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Beauty

Cardi B’s Plan to Win Haircare: the Beauty Supply Store

For her brand’s retail debut, the rapper eschewed big box chains in favour of beauty supply stores. The Business of Beauty rides along in a front-row seat to her vision.

Luxury

US Luxury Spending Slows, Citi Data Shows

US credit card spending on luxury brands fell for a third consecutive month in September, according to data from Citi.

Global Markets

The Palestinian Sneaker Brand Trying to Turn Social Impact Into a Scalable Business

Resolute RGL has built a celebrity following for its luxury sneakers embellished with traditional tatreez embroidery. With $1.3 million in new funding and its first pop-up in New York, the brand co-founded by Oscar winner Basel Adra is eyeing its next stage of growth.

Fashion Week

CFDA’s Steven Kolb Resigns Following PETA Altercation

In a video that went viral, the longtime trade body president is seen wrestling with protestors at a New York Fashion Week show.

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Fashion Week

Fashion’s Capital of Female Designers

This season, many of the over 60 female designers showing at New York Fashion Week played to an inherent strength, designing for the women who will actually wear their clothes.

Professional

Rise in US Retail Sales Highlights Resilient Consumer

Sales rose by the most in five months in a broad advance, showing consumers continued to spend despite rising gasoline prices.

Fashion Week

In New York, Sad Clowns, Bright Colours, Furry Dresses and More

Lynn Yaegar reports on New York Fashion Week, including Ralph Lauren, Khaite, Calvin Klein and more.

Sustainability

Why Wool Became a Flashpoint at New York Fashion Week

An altercation between CFDA president Steven Kolb and PETA protesters has become the week’s biggest news. Behind the scandal is a wider debate about why a material many view as a sustainability hero should be so controversial.

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Retail

JD Sports Names New North America CEO, Chief Marketing Officer

The sneaker retailer is shaking up its North American leadership as it looks to reverse soft sales and an extended slump in the stock market.

Fashion Week

Zane Li: How to Break Out as a Young Designer

The 25-year-old designer behind LII has gone from fashion graduate to LVMH Prize runner-up in three years. Now, he’s working on turning the buzz into a business.

Fashion Week

‘Anything Is Possible’: Kai Cenat Collides Worlds of Fashion and Streaming

The livestreaming star’s new fashion line Vivet, debuted in New York on Saturday, owes aesthetic debts to Demna and Ye, but the spirit of community at the project’s core makes him more like Gen-Z’s answer to Virgil Abloh.

Retail

Zara Owner Looks to US for Next Phase of Growth

Inditex is investing in the US as a key growth market, CEO Oscar Garcia Maceiras told Reuters, with store revamps and new openings planned across its Zara, Massimo Dutti and Bershka brands.