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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Why Retailers Must Help Rebuild Society
We are crossing over into a new era where competitive advantage for major retailers which will come, not through further extraction of value from society, but through contribution of value to society, argues futurist Doug Stephens.
Does Burberry Have the Wrong Strategy?
The British trench coat maker’s latest revamp has faltered. Some point to executional errors, but Burberry may need to rethink its strategy and become a ‘British Coach,’ writes Luca Solca.
The BoF Podcast | Tim Blanks and Imran Amed on Haute Couture Week A/W 2024
BoF’s editor at large and editor in chief share their highlights and takeaways from this season’s couture offerings as well as Dries Van Noten’s final show for his namesake brand.
Breaking Out of the Fashion Bubble
The best way to learn and form a more well-rounded view of the complex and multi-faceted world we live in is to directly expose yourself to diverse opinions, writes Imran Amed, who is currently attending the Aspen Ideas Festival.
The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: The Devil Wears Prada … for Beauty?
Cerulean, but make it skincare.
Couture’s Cross-Generational Masterclass
The name on the door says Balenciaga, Gaultier, Armani... but that’s not the whole story.
Backstage Pass: Schiaparelli’s Cinematic Couture
Tim Blanks speaks to Daniel Roseberry about his “forgotten collection from the past” for Schiaparelli Autumn/Winter 2024 Haute Couture.
Chanel and Dior’s Haute Couture Loses Heat
No fireworks from the world’s most famous fashion brands, writes Tim Blanks.
Fashion’s Confounding Climate Math, Explained
Want to understand why it’s so hard to cut fashion’s planet-warming emissions? Or why consumers say they care about sustainability, but shop like they don’t? Stop thinking in straight lines, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.
Couture Day One: Americans in Paris
What does it mean that Daniel Roseberry and Thom Browne are offering the most stimulating takes on haute couture?
In Paris, a Season of Big and Small
A sense of monumental scale dominated the Paris men’s shows, but bigger wasn’t always better, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Substack Chat Is Becoming a Focus Group
Product development and pricing strategies, all for free?!
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.