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Mass Retail’s New Favourite Collaborators: Buzzy Men’s Brands

Mass-market retailers and emerging designers connected to streetwear and subcultures around it are teaming up to reach the next generation of menswear consumers.

Retail

Mass Retail’s New Favourite Collaborators: Buzzy Men’s Brands

Mass-market retailers and emerging designers connected to streetwear and subcultures around it are teaming up to reach the next generation of menswear consumers.


Beauty

Cult Gaia Gets Into Beauty With Fragrance Line

This week, the womenswear and accessories label is launching its first fragrance line. The three $228 scents are a major push towards its goal of becoming a full lifestyle brand.

Beauty

Cult Gaia Gets Into Beauty With Fragrance Line

This week, the womenswear and accessories label is launching its first fragrance line. The three $228 scents are a major push towards its goal of becoming a full lifestyle brand.


Global Markets

Hong Kong Luxury Shops Sit Empty as Chinese Spending Plunges

Banks and fast food restaurants have taken over spaces once leased to the likes of Omega and Burberry in the iconic shopping destination.

Global Markets

Hong Kong Luxury Shops Sit Empty as Chinese Spending Plunges

Banks and fast food restaurants have taken over spaces once leased to the likes of Omega and Burberry in the iconic shopping destination.


Marketing

Why Menswear Is Getting a Marketing Refresh

As critics argue that menswear labels’ homogenous marketing style has made for a feeling of boredom and sameness in the sector, start-ups are beginning to invest in imagery that will set them apart from their competitors.

Marketing

Why Menswear Is Getting a Marketing Refresh

As critics argue that menswear labels’ homogenous marketing style has made for a feeling of boredom and sameness in the sector, start-ups are beginning to invest in imagery that will set them apart from their competitors.


Retail

A Reality Check for Temu

Growth is slowing, competition is getting intense and regulators have the fast-fashion retailer in their sights. But despite investor panic over its prospects, Temu remains an e-commerce powerhouse — one that Western competitors must continue to watch.

Retail

A Reality Check for Temu

Growth is slowing, competition is getting intense and regulators have the fast-fashion retailer in their sights. But despite investor panic over its prospects, Temu remains an e-commerce powerhouse — one that Western competitors must continue to watch.


Retail

Consumers Are Still Spending, but Retailers Are Bracing for Impact

Gap, Foot Locker, Abercrombie and other retailers issued cautious outlooks for the remainder of the year even as they reported strong second-quarter sales. It’s the latest indication that all is not well with American consumers.

Retail

Consumers Are Still Spending, but Retailers Are Bracing for Impact

Gap, Foot Locker, Abercrombie and other retailers issued cautious outlooks for the remainder of the year even as they reported strong second-quarter sales. It’s the latest indication that all is not well with American consumers.


Technology

Social Media’s Unsavoury Upside for Luxury Brands

Social media is causing feelings of inadequacy that consumers try to make up for with luxury purchases, Bernstein analysts argued in a recent research note.

Technology

Social Media’s Unsavoury Upside for Luxury Brands

Social media is causing feelings of inadequacy that consumers try to make up for with luxury purchases, Bernstein analysts argued in a recent research note.


Global Markets

Japan’s Secondhand Fashion Boom Is Bigger Than the Weak Yen

While the yen’s plummet drove a rush of international shoppers looking for bargains, Japan’s famously robust secondhand fashion market is set to keep growing even as the currency bounces back.

Global Markets

Japan’s Secondhand Fashion Boom Is Bigger Than the Weak Yen

While the yen’s plummet drove a rush of international shoppers looking for bargains, Japan’s famously robust secondhand fashion market is set to keep growing even as the currency bounces back.


Professional

The Business Opportunity in Gen-Z Bridal Beauty

As Gen-Z begins to head to the altar, their emerging bridal preferences can create fresh revenue-generating opportunities for beauty companies. But savvy marketing and deployment is needed to fully realise their potential.

Professional

The Business Opportunity in Gen-Z Bridal Beauty

As Gen-Z begins to head to the altar, their emerging bridal preferences can create fresh revenue-generating opportunities for beauty companies. But savvy marketing and deployment is needed to fully realise their potential.


Direct-to-Consumer

What Luxury ‘Dupe’ Brands Get Right About Shoppers

Start-ups like Quince and Italic that sell affordable basics made in the same factories as high-end brands are generating massive growth in appealing directly to middle-class shoppers who don’t want to resort to Shein hauls.

Direct-to-Consumer

What Luxury ‘Dupe’ Brands Get Right About Shoppers

Start-ups like Quince and Italic that sell affordable basics made in the same factories as high-end brands are generating massive growth in appealing directly to middle-class shoppers who don’t want to resort to Shein hauls.


Retail

This Week: Retail Earnings Get Messy

Gap, Abercrombie, Lululemon and others report results this week, amid growing concerns about a pullback in consumer spending.

Retail

This Week: Retail Earnings Get Messy

Gap, Abercrombie, Lululemon and others report results this week, amid growing concerns about a pullback in consumer spending.


Beauty

The Debrief | How Tweens Took Over the Beauty Aisle

Senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young speaks with Priya Rao, executive editor at The Business of Beauty, about tweens’ rising influence in beauty and how brands are catering to this young and increasingly influential demographic.

Beauty

The Debrief | How Tweens Took Over the Beauty Aisle

Senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young speaks with Priya Rao, executive editor at The Business of Beauty, about tweens’ rising influence in beauty and how brands are catering to this young and increasingly influential demographic.