands and experts say the concept will only get bigger in the US even amid uncertainty about the future of the ByteDance-owned app.
Phantom Bonuses, Staff Exodus: Inside the Troubled House of Tiffany
Tiffany & Co.‘s initiative to boost staff morale with the “Tiffany Joy” app backfired, evolving into a source of frustration as employees faced increasing pressure to engage, highlighting broader challenges in the company’s culture and sales strategy.
In Paris, A World of Fashion Characters
The men’s fashion week that closed in Paris on Sunday served up an array of masculine personas. At times, it worked; at times, it looked like cosplay, reports Angelo Flacavento.
Exclusive: Glow Recipe Launches Skincare-Based Makeup
The brand is expanding into color products with a skincare-first proposition, starting with a blush that isn’t.
Inside Willa Bennett’s First Issue of ‘Cosmopolitan’
The publication’s youngest-ever editor wants to revitalise the brand for Gen-Z. BoF has an exclusive look at her first issue.
Lanvin’s Return to Form
New designer Peter Copping steered the storied Paris couture house toward solid ground with a polished and self-assured, if somewhat safe, debut. Can the brand’s ‘ultimate chic’ stand up to deep-pocketed rivals?
Sabyasachi Stages Lavish Mumbai Show Amid Global Expansion
Indian fashion star Sabyasachi Mukherjee marked his 25th anniversary in business with a spectacle that sought to position his Sabyasachi label as ‘India’s first global luxury brand.’
This Week: Luxury’s Reality Check
LVMH reports fourth-quarter results, and will either confirm signs of a rebound – or dash hopes for a quick fix to the sector’s troubles.
What Trump’s Crackdown on ‘Woke Capitalism’ Means for Fashion
This week, the US President took aim at climate action and diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, institutionalising a growing backlash against so-called ‘woke capitalism.’
Op-Ed | Why Luxury Needs Trump
Bernard Arnault’s appearance at the US President’s inauguration raised some eyebrows, but it was good business sense for the LVMH chairman, argues Andrea Felsted.