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.
consumers
Retail
DHL Launches Branded Resale
In a partnership with resale service provider Reflaunt, the global logistics giant now offers a fulfilment, shipping and platforming solution for brand clients interested in entering the secondhand space.
DHL Launches Branded Resale
In a partnership with resale service provider Reflaunt, the global logistics giant now offers a fulfilment, shipping and platforming solution for brand clients interested in entering the secondhand space.
Direct-to-Consumer
Everlane Still Wants to Be a $1 Billion Brand. Is That Even Possible?
Founder Michael Preysman and his investors are back in growth mode after implementing cost cuts and changes to the product mix last year. Whether Everlane can find a new leader to make it the sales juggernaut it's always dreamt of being will be a test case for whether late-stage start-ups can escape the direct-to-consumer curse.
Everlane Still Wants to Be a $1 Billion Brand. Is That Even Possible?
Founder Michael Preysman and his investors are back in growth mode after implementing cost cuts and changes to the product mix last year. Whether Everlane can find a new leader to make it the sales juggernaut it's always dreamt of being will be a test case for whether late-stage start-ups can escape the direct-to-consumer curse.
Partner Content
Inside Invisible Collection’s Strategic Engagement With the US Luxury Consumer
With $27 million in sales in 2023, led by its strong performance in the US, Invisible Collection’s co-founder Isabelle Dubern-Mallevays shares how the luxury interiors platform is catering to this consumer cohort through its bespoke service and activations with cultural value.
Inside Invisible Collection’s Strategic Engagement With the US Luxury Consumer
With $27 million in sales in 2023, led by its strong performance in the US, Invisible Collection’s co-founder Isabelle Dubern-Mallevays shares how the luxury interiors platform is catering to this consumer cohort through its bespoke service and activations with cultural value.
Beauty
Will Gen-Z Buy Anything Millie Bobby Brown Sells?
With a very famous founder and zero public financial data, Florence by Mills is either a stealth winner in Gen Z-personal care — or a placeholder for ventures that haven’t happened yet. Perhaps in the right hands it will be both.
Will Gen-Z Buy Anything Millie Bobby Brown Sells?
With a very famous founder and zero public financial data, Florence by Mills is either a stealth winner in Gen Z-personal care — or a placeholder for ventures that haven’t happened yet. Perhaps in the right hands it will be both.
Technology
How Pinterest’s ‘Inclusive AI’ Is Getting Users to Shop
The social-media giant is making it easier for users to find inspirational images of people with similar hair, skin and body types as them, helping it attract Gen-Z consumers who are using shopping features on the platform at a higher rate than any other group.
How Pinterest’s ‘Inclusive AI’ Is Getting Users to Shop
The social-media giant is making it easier for users to find inspirational images of people with similar hair, skin and body types as them, helping it attract Gen-Z consumers who are using shopping features on the platform at a higher rate than any other group.
Retail
As Target Celebrates 25 Years of Designer Collaborations, Fashion Takes a Backseat
The American big-box retailer announced its upcoming partnership with Diane von Furstenberg amid a sales slump in apparel and other discretionary categories.
As Target Celebrates 25 Years of Designer Collaborations, Fashion Takes a Backseat
The American big-box retailer announced its upcoming partnership with Diane von Furstenberg amid a sales slump in apparel and other discretionary categories.
Retail
Chanel Wins Trademark Case Against What Goes Around Comes Around
A jury agreed that the reseller had misled consumers by promoting the luxury brand’s goods in its marketing materials and claiming that the pre-owned pieces are authentic.
Chanel Wins Trademark Case Against What Goes Around Comes Around
A jury agreed that the reseller had misled consumers by promoting the luxury brand’s goods in its marketing materials and claiming that the pre-owned pieces are authentic.
Luxury
Case Study | Selling Luxury to the 1%
The ultra-wealthy are spending more on luxury than ever before — and, amid a broader market slowdown, winning them over is becoming a competitive battleground for brands. BoF breaks down how strategies from Gucci, Mytheresa and Tiffany & Co. are successfully building closer relationships with top clients.
Case Study | Selling Luxury to the 1%
The ultra-wealthy are spending more on luxury than ever before — and, amid a broader market slowdown, winning them over is becoming a competitive battleground for brands. BoF breaks down how strategies from Gucci, Mytheresa and Tiffany & Co. are successfully building closer relationships with top clients.
Retail
How Brands Are Preparing for Life After Inflation
Lower consumer prices and pending interest rate cuts won’t completely solve fashion’s economic woes, but a rosier outlook this year gives brands a chance to drive profitable growth as consumer spending rebounds.
How Brands Are Preparing for Life After Inflation
Lower consumer prices and pending interest rate cuts won’t completely solve fashion’s economic woes, but a rosier outlook this year gives brands a chance to drive profitable growth as consumer spending rebounds.
Retail
UK Inflation Is Set to Ease, but Not as Quickly as Markets Hope
Inflationary pressures in the UK are set to ease again this week, though not as quickly as investors are hoping as they bet on a swift round of interest-rate cuts.
UK Inflation Is Set to Ease, but Not as Quickly as Markets Hope
Inflationary pressures in the UK are set to ease again this week, though not as quickly as investors are hoping as they bet on a swift round of interest-rate cuts.
Retail
Gap Inc. Announces C-Suite Additions
The retailer has named Eric Chan as its new chief business and strategy officer and Amy Thompson as chief people officer.
Gap Inc. Announces C-Suite Additions
The retailer has named Eric Chan as its new chief business and strategy officer and Amy Thompson as chief people officer.
Retail
Rent the Runway Lays Off 10% of Corporate Staff
The restructuring will allow the company to direct more resources toward growth, CEO Jennifer Hyman said.
Rent the Runway Lays Off 10% of Corporate Staff
The restructuring will allow the company to direct more resources toward growth, CEO Jennifer Hyman said.
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.