Fast Retailing’s GU Unveils First Collection by Francesco Risso
GU, a lower-priced counterpart to Uniqlo, is betting a former luxury fashion designer can help turn $18 jeans into global success.
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Luxury
Opinion: Can Erling Haaland’s $50,000 Hermès Man Bags Help Rescue Luxury?
Luxury companies need to adjust their strategies to tempt more men to buy handbags, Bloomberg’s Andrea Felsted writes.
Opinion: Can Erling Haaland’s $50,000 Hermès Man Bags Help Rescue Luxury?
Luxury companies need to adjust their strategies to tempt more men to buy handbags, Bloomberg’s Andrea Felsted writes.
Luxury
Opinion: LVMH Needs to Beware China’s Luxury Minefield
The French conglomerate must be more strategic in picking its battles to avoid creating reputational problems in markets that drive future growth, writes Bloomberg’s Juliana Liu.
Opinion: LVMH Needs to Beware China’s Luxury Minefield
The French conglomerate must be more strategic in picking its battles to avoid creating reputational problems in markets that drive future growth, writes Bloomberg’s Juliana Liu.
Luxury
Opinion: How Not to Manage Succession at LVMH
The drama over the estate of the late Italian eyewear billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio is a real-time reminder of what could go wrong at the world’s largest luxury group, argues Bloomberg’s Andrea Felsted.
Opinion: How Not to Manage Succession at LVMH
The drama over the estate of the late Italian eyewear billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio is a real-time reminder of what could go wrong at the world’s largest luxury group, argues Bloomberg’s Andrea Felsted.
Retail
Opinion: Lululemon’s China Drum Blunder Comes at the Worst Time
Though the activewear maker faced intense criticism, it may be able to overcome its misstep in a nation that accounted for 16 percent of sales last year, writes Juliana Liu.
Opinion: Lululemon’s China Drum Blunder Comes at the Worst Time
Though the activewear maker faced intense criticism, it may be able to overcome its misstep in a nation that accounted for 16 percent of sales last year, writes Juliana Liu.
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Entrepreneurship
Opinion: What Investors Won’t Tell You About Fund Raising
When it comes to raising capital, the gap between what fashion and beauty founders believe is happening and what is actually happening is often enormous, writes Olivier Rivard-Cohen.
Opinion: What Investors Won’t Tell You About Fund Raising
When it comes to raising capital, the gap between what fashion and beauty founders believe is happening and what is actually happening is often enormous, writes Olivier Rivard-Cohen.
Sports
Opinion: Lululemon’s CEO Choice Is a Missed Chance to Pacify Elliott
It’s difficult to see why the company didn’t select investor Elliott’s preferred candidate, Ralph Lauren Corp.’s Jane Nielsen, writes Andrea Felsted.
Opinion: Lululemon’s CEO Choice Is a Missed Chance to Pacify Elliott
It’s difficult to see why the company didn’t select investor Elliott’s preferred candidate, Ralph Lauren Corp.’s Jane Nielsen, writes Andrea Felsted.
Creative Class
What Stood Out at Salone
Martina Mondadori separates the signal from the noise at Milan Design Week: Dimorestudio’s retail space, Osanna Visconti’s bronzes, Laila Gohar’s merry-go-round for Arket and more.
What Stood Out at Salone
Martina Mondadori separates the signal from the noise at Milan Design Week: Dimorestudio’s retail space, Osanna Visconti’s bronzes, Laila Gohar’s merry-go-round for Arket and more.
Sports
Opinion: China’s Sneaker Wars Are Just Kicking Off
The sheer number of international activewear players operating in China, which is in the midst of an outdoor sports boom, undercuts the idea that Chinese consumers have shunned foreign brands entirely, writes Juliana Liu.
Opinion: China’s Sneaker Wars Are Just Kicking Off
The sheer number of international activewear players operating in China, which is in the midst of an outdoor sports boom, undercuts the idea that Chinese consumers have shunned foreign brands entirely, writes Juliana Liu.
The News in Brief
Chanel Says It Is Cooperating in Italy Labour Probe, Has Cut Ties With Subcontractor
The French fashion house said cut ties weeks ago with the subcontractor concerned, instructing its packaging supplier to end the relationship two days after receiving an alert on May 18.
Italian Police Visit Fashion Firms Including Cucinelli and Moncler in Labour Probe
Police visited nine high-end fashion firms as part of an investigation into alleged exploitation of workers at subcontractors.
Burberry’s US Sales Boost Growth as Turnaround Gains Momentum
The British brand’s sales grew across all product ranges for the first time in three years, though shares fell as investors shift focus to its efforts to drive further profitability.
Exclusive: 10 Years Post-Brexit, UK Wholesale Growth Heavily Trails Global Peers
A decade after the Brexit referendum, Joor transaction data reveals EU retail spend on UK labels has plunged to under 7 percent, while UK retailers’ allocation to European brands has nearly halved.
World Cup Trophy to Arrive in Bespoke Louis Vuitton Trunk
It is the fifth successive occasion that the French company has designed a trunk for the trophy, following those used at the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
Nike Out of World Cup as Adidas-Outfitted Teams Head to Final
Argentina’s semi-final win over England on Wednesday crushed the sportswear giant’s hopes of sponsoring a team on the tournament’s biggest stage.
Nylon Recycling Startup Syntetica Raises $30 Million Series A
Lululemon and apparel manufacturer MAS Holdings are among the investors backing the French startup as it scales a proprietary process for recycling nylon from mixed-textile waste.