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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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.
At New York Fashion Week, Sergio Hudson Means Business
Now in his eighth year, Hudson is evermore calculated — testing the waters with menswear and leaning into versatile, wearable looks as he aims to grow his brand.
Tommy Hilfiger Leans Into ‘Fashion-tainment’
The brand showed its latest collection on a ferry boat docked off lower Manhattan and wrapped things up with a performance by the Wu-Tang Clan.
This Week: Fashion Week, Nike’s Shareholder Meeting and Inditex Results
The shows continue in New York and London, while Nike’s board faces off against shareholders and Inditex reports results.
Fashion Week Launches with a Political Statement
On Friday morning, the opening day of New York Fashion Week, runway glamour was put on pause in favour of political activism as the CFDA, in collaboration with Vogue and voting rights group I Am A Voter, spearheaded a non-partisan march to encourage people to register to vote.
The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: How to Tell Oprah She’s Wrong
A primer from personal care CEO Katie Sturino, who actually did so.
Ralph Lauren Goes to the Hamptons
Mr Ralph Lauren brought guests to Bridgehampton on Thursday for one of his brand’s most overt efforts yet to position itself among top luxury players.
How Ulla Johnson Played Fashion’s Long Game
After 25 years in business, Ulla Johnson has reached nine figures in annual sales by charting her own course, from resisting outside fundraising to embracing what she calls “slow fashion.” With a new CEO at the helm, she’s once again looking to enter the next stage of growth her own way.
This Week: New York Fashion Week Kicks Off
A host of international names, more churn among emerging labels and the usual American giants make for a thematically confusing, but commercially robust season.
The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Beauty and the Book Club
Your summer read may be doing double-duty as your latest source of makeup inspiration
The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Cash Is Thicker Than Water
For collect-em-all beauty shoppers, designer straws are becoming the new lip glosses.
Beware Fashion’s Sustainability Retreat
Financial and political volatility are having a chilling effect on the industry’s environmental efforts. But failure to act now will bring bigger risks in the future, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.
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.