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.
consumers
Beauty
The Festival Where Haircutting Is a Spectator Sport
At Sydney’s Hair festival, professionals from the hair industry put their locks on show — and jostle for a view of the live cutting competition.
The Festival Where Haircutting Is a Spectator Sport
At Sydney’s Hair festival, professionals from the hair industry put their locks on show — and jostle for a view of the live cutting competition.
Luxury
Icicle: Capturing Interest in Chinese Brands
Executive president Louise Xu explains how the Shanghai-based quiet luxury label is tapping rising interest in Chinese brands, its novel retail concept and the differences between Chinese and Western consumers.
Icicle: Capturing Interest in Chinese Brands
Executive president Louise Xu explains how the Shanghai-based quiet luxury label is tapping rising interest in Chinese brands, its novel retail concept and the differences between Chinese and Western consumers.
Beauty
How a Veteran Beauty Founder Plans to Win Gen Z
Gregg Renfrew, who launched Counter after buying Beautycounter out of foreclosure, is back with a new brand aimed at getting young shoppers excited about “clean” beauty.
How a Veteran Beauty Founder Plans to Win Gen Z
Gregg Renfrew, who launched Counter after buying Beautycounter out of foreclosure, is back with a new brand aimed at getting young shoppers excited about “clean” beauty.
Beauty
What Is ‘Shilajit’, MAHA’s New Favourite Supplement?
Touted by vaccine sceptics and podcasters like Joe Rogan, shilajit may have real health benefits, but the supply comes with a mountain of worrisome questions.
What Is ‘Shilajit’, MAHA’s New Favourite Supplement?
Touted by vaccine sceptics and podcasters like Joe Rogan, shilajit may have real health benefits, but the supply comes with a mountain of worrisome questions.
Luxury
Chanel’s Bruno Pavlovsky on Reengineering an Iconic Brand
Chanel’s president of fashion, Bruno Pavlovsky, explains in our latest report ‘Face to Face With Luxury Clients’ how the French megabrand has reignited customer excitement and sales growth since onboarding a new artistic director last year.
Chanel’s Bruno Pavlovsky on Reengineering an Iconic Brand
Chanel’s president of fashion, Bruno Pavlovsky, explains in our latest report ‘Face to Face With Luxury Clients’ how the French megabrand has reignited customer excitement and sales growth since onboarding a new artistic director last year.
Beauty
Can Wellness Take Thai Beauty Global?
Kosé-owned Pañpuri is set to open 16 new sensory-focused boutiques across North Asia as demand grows for beauty products from Thailand.
Can Wellness Take Thai Beauty Global?
Kosé-owned Pañpuri is set to open 16 new sensory-focused boutiques across North Asia as demand grows for beauty products from Thailand.
Partner Content
How Amazon Beauty Is Redefining Discovery
At The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Amazon Beauty’s Wendy Franks joined BoF’s Annabel Bolton onstage to discuss the online retailer’s evolution from lower-funnel shopping destination to discovery engine.
How Amazon Beauty Is Redefining Discovery
At The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Amazon Beauty’s Wendy Franks joined BoF’s Annabel Bolton onstage to discuss the online retailer’s evolution from lower-funnel shopping destination to discovery engine.
Luxury
Face to Face With Luxury Clients
After a prolonged slowdown, luxury is gradually returning to growth, led by the US and China. Drawing on a survey of more than 2,000 clients and dozens of interviews across both markets, The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company find in the latest edition in our State of Fashion series a base of customers with increasingly distinct local preferences that nonetheless share an overarching desire for emotional connection.
Face to Face With Luxury Clients
After a prolonged slowdown, luxury is gradually returning to growth, led by the US and China. Drawing on a survey of more than 2,000 clients and dozens of interviews across both markets, The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company find in the latest edition in our State of Fashion series a base of customers with increasingly distinct local preferences that nonetheless share an overarching desire for emotional connection.
Retail
Saks Global Exits Bankruptcy and Rebrands to Exemplar Luxury Group
The new corporate identity is meant to signal a new chapter for the retailer and hold the retailer accountable to a higher standard of partnership to brands, consumers and its employees, said CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck.
Saks Global Exits Bankruptcy and Rebrands to Exemplar Luxury Group
The new corporate identity is meant to signal a new chapter for the retailer and hold the retailer accountable to a higher standard of partnership to brands, consumers and its employees, said CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck.
Partner Content
How Creative Promotions Are Reshaping Customer Engagement
Talon.One’s ‘Creative Currencies in Promotions’ explores how brands are moving beyond traditional discounting and using promotions to create stronger customer engagement, emotional connection and long-term loyalty. Here, BoF shares key extracts from the report, alongside analysis of the shifts reshaping promotional strategy.
How Creative Promotions Are Reshaping Customer Engagement
Talon.One’s ‘Creative Currencies in Promotions’ explores how brands are moving beyond traditional discounting and using promotions to create stronger customer engagement, emotional connection and long-term loyalty. Here, BoF shares key extracts from the report, alongside analysis of the shifts reshaping promotional strategy.
Beauty
How a Magazine Becomes a Lifestyle Brand
Kinfolk, the quintessential Millennial lifestyle quarterly, is betting it can translate its aspirational aesthetics into a multicategory consumer brand — starting with a fragrance line and a new Manhattan pop-up.
How a Magazine Becomes a Lifestyle Brand
Kinfolk, the quintessential Millennial lifestyle quarterly, is betting it can translate its aspirational aesthetics into a multicategory consumer brand — starting with a fragrance line and a new Manhattan pop-up.
Retail
Opinion: Amazon Should Share the Wealth of Its Prime Day Data
Simply repeating last year’s comment — that Prime Day was the biggest ever, generating record sales — won’t cut it, argues Andrea Felsted.
Opinion: Amazon Should Share the Wealth of Its Prime Day Data
Simply repeating last year’s comment — that Prime Day was the biggest ever, generating record sales — won’t cut it, argues Andrea Felsted.
The News in Brief
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.
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.