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Pieter Mulier Exits Alaïa After 5 Years
As the first creative director to succeed founder Azzedine Alaïa, Mulier rejuvenated the Paris-based brand with highly-refined, sculptural styles, bringing runway drama and spawning commercial hits like the Teckel bag and mesh ballerina flats.
For These Beauty Products, It’s What’s on the Outside That Counts
Brands are designing products and packaging meant to be clicked, tapped and touched. Actually using them is beside the point.
Adidas Keeps Thriving in a Chaos-Filled Market
Adidas’ staggering growth continues while the rest of the sportswear industry struggles to find its footing.
Astra Signs Obesity Drug Deal in China Worth Up to $18.5 Billion
AstraZeneca agreed to pay Chinese company CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. as much as $18.5 billion for its obesity drug candidates, as the UK drugmaker tries to push into the growing weight-loss market.
Givaudan Sales Slowdown Sends Fragrance Maker’s Shares Falling
The Swiss firm missed expectations for yearly organic sales growth on Thursday, as weaker performance of its flavours business outweighed resilient growth in fine fragrances.
Winter Games in Italy Attract Luxury Brands Seeking Global Stage
Luxury fashion brands are seeking to capitalise on the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, opening boutiques, sponsoring teams and launching collections.
Explainer: How Fashion Brands Should Prepare for Mandatory Digital Product Passports
The deadline for every fashion item sold in the EU to have its own digital identity is inching closer. Brands need to get ready.
Opinion: How to Prepare Your Fashion Company For AI in 90 Days
AI won’t replace fashion leadership, but leaders who use AI will replace those who don’t, writes Ari Bloom.
How Jewellery Houses Aim to Stay Ahead In 2026
High jewellery brands including Boucheron, Chaumet, De Beers and Dior showed new collections at Haute Couture week in Paris as they manage so far to ride out geopolitical tensions which have sent gold and silver to new highs while the dollar sinks.
Me+Em Hasn’t Raised the Price of Its Hero Product for 17 Years. Here’s How.
A direct-to-consumer strategy and cost discipline have helped the British brand grow without leaning on price hikes.
Saks Will Close Most Off 5th Stores With Big Clearance Sales
The bankrupt department store operator will focus instead on its luxury offerings at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman chains.
Adidas Announces New Share Buyback Programme as Profits Jump
Fourth-quarter operating profit exceeded analyst estimates and drove full-year operating profit slightly above its forecast from October.