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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Workplace & Talent
Quiet Quitting, Labour Hoarding and Other Workplace Trends, Explained
Catchy phrases — like quiet quitting, quiet firing and labour hoarding — to describe how people behave at work is the latest indication of the challenging climate for fashion firms and their employees.
Quiet Quitting, Labour Hoarding and Other Workplace Trends, Explained
Catchy phrases — like quiet quitting, quiet firing and labour hoarding — to describe how people behave at work is the latest indication of the challenging climate for fashion firms and their employees.
Partner Content
How Neiman Marcus Group Is Transforming the Associate Experience With a People-First Approach
BoF sits down with Eric Severson, chief people and belonging officer of NMG, and his people services team, to learn how the company uses analytics to modernise its people strategy and culture today.
How Neiman Marcus Group Is Transforming the Associate Experience With a People-First Approach
BoF sits down with Eric Severson, chief people and belonging officer of NMG, and his people services team, to learn how the company uses analytics to modernise its people strategy and culture today.
Workplace & Talent
Fashion’s Biggest Gen-Z Hiring Challenge
Retailers will need to get creative to attract Gen-Z talent to ring up sales and stock shelves at stores this holiday season.
Fashion’s Biggest Gen-Z Hiring Challenge
Retailers will need to get creative to attract Gen-Z talent to ring up sales and stock shelves at stores this holiday season.
Workplace & Talent
How to Build Your Personal Brand
Industry executives and a business school professor explain the importance of personal branding in fashion and share their advice on creating an authentic, standout brand in today’s saturated job market.
How to Build Your Personal Brand
Industry executives and a business school professor explain the importance of personal branding in fashion and share their advice on creating an authentic, standout brand in today’s saturated job market.
Workplace & Talent
How Fashion Can Start Talking About Pay
The fashion industry is notorious for its broad, and often opaque salaries but new laws, social pressures and a labour shortage are pushing more companies toward pay transparency.
How Fashion Can Start Talking About Pay
The fashion industry is notorious for its broad, and often opaque salaries but new laws, social pressures and a labour shortage are pushing more companies toward pay transparency.
Workplace & Talent
The Debrief | Fashion’s Hottest Jobs
BoF’s workplace and talent correspondent Sheena Butler-Young unpacks how fashion’s labour market has evolved in the past year, and what positions brands are hiring for now.
The Debrief | Fashion’s Hottest Jobs
BoF’s workplace and talent correspondent Sheena Butler-Young unpacks how fashion’s labour market has evolved in the past year, and what positions brands are hiring for now.
Workplace & Talent
Fashion’s In-Demand Jobs
Recruiters say interest in the metaverse is cooling, while brands look for candidates with the real-world expertise to navigate uncertain times including in areas such as supply chain, diversity, ESG compliance and HR.
Fashion’s In-Demand Jobs
Recruiters say interest in the metaverse is cooling, while brands look for candidates with the real-world expertise to navigate uncertain times including in areas such as supply chain, diversity, ESG compliance and HR.
Workplace & Talent
What Makes a Great Fashion Office
More and more companies want to see their staff in person again at the office. Creating a work environment that fosters collaboration, offers flexibility and thoughtful perks could convince employees to leave the home office behind.
What Makes a Great Fashion Office
More and more companies want to see their staff in person again at the office. Creating a work environment that fosters collaboration, offers flexibility and thoughtful perks could convince employees to leave the home office behind.
Workplace & Talent
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Fashion
BoF Careers speaks to academics and industry professionals to understand how fashion can better alleviate the pervasive psychological — and environmental — experience.
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Fashion
BoF Careers speaks to academics and industry professionals to understand how fashion can better alleviate the pervasive psychological — and environmental — experience.
Workplace & Talent
Is Now the Right Time to Ask for a Raise? It’s Complicated
It’s still an employee’s labour market, but recession fears are adding new challenges to pay negotiations for retail and fashion job candidates looking to increase their salaries.
Is Now the Right Time to Ask for a Raise? It’s Complicated
It’s still an employee’s labour market, but recession fears are adding new challenges to pay negotiations for retail and fashion job candidates looking to increase their salaries.
Workplace & Talent
BFC Report Finds Half of European Brands Have a Diversity Strategy But Progress Still Lags
A new report by the British Fashion Council (BFC) and the MBS Group, a UK-based executive search firm, found that 51 percent of European fashion companies now have a diversity and inclusion strategy but that progress on most of the goals espoused in 2020 remain sluggish.
BFC Report Finds Half of European Brands Have a Diversity Strategy But Progress Still Lags
A new report by the British Fashion Council (BFC) and the MBS Group, a UK-based executive search firm, found that 51 percent of European fashion companies now have a diversity and inclusion strategy but that progress on most of the goals espoused in 2020 remain sluggish.
Workplace & Talent
The Debrief: Fashion Execs on Managing Gen-Z
BoF’s workplace and talent correspondent Sheena Butler-Young explains why managers in the fashion and beauty industries are struggling to balance their youngest employees’ expectations against the needs of their businesses.
The Debrief: Fashion Execs on Managing Gen-Z
BoF’s workplace and talent correspondent Sheena Butler-Young explains why managers in the fashion and beauty industries are struggling to balance their youngest employees’ expectations against the needs of their businesses.
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.