Perfume Maker Givaudan’s Sales Beat Estimates, Tariff Paybacks Weigh on Shares
Givaudan’s second-quarter organic sales came in ahead of market estimates on Thursday, but its shares fell 5 percent on litigation costs and tariff repayments.
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Media
What to Do When Reddit Turns on Your Brand
With the platform’s posts now shaping Google search and AI chatbot results, fashion brands need to listen to the site’s millions of users – even when they don’t like what they have to say.
What to Do When Reddit Turns on Your Brand
With the platform’s posts now shaping Google search and AI chatbot results, fashion brands need to listen to the site’s millions of users – even when they don’t like what they have to say.
Retail
How Brands Avoid the Brick-and-Mortar Trap
Some retailers are closing stores after opening too many in the wake of the pandemic. Those that are plowing ahead are taking a more deliberate approach — even if it means waiting years for a spot on the perfect block to open up.
How Brands Avoid the Brick-and-Mortar Trap
Some retailers are closing stores after opening too many in the wake of the pandemic. Those that are plowing ahead are taking a more deliberate approach — even if it means waiting years for a spot on the perfect block to open up.
Sports
Gymshark’s Path to $1 Billion in Sales Leads Through the US
The UK fitness brand is on the cusp of reaching its billion-dollar sales target, and sees expanding in the US, where it’s about to open its first New York City store, as the surest route there.
Gymshark’s Path to $1 Billion in Sales Leads Through the US
The UK fitness brand is on the cusp of reaching its billion-dollar sales target, and sees expanding in the US, where it’s about to open its first New York City store, as the surest route there.
Retail
How Centring Community Kickstarted Kotn’s Growth
After growing a post-pandemic cult following and making a shift towards community-first brand building, the independent Egyptian-Canadian brand is now expanding its global footprint.
How Centring Community Kickstarted Kotn’s Growth
After growing a post-pandemic cult following and making a shift towards community-first brand building, the independent Egyptian-Canadian brand is now expanding its global footprint.
Retail
Williams-Sonoma Sues Quince Over Sales of ‘Dupe’ Products
The premium kitchenware brand is seeking triple damages and other remedies for false advertising and unfair competition.
Williams-Sonoma Sues Quince Over Sales of ‘Dupe’ Products
The premium kitchenware brand is seeking triple damages and other remedies for false advertising and unfair competition.
Beauty
Can Beauty Devices Bring the Medspa Home?
SharkNinja’s latest innovation, the Facialpro Glow, mimics in-office aesthetic treatments. Like competitors Omnilux or Medicube, its parent company hopes to entice consumers to take procedures into their own hands.
Can Beauty Devices Bring the Medspa Home?
SharkNinja’s latest innovation, the Facialpro Glow, mimics in-office aesthetic treatments. Like competitors Omnilux or Medicube, its parent company hopes to entice consumers to take procedures into their own hands.
Beauty
Exclusive: Aritzia’s Shiny New Beauty Partner
The Canadian retailer is collaborating with body care label Salt & Stone to launch an exclusive collection — and apply its accessible, quiet luxury proposition to a whole new category.
Exclusive: Aritzia’s Shiny New Beauty Partner
The Canadian retailer is collaborating with body care label Salt & Stone to launch an exclusive collection — and apply its accessible, quiet luxury proposition to a whole new category.
Beauty
Pamela Anderson’s Sonsie Skin Care Appoints New CEO
Kailey Bradt, a chemical engineer who founded the waterless hair care label Susteau, assumes the position effective immediately, with an eye on innovative product development and refining its marketing.
Pamela Anderson’s Sonsie Skin Care Appoints New CEO
Kailey Bradt, a chemical engineer who founded the waterless hair care label Susteau, assumes the position effective immediately, with an eye on innovative product development and refining its marketing.
Beauty
A Beauty Editor’s Vision of Luxury Pet Care: Biche
Biche, a label founded by Highsnobiety’s Alexandra Pauly, will sell a duo of fine fragrance-infused dog grooming products, and has closed a pre-seed funding round led by executives from Europerfumes.
A Beauty Editor’s Vision of Luxury Pet Care: Biche
Biche, a label founded by Highsnobiety’s Alexandra Pauly, will sell a duo of fine fragrance-infused dog grooming products, and has closed a pre-seed funding round led by executives from Europerfumes.
Beauty
Olaplex Acquires Biotech Firm Purvala
In its first-ever acquisition, the hair care brand has purchased a biotechnology laboratory founded by an MIT professor to further its research and development capabilities.
Olaplex Acquires Biotech Firm Purvala
In its first-ever acquisition, the hair care brand has purchased a biotechnology laboratory founded by an MIT professor to further its research and development capabilities.
Beauty
A Star Was Born. Can It Happen Again?
Starface co-founder Julie Schott knew her latest product — and, hopefully, the brand’s next hero — was a hit when she heard they were getting shoplifted from drugstores.
A Star Was Born. Can It Happen Again?
Starface co-founder Julie Schott knew her latest product — and, hopefully, the brand’s next hero — was a hit when she heard they were getting shoplifted from drugstores.
Retail
Dairy Boy Brings a Connecticut Farmhouse to Soho
The influencer Paige Lorenze opened her third pop-up in New York City over the weekend, selling fleeces, barn jackets and more to thousands of fans who have bought into her Gen-Z-friendly vision of New England-inspired Americana.
Dairy Boy Brings a Connecticut Farmhouse to Soho
The influencer Paige Lorenze opened her third pop-up in New York City over the weekend, selling fleeces, barn jackets and more to thousands of fans who have bought into her Gen-Z-friendly vision of New England-inspired Americana.
The News in Brief
Trump to Impose Forced Labour Duties on Friday as Temporary 10% US Tariffs Expire
The move is the White House’s latest effort to restore Trump’s campaign vision of a near-global tariff after the US Supreme Court in February struck down his ‘reciprocal’ duties.
LVMH Appoints General Manager of Fragrance
Givenchy executive Yann Musquin will lead the group’s fragrance portfolio, succeeding longtime division head Romain Spitzer.
India Changes Rule in Win for Foreign E-Commerce Companies
In a major win for Amazon, which lobbied for the change, the government will allow foreign e-commerce companies to buy products directly from Indian sellers and sell them to overseas customers.
Skincare Brand Prequel Appoints C-Suite
The dermatologist-developed label has named Nathalie Kristo as its first chief executive officer and Toral Patel as chief marketing officer.
Moncler Group Second-Quarter Sales Rise 5% as Stone Island Brand Outperforms
Stone Island’s strong performance helped offset slower growth at the Moncler brand, as the group continues its push to become less dependent on its iconic winter outerwear.
Mulberry Quarterly Sales Jump 23% as Turnaround Gathers Pace
The British luxury handbag maker reported a strong start to fiscal 2027 as CEO Andrea Baldo’s strategy gains traction and the brand gears up for designer Christopher Kane’s runway debut in September.
Phillip Lim Announces New Brand PlayLoveWin
The designer departed his namesake label 3.1 Phillip Lim in November 2024 to pursue personal projects.