Rogaine Rides GLP-1 Wave With 30% Sales Surge
The decades-old hair-loss remedy is unexpectedly booming from more people taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
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News & Analysis
10 Years of BoF Professional
October marks one decade of agenda-setting, independent journalism, serving a global community of 125,000 members.
Global Markets
Dongliang Wants to Be Luxury’s Gateway to China
The retailer’s rigorously curated and cultured approach has already made it stockist-of-choice for labels from The Row to Phoebe Philo. Now it aims to help Western brands build their own retail presence in China.
Technology
How Fashion Brands Get AI Visibility Right
Getting AI to understand a brand does not guarantee it will recommend it. Drawing on data from BoF Insights Brand Pulse, new analysis of 120 fashion brands reveals how companies can improve their visibility and representation across ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
Beauty
BoF Professional Masterclass | How Brands Can Get Category Expansion Right
Join us for our next BoF Professional Masterclass on Wednesday, October 21, at 16:00 BST / 11:00 EDT as BoF’s Priya Rao and Liz Flora unpack how to successfully launch a new beauty segment with fast growth as well as longevity.
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Fashion Week
How Independent Thinking Powered the Spring/Summer 2027 Shows
Tim Blanks joins Imran Amed on The BoF Podcast to discuss why the season’s strongest statements — from Erdem and Simone Rocha in London to Rick Owens, Miuccia Prada and Matthieu Blazy at Chanel — came from designers acting on conviction rather than consensus.
Retail
The E-Commerce Basics Brands Need to Get Right
Brands may be racing to invest in new technology, but the biggest barrier to online sales is far more basic, finds BoF Insights and Amazon Fashion & Sports’ latest report ‘Inside Fashion & Sports E-Commerce.’
Fashion Week
The Top 10 Shows of the Season
BoF’s editors pick the best shows from the Spring/Summer 2027 fashion season.
Fashion Week
Complexity or Cleverness in Paris
Sacai showed that complicated fashion can work. But technical innovation doesn’t always add up to a convincing vision, Angelo Flaccavento writes, also reporting from Louis Vuitton, Loewe and Jean Paul Gaultier.
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Fashion Week
Gimme More: Matthieu Blazy’s First Birthday at Chanel
In only 12 months, he’s changed the fashion world — and his new collection offers more of the spectacular same.
Fashion Week
Valentino and Miu Miu: Italians Do It Better in Paris
Michele goes deep, Miuccia gets happy.
Fashion Week
Paris Day Six: The Magic of Reality
Celine’s Michael Rider and Hermès’ Nadège Vanhée made real clothes feel enchanting. Plus, Comme des Garçons, Junya Wantanabe, Ann Demeulemeester and more.
Fashion Week
Issey Miyake and Givenchy: Art and Science
Satoshi Kondo and Sarah Burton show us why they’re BoF 500 cover stars.
The News in Brief
Ralph Lauren’s Quarterly Revenue Forecast Disappoints, Sending Shares Down
Expectations for the brand to sustain a rapid pace of growth set a high bar, leaving investors disappointed even as its raised its annual outlook.
Tapestry Lifts Outlook as Young Shoppers Snap Up Coach Bags
Shares rose in early trading after the company raised its revenue and profit forecasts, even as the broader luxury sector grapples with a slowdown.
Chanel Beauty Opens Alpine-Inspired Activation at Harrods
The luxury beauty label has taken over a corner of the department store's ground floor with a gifting suite.
Bangladesh Agrees New Garment Pay Scale From December Amid Protests
The government has yet determine the details of revised wage levels as it scrambles to manage days of protests that have disrupted the country’s garment industry.
China Wealth Crackdown Lifts Hong Kong Watch and Jewellery Sales
Rich shoppers are turning to gold and gemstones to preserve wealth, softening the blow for luxury giants like Hermès and Richemont as Beijing tightens its grip on overseas assets.
Australian Department Store David Jones Collapses After Almost 200 Years
The template of vast stores with dozens of fashion brands, beauty products and other accessories succumbed as the digital era drove shoppers to cheaper, nimbler online rivals.
Coty Tops Estimates on Prestige Brands Boost Amid Turnaround
The US cosmetics conglomerate said launches from Marc Jacobs and Burberry helped boost revenues, though its full-year guidance is below consensus.