Kimberly-Clark to Buy Tylenol Owner Kenvue in $40 Billion Deal
Kimberly-Clark Corp. agreed to buy Kenvue Inc. in a cash and stock deal that values the consumer-health company that owns brands like Tylenol at about $40 billion.
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The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Beauty Behind Bars
How anti-theft measures at drugstores created a new kind of influencer.
Confronting the Future and the Past in Milan
Miuccia and Raf deal with algorithms at Prada while Fausto salutes the dead at Cavalli, writes Tim Blanks.
Milan Goes to the Movies
The cinematic streak was strong in collections from Fendi, Marni and Jil Sander, writes Tim Blanks.
Fashion Executives on Finding Brand Success on TikTok
This September, BoF and TikTok co-hosted an intimate roundtable with executives from the likes of TikTok, LVMH, Calvin Klein, Fendi, Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels and E.l.f. Beauty, to discuss how brands can effectively build digital intimacy with their communities and drive commercial results.
London Designers Keep Calm and Carry On Being Creative
At London Fashion Week, designers largely stomached the market slowdown and got on with it, writes Susanna Lau.
London Fashion Week: What’s Next?
JW Anderson and Burberry come up with very different answers to that question, writes Tim Blanks.
The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Honey, I Shrunk the Core Audience
Micro-seeding is beauty’s new power play. Can it work?
New York Fashion Week Isn’t Dead
Big names, extravagant productions, a Google-sponsored shuttle bus and an overall sense of high energy all helped breathe new life into the shows this season.
Hopes and Fears at New York Fashion Week
The intense political moment found its way onto the runway, wittingly or unwittingly, reports Lynn Yaeger.
Can Off-White Get Back on Track?
In recent years, the death of founder Virgil Abloh, a troubled push upmarket and the near implosion of Farfetch have dealt severe blows to one of the world’s most successful luxury streetwear brands. Off-White CEO Cristiano Fagnani sat down with BoF to outline his ‘reset’ strategy.
At NYFW, Models Push Governor to Sign Fashion Workers Act into Law
The Model Alliance delivered hundreds of letters from models and allies to New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s office Tuesday morning, calling on her to sign the act which passed in the state’s Senate and Assembly in July.
After the ‘Toryssance’: Tory Burch’s Balancing Act
The American designer and entrepreneur revived industry chatter by updating her aesthetic. Now Burch—wary of straying too far from her roots—is fine-tuning the balance between stretching her creative limits while serving her loyalists. She’s also relaunching her trademark shoe.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
British Fashion Council CEO Caroline Rush to Step Down
On Thursday, the British Fashion Council (BFC) announced that CEO Caroline Rush will step down from her position from June 2025, ending a 16-year run.