Shopify Shares Soar as Revenue Outlook Beats Estimates
Shares surged after the company's third-quarter revenue outlook beat expectations, strengthening the view that it faces limited disruption from AI.
Opinions
Financial Markets
War and Contagion Strike Again
For luxury shares, the early 2000s offer a guide to the present moment. But this time around, things may be much worse, writes Pierre Mallevays.
War and Contagion Strike Again
For luxury shares, the early 2000s offer a guide to the present moment. But this time around, things may be much worse, writes Pierre Mallevays.
Global Markets
Op-Ed | Fashion Month Is Over. The War Is Not.
Is Ukraine still on the industry’s mind? Let’s provide struggling Ukrainian fashion professionals with opportunities, argues Vena Brykalin.
Op-Ed | Fashion Month Is Over. The War Is Not.
Is Ukraine still on the industry’s mind? Let’s provide struggling Ukrainian fashion professionals with opportunities, argues Vena Brykalin.
Retail
How Retail’s Bad Practices Weaken the West
While geopolitical events have disrupted retail, retail has also been a chief contributor to geopolitical disruption, writes Doug Stephens.
How Retail’s Bad Practices Weaken the West
While geopolitical events have disrupted retail, retail has also been a chief contributor to geopolitical disruption, writes Doug Stephens.
Retail
How to Fix Fashion’s Supply Chain? Begin With Culture
Change begins within a company, starting with C-suite executives and the value system they create.
How to Fix Fashion’s Supply Chain? Begin With Culture
Change begins within a company, starting with C-suite executives and the value system they create.
Luxury
Lucky Number 111 for Burberry’s Riccardo Tisci
The Italian transforming Britain’s biggest luxury brand is confident at last: ‘It’s a big company to move, but now I feel the boat is in the water.’
Lucky Number 111 for Burberry’s Riccardo Tisci
The Italian transforming Britain’s biggest luxury brand is confident at last: ‘It’s a big company to move, but now I feel the boat is in the water.’
Global Markets
Fashion Week in the Fog of War: To Speak Up or Stay Silent?
The fashion industry should use both its soft power and economic heft to pressure Russia and support the people of Ukraine, writes Imran Amed.
Fashion Week in the Fog of War: To Speak Up or Stay Silent?
The fashion industry should use both its soft power and economic heft to pressure Russia and support the people of Ukraine, writes Imran Amed.
Financial Markets
Why Fashion Week Is Here to Stay
As the Covid-19 crisis recedes, Pierre Mallevays examines the life, death and rebirth of fashion week.
Why Fashion Week Is Here to Stay
As the Covid-19 crisis recedes, Pierre Mallevays examines the life, death and rebirth of fashion week.
Sustainability
Op-Ed | Li Edelkoort’s Antidote to Fashion’s ‘Speed and Greed’
Design education needs a radical overhaul, argues trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort.
Op-Ed | Li Edelkoort’s Antidote to Fashion’s ‘Speed and Greed’
Design education needs a radical overhaul, argues trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort.
Luxury
Pieter Mulier: Alaïa And I
A year into his tenure, the designer talks to Tim Blanks about wrestling with the riddle of one of fashion’s most intensely personal and technically challenging legacies.
Pieter Mulier: Alaïa And I
A year into his tenure, the designer talks to Tim Blanks about wrestling with the riddle of one of fashion’s most intensely personal and technically challenging legacies.
Sustainability
Op-Ed | New York’s Fashion Act? More Like Fashion Won’t Act.
Proposed legislation targeting the social and environmental impact of brands doing business in the State of New York doesn’t go far enough, argues Beth Esponnette.
Op-Ed | New York’s Fashion Act? More Like Fashion Won’t Act.
Proposed legislation targeting the social and environmental impact of brands doing business in the State of New York doesn’t go far enough, argues Beth Esponnette.
Luxury
Are Department Stores Still Relevant?
Selfridges’ sale for a lofty $5.4 billion suggests there is still life in the department store model. But how to grow in a shrinking category?
Are Department Stores Still Relevant?
Selfridges’ sale for a lofty $5.4 billion suggests there is still life in the department store model. But how to grow in a shrinking category?
Sustainability
Op-Ed | Why I Support New York’s Fashion Act
Voluntary corporate action to address fashion’s social and environmental impact is not working, argues Ken Pucker.
Op-Ed | Why I Support New York’s Fashion Act
Voluntary corporate action to address fashion’s social and environmental impact is not working, argues Ken Pucker.
The News in Brief
Next Upgrades Profit Outlook Again on Strong Summer Spending
The UK retailer said it benefited from sunny weather and the release of some “pent-up demand” in the Middle East and northern Europe.
Shiseido’s Profits Recover in First Half Amid Turnaround
Growth turned positive in the second quarter, driven by key regions like the Americas, as the Japanese giant executes its yearlong restructuring plan.
Amazon Loses US Court Ban on Perplexity’s AI Shopping Tools
The ruling is the first by a federal appeals court to address whether AI agents acting on behalf of users can legally access online platforms.
Report: Abercrombie to Seek Fresh Backers for China Business
The US-listed company is conducting a review of its Chinese assets and may sell a stake in the unit, which could be valued at several hundred million dollars, Bloomberg reported.
P&G to Buy Supplement Maker Thorne for $3.8 Billion
Shailesh Jejurikar, chief executive of the American personal care conglomerate, told CNBC it will acquire the line from LVMH-backed private equity firm L Catterton.
Eli Lilly to Offer Early Access to Next-Gen Obesity Drug to Some Patients
Eli Lilly said on Monday it would allow a limited number of patients to have early access to its experimental obesity drug, retatrutide, before its US FDA approval.
India’s Nykaa Posts Higher Quarterly Profit on Strong Beauty Demand, Fashion Growth
India’s FSN E-Commerce Ventures, which operates beauty and fashion retailer Nykaa, reported a more than three-fold rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday, boosted by strong growth in its beauty business and a sharp acceleration in fashion sales.