Puig Acquires Sun Care Brand Isdin
The conglomerate bought its former partner’s 50 percent share to take full ownership of the Spanish skincare label.
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Financial Markets
Avon Shares Rise on Report That Makeup Company Will Sell Stake
Avon Products Inc. shares rose on a report that the cosmetics company is in talks to sell a stake to private-equity firms.
Avon Shares Rise on Report That Makeup Company Will Sell Stake
Avon Products Inc. shares rose on a report that the cosmetics company is in talks to sell a stake to private-equity firms.
Technology
Bits & Bytes | EBay in $925M Deal, Amazon's Prime Day, Rakuten's Virtual Reality
Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Bits & Bytes | EBay in $925M Deal, Amazon's Prime Day, Rakuten's Virtual Reality
Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Technology
Iris van Herpen’s Science Fashion
Iris van Herpen on the weird wonderland of creative possibilities in new technologies from nanorobotics to synthetic biology.
Iris van Herpen’s Science Fashion
Iris van Herpen on the weird wonderland of creative possibilities in new technologies from nanorobotics to synthetic biology.
Technology
Bits & Bytes | Southeast Asia, 3D Printing, RewardStyle
Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Bits & Bytes | Southeast Asia, 3D Printing, RewardStyle
Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Technology
Knyttan Aims to Disrupt $200 Billion Knitwear Market
Armed with $3.1 million in seed funding, Knyttan is building a ‘curated customisation’ platform to reinvent knitwear.
Knyttan Aims to Disrupt $200 Billion Knitwear Market
Armed with $3.1 million in seed funding, Knyttan is building a ‘curated customisation’ platform to reinvent knitwear.
Global Markets
How 3-D Printing Is Saving the Italian Artisan
Techniques such as the 3D printing have helped turn northeastern Italy into an unlikely hothouse of innovation.
How 3-D Printing Is Saving the Italian Artisan
Techniques such as the 3D printing have helped turn northeastern Italy into an unlikely hothouse of innovation.
Technology
Bits & Bytes | Digital Bubbles, Neuroscience, Apple, 3D Printing
Bits & Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Bits & Bytes | Digital Bubbles, Neuroscience, Apple, 3D Printing
Bits & Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
News & Analysis
Lands' End CEO Exits, Replaced by Dolce & Gabbana President
Lands' End CEO Edgar Huber is resigning, the company said Monday.
Lands' End CEO Exits, Replaced by Dolce & Gabbana President
Lands' End CEO Edgar Huber is resigning, the company said Monday.
Financial Markets
Hugo Boss Targets Emerging Markets to Counter Slowdowns
Hugo Boss AG, the German maker of narrow-cut suits and Jason Wu-designed dresses, will strive for high single-digit percentage sales growth in coming years by focusing on emerging economies.
Hugo Boss Targets Emerging Markets to Counter Slowdowns
Hugo Boss AG, the German maker of narrow-cut suits and Jason Wu-designed dresses, will strive for high single-digit percentage sales growth in coming years by focusing on emerging economies.
Technology
Science Fiction is Swiftly Becoming Fact
Exponential technologies, from artificial intelligence to digital manufacturing to synthetic biology, are set to “digitise, dematerialise, demonetise and democratise” entire industries, disrupting old business models and giving rise to new breakthroughs, say experts from the Silicon Valley-based Singularity University.
Science Fiction is Swiftly Becoming Fact
Exponential technologies, from artificial intelligence to digital manufacturing to synthetic biology, are set to “digitise, dematerialise, demonetise and democratise” entire industries, disrupting old business models and giving rise to new breakthroughs, say experts from the Silicon Valley-based Singularity University.
News & Analysis
Why the Market for 3D Printing will Triple in Five Years
"3D printing will explode in 2014, thanks to the expiration of key patents. Soon, you won’t have to master the (challenging, time-consuming) task of
Why the Market for 3D Printing will Triple in Five Years
"3D printing will explode in 2014, thanks to the expiration of key patents. Soon, you won’t have to master the (challenging, time-consuming) task of
Technology
Catherine Wales: Experiments in 3D Printing
BoF speaks to Catherine Wales, who after working for Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Gap, has been experimenting with 3D printing.
Catherine Wales: Experiments in 3D Printing
BoF speaks to Catherine Wales, who after working for Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Gap, has been experimenting with 3D printing.
The News in Brief
Hugo Boss Chairman to Step Down Amid Frasers Group Pressure
Stephan Sturm is stepping down, as the German fashion house's largest shareholder seeks to beef up its board representation alongside its takeover bid for the brand.
CFDA’s Steven Kolb Involved in Altercation with PETA Protestors
The trade body’s president physically restrained animal rights activists after they stormed a Cos runway show at New York Fashion Week.
GQ Philippines Names Danyl Geneciran Editor in Chief
The former Vogue Man Philippines editor will helm GQ’s 23rd international title, whose debut issue features covers starring Darren Criss, Jordan Clarkson and Erwan Heussaff.
Human Made Discloses $3.6 Million Undercover Purchase Price and Long-Term Financial Targets
The Tokyo-listed company will pay $3.6 million in cash for 100 percent of Undercover, with founder Jun Takahashi relinquishing corporate duties to focus solely on design.
Arizona Accuses L’Oréal of Concealing Cancer Risks Linked to Hair Relaxers
The beauty conglomerate faces over 12,000 similar lawsuits filed by individuals that have been consolidated in a Chicago federal court.
Space NK Names New CEO, Andy Lightfoot Steps Down
Chief marketing officer Emma Simpson-Scott will succeed Lightfoot, who is leaving the UK retailer after seven years at the helm.
EssilorLuxottica Managers Defend CEO After Heir Lashes Out
Twenty top lieutenants to CEO Francesco Milleri came to their boss’s defense in an escalating feud with Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, a son of the founder who abruptly left a senior role at the company.