Harper’s Bazaar to Launch Philippine Edition
Hearst Magazines International is partnering with Philippine media group AGC Power Holdings to launch the fashion title in November 2027.
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P&G Possible Beauty-Unit Split Shows Lapses in Tough Industry
Procter & Gamble Co.’s potential split-off of some beauty brands into a separate company reflects the struggles the world’s largest consumer-products maker has had trying to master a fragmented, fast-moving industry.
Jewellers in India Jump Online for $22 Billion E-Commerce Pie
In India, where buying gold traditionally means a trip to the trusted family jeweller, a growing e-commerce market forecast at $22 billion in three years is starting to challenge all conventional wisdom.
Why Pay Full Price as Outlets Move Closer to Where You Live?
After years of outperforming regular malls, outlets are increasingly encroaching on downtown shopping districts.
China's Big Luxury Spenders are Young, Trendy and Not So Rich
Global luxury brands expanding in China are better off targeting the HENRYs - "high earners, not rich yet" - instead of the ultra-wealthy, as a slowing economy and a government that frowns on official excesses usher in an era of less showy spending.
Online Retailer Zalando Selling Stake Worth $465 Million
Zalando SE, Europe’s largest online fashion retailer, is selling 17.9 million existing shares after reporting its first full-year profit.
Apple Watch Targets Chinese Aspirations in $16 Billion Market
Apple Inc. jumped to the top of the Chinese market by adapting the iPhone to local tastes. It’s using the same recipe with the Apple Watch.
Swatch Co-Inventor Sees Apple Causing Ice Age for Swiss Watches
Apple Inc. may soon sell as many timepieces as all of Switzerland, threatening the country’s four-century- old industry, the co-inventor of the Swatch predicted.
Luxury Firms Count Cost of Russia's Recession
Russia's lurch into recession has hit many tourism and luxury goods companies hard, forcing them to cut prices — and in turn costs — in an attempt to limit the damage.
Fashion Weeks Wage Global Talent Wars
The big four fashion weeks are competing more fiercely than ever to attract the best young designers from around the world.
Luxury Brands Suffer as Hong Kong Spending Patterns Shift
Instead of rich Chinese flying in, the city is seeing an increasing number of visitors with big luggages hoarding up space in its subways, on its buses and on the pavements.
Sixty-Six Shades of Skin: Tapping the Multicultural Beauty Market
Stinging from slowing growth in emerging markets, competition from niche brands and foreign currency woes, cosmetics companies are aiming to tap opportunity in the multicultural beauty market.
Banana Republic, J. Crew Invade Fashion Week in Search of Cachet
Banana Republic, J. Crew Group Inc. and other mainstream brands are increasing their presence at fashion week this year, shifting the tone of an event known for experimental clothing that few ordinary consumers could afford to buy — or even want to.
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Pandora Opens World’s Largest Jewellery Factory in Vietnam
The $150 million plant is the Danish jewellers first outside of Thailand, part of a bid to diversify its manufacturing footprint and boost supply-chain resilience.
Vietnam’s Largest Listed Jeweller Forecasts Loss After Diamond Scandal
PNJ also plans to slash its revenue target. Losses in 2026 are expected as a result of a huge provision for customer buybacks following a smuggling scandal.
Chanel Plans to Keep Investing in China Despite Demand Downturn
CEO Leena Nair pointed to the brand’s recent renovation of its Plaza 66 boutique in Shanghai, calling China ‘a market where the clients understand sophistication, refinement.’
Fashion Empire Azzas 2154 to Split Two Years After Failed Merger
Both companies that previously comprised one of Brazil’s largest apparel exporters will retain a stake in Farm Rio after separating.
Indian Fashion Retailer Purple Style Labs Plans IPO
The Bollywood star-backed company behind multi-brand retailer Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop will launch its share sale next week as it taps demand for luxury wedding and occasion wear.
Trump Picks White House Ally Overton to Lead Embattled FDA
The US president chose an ally to steady an agency shaken by staff losses, low morale and fights over vaccines and drug approvals.
Russian E-Tailer Wildberries Hit by Wave of Ukrainian Drone Strikes
The e-commerce giant has seen at least 20 warehouses attacked since mid-July as Kyiv steps up strikes inside Russia and Moscow intensifies its bombardment of Ukraine, more than four years into its full-scale invasion.