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This Week: What’s Ailing Louis Vuitton?
LVMH is expected to report another quarter of falling sales. With a creative revamp underway at Dior and new management in place at Moët Hennessy, the group’s biggest and most profitable brand is facing scrutiny.
Makeup Artist Andry Hernández Romero Released From CECOT Prison
An asylum seeker deported from the US to the notorious El Salvador prison, Hernández Romero was identified arriving in Venezuela as part of a prisoner swap.
CaaStle’s Christine Hunsicker to Face US Fraud Charges
The founder of fashion rental platform CaaStle was charged by federal prosecutors Friday.
The BoF Podcast | Jacques Marie Mage and the Transformative Power of Sunglasses
Designer Jérôme Mage speaks to Imran Amed about how he built a cult luxury eyewear brand rooted in scarcity, storytelling and craftsmanship — and why having an outsider’s perspective is his greatest creative strength.
If You Can’t Trust Loro Piana, Who Can You Trust?
This week, court documents linking the top-end brand to Chinese sweatshops outside Milan called the entire luxury sector’s credibility into question.
Could Travel Sizes Get Sent Packing?
The TSA might nix its long-loathed ban on full-size personal care products. What will it mean for the $32 billion airport beauty business if “travel-size” bottles become as retro as iPods?
Mayhoola Denies Report It Is Considering Valentino Sale with Kering
The head of Qatar-backed Mayhoola said an Italian newspaper report suggesting the investment fund and Gucci owner Kering were considering selling their jointly owned fashion house Valentino was ‘untrue.’
Opinion: The Big Luxury Simulation Is Over
Consumers appear to be calling time on an industry that long ago stopped selling real luxury goods, writes Eugene Rabkin.
Burberry Sales Fall Less Than Expected as Turnaround Gains Traction
Comparable retail sales fell by 1 percent in the first quarter, suggesting CEO Joshua Schulman’s revamp strategy is working.
BoF Insights Gathers Industry Leaders to Explore What AI Can Teach Us About Sportswear Challenger Brand Strategies
In New York, leaders from VF Corp, Ugg and more joined BoF Insights, The Business of Fashion’s data and advisory team, to explore a new AI-powered social listening analysis on how challenger sportswear brands are outrunning the competition.
Sneaker Resale Isn’t the Business It Used To Be
Premiums are down across the board and the top brands in footwear are just getting back to being interesting again. Here's how resellers are navigating these new, murky waters.
Tiffany Angers Rich Clients Who Wanted to Buy Rare Patek Watch
The jeweller bungled the release of a coveted Nautilus timepiece, alienating some customers and fracturing its relationship with Patek Philippe.