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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Why Hollywood Executives Are Fashion’s New Power Hire
As content and entertainment become increasingly central to brands’ marketing strategies, companies from Gap to E.l.f. are broadening the talent pool, considering everyone from entertainment IP experts to filmmakers.
Why Hollywood Executives Are Fashion’s New Power Hire
As content and entertainment become increasingly central to brands’ marketing strategies, companies from Gap to E.l.f. are broadening the talent pool, considering everyone from entertainment IP experts to filmmakers.
Marketing
For Some Brands, Pride Month Is Sexy Again
Labels like Away and Levi’s have moved on from bland rainbows to more daring takes on Pride month.
For Some Brands, Pride Month Is Sexy Again
Labels like Away and Levi’s have moved on from bland rainbows to more daring takes on Pride month.
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How Books Became Fashion’s Favourite Flex
Fashion brands from Coach to Dior are piling into literature as books become key status symbols and markers of knowledge and taste in an age of visual overload and AI slop. Which strategies have substance?
How Books Became Fashion’s Favourite Flex
Fashion brands from Coach to Dior are piling into literature as books become key status symbols and markers of knowledge and taste in an age of visual overload and AI slop. Which strategies have substance?
Marketing
Everyone Wants a Piece of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2′
The rollout of the movie has been one big promotion party for the fashion industry — with participation from everyone from Walmart to Dior — showing fashion and Hollywood’s appetite for partnership is only growing.
Everyone Wants a Piece of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2′
The rollout of the movie has been one big promotion party for the fashion industry — with participation from everyone from Walmart to Dior — showing fashion and Hollywood’s appetite for partnership is only growing.
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Perfecting the Art of Pre-Marketing
Brands are turning launches into months-long narratives, building waitlists and dropping hints for consumers to decode ahead of time. But the strategy only works if they know when to stop teasing and start delivering.
Perfecting the Art of Pre-Marketing
Brands are turning launches into months-long narratives, building waitlists and dropping hints for consumers to decode ahead of time. But the strategy only works if they know when to stop teasing and start delivering.
Marketing
Can Gap Keep Up Its Hot Streak?
Gap’s brand strategy is leading on culture but trailing on the fundamentals that endure beyond marketing moments, according to the latest analysis by BoF Insights.
Can Gap Keep Up Its Hot Streak?
Gap’s brand strategy is leading on culture but trailing on the fundamentals that endure beyond marketing moments, according to the latest analysis by BoF Insights.
Marketing
Why Some AI Ads Flourish and Others Fail
The mixed response to luxury’s experiments with AI imagery is linked to a deeper question: Is the new technology expanding creative possibilities or undermining the sector’s promise of human artistry?
Why Some AI Ads Flourish and Others Fail
The mixed response to luxury’s experiments with AI imagery is linked to a deeper question: Is the new technology expanding creative possibilities or undermining the sector’s promise of human artistry?
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BoF Professional Masterclass | The Fashion Marketer’s Guide to AI
Watch on demand a BoF Professional Masterclass on “The Fashion Marketer’s Guide to AI” which unpacks how marketers can adapt to utilise AI and build lifetime value in this approach.
BoF Professional Masterclass | The Fashion Marketer’s Guide to AI
Watch on demand a BoF Professional Masterclass on “The Fashion Marketer’s Guide to AI” which unpacks how marketers can adapt to utilise AI and build lifetime value in this approach.
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Case Study | The Fashion Marketer’s Guide to AI
Marketers have moved from experimenting with AI to harnessing it as a structural part of daily operations that can boost productivity and human creativity when used correctly. This case study breaks down the best practices to streamline workflows without sacrificing brand integrity or the human element of marketing.
Case Study | The Fashion Marketer’s Guide to AI
Marketers have moved from experimenting with AI to harnessing it as a structural part of daily operations that can boost productivity and human creativity when used correctly. This case study breaks down the best practices to streamline workflows without sacrificing brand integrity or the human element of marketing.
Marketing
What It Takes for a Fashion Campaign to Break Through Now
As brands release their first spring ads, those that make an emotional appeal with fresh talent are resonating – as long as they remember to put the product front and centre.
What It Takes for a Fashion Campaign to Break Through Now
As brands release their first spring ads, those that make an emotional appeal with fresh talent are resonating – as long as they remember to put the product front and centre.
Marketing
Who Won Fashion’s Red Carpet Season of Change
Sunday night’s Oscars concluded an awards season that fashion’s biggest labels used to show off their new creative game. BoF breaks down what we learned about brands’ celebrity strategies.
Who Won Fashion’s Red Carpet Season of Change
Sunday night’s Oscars concluded an awards season that fashion’s biggest labels used to show off their new creative game. BoF breaks down what we learned about brands’ celebrity strategies.
Marketing
Minimalism Was on Its Way Out. Then Came ‘Love Story’
Ryan Murphy’s smash hit chronicling the ill-fated romance of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. is reshaping the trend cycle.
Minimalism Was on Its Way Out. Then Came ‘Love Story’
Ryan Murphy’s smash hit chronicling the ill-fated romance of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. is reshaping the trend cycle.
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.