Adwoa Beauty to Enter Liquidation
A Texas court ruled that the hair-care label’s bankruptcy filing be converted to Chapter 7.
Workplace & Talent / Leadership
Workplace & Talent
What It Takes to Lead a Challenger Brand
As insurgent brands gain ground in fashion and beauty, their leaders are developing distinct approaches to hiring talent, sustaining momentum and scaling beyond the underdog phase.
What It Takes to Lead a Challenger Brand
As insurgent brands gain ground in fashion and beauty, their leaders are developing distinct approaches to hiring talent, sustaining momentum and scaling beyond the underdog phase.
Workplace & Talent
Can Sporty & Rich’s Emily Oberg Break the Founder-CEO Curse?
Oberg stepped into the top job at her startup last August. In an exclusive interview with The Business of Fashion, she explained how she plans to scale her business while sidestepping the ‘founder’s ego’ problem that has doomed many emerging brands.
Can Sporty & Rich’s Emily Oberg Break the Founder-CEO Curse?
Oberg stepped into the top job at her startup last August. In an exclusive interview with The Business of Fashion, she explained how she plans to scale her business while sidestepping the ‘founder’s ego’ problem that has doomed many emerging brands.
Workplace & Talent
Kim Kardashian’s Skims Appoints Its First Chief People Officer
Former Etsy HR chief Kim Seymour joins the brand, valued at $5 billion, as it builds out leadership across beauty, retail and international markets.
Kim Kardashian’s Skims Appoints Its First Chief People Officer
Former Etsy HR chief Kim Seymour joins the brand, valued at $5 billion, as it builds out leadership across beauty, retail and international markets.
Workplace & Talent
The Debrief | What Happens When Women Lead
At VOICES 2025, senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young sits down with celebrated designers Clare Waight Keller and Maria Cornejo to discuss what it means to build a career in fashion as a woman today.
The Debrief | What Happens When Women Lead
At VOICES 2025, senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young sits down with celebrated designers Clare Waight Keller and Maria Cornejo to discuss what it means to build a career in fashion as a woman today.
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Workplace & Talent
Rent-a-CEO: Why More Fashion Brands Are Hiring Part-Time Executives
From beauty labels like BLK/OPL to retailers such as Lulus, more companies are tapping seasoned fractional talent who bring expertise and low commitment in a volatile economic climate.
Rent-a-CEO: Why More Fashion Brands Are Hiring Part-Time Executives
From beauty labels like BLK/OPL to retailers such as Lulus, more companies are tapping seasoned fractional talent who bring expertise and low commitment in a volatile economic climate.
Workplace & Talent
The CEO You Hire When Your Brand Is in Trouble
From Kering to Nike to Everlane, fashion and beauty companies are turning to fixers to get back on track — with mandates to steady finances, reset culture and reignite consumer desire.
The CEO You Hire When Your Brand Is in Trouble
From Kering to Nike to Everlane, fashion and beauty companies are turning to fixers to get back on track — with mandates to steady finances, reset culture and reignite consumer desire.
Workplace & Talent
Marco Bizzarri Gives Address With Advice for Fashion’s Next Generation
The former Gucci CEO emphasised the importance of finding the right people and talent while accepting an honorary degree from the University for the Creative Arts.
Marco Bizzarri Gives Address With Advice for Fashion’s Next Generation
The former Gucci CEO emphasised the importance of finding the right people and talent while accepting an honorary degree from the University for the Creative Arts.
Workplace & Talent
Five Years After George Floyd: Can Fashion Still Stand for Something?
In 2020, fashion pledged solidarity and systemic change. Now, as political tides have turned, only a few brands are willing to speak up — or follow through.
Five Years After George Floyd: Can Fashion Still Stand for Something?
In 2020, fashion pledged solidarity and systemic change. Now, as political tides have turned, only a few brands are willing to speak up — or follow through.
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Workplace & Talent
Demonised by Trump, DEI Professionals Go ‘Discreet’ to Find Jobs
DEI workers are repositioning and rebranding to get contracts and retain remaining staff positions, distancing themselves from conversations around race and gender and instead prioritising their leadership expertise.
Demonised by Trump, DEI Professionals Go ‘Discreet’ to Find Jobs
DEI workers are repositioning and rebranding to get contracts and retain remaining staff positions, distancing themselves from conversations around race and gender and instead prioritising their leadership expertise.
Workplace & Talent
When Two CEOs Are Better Than One
Brands like Warby Parker and Glow Recipe are thriving with two leaders at the top — but experts caution the model only works when the market conditions are right, roles are clearly defined and egos stay in check.
When Two CEOs Are Better Than One
Brands like Warby Parker and Glow Recipe are thriving with two leaders at the top — but experts caution the model only works when the market conditions are right, roles are clearly defined and egos stay in check.
Workplace & Talent
How Female Founders Are Courting Investors in a Tough Climate
Sinking brand valuations, a shaky economy, and the rollback of DEI initiatives are pressuring women founders in fashion and beauty — but a new playbook is helping them navigate the storm.
How Female Founders Are Courting Investors in a Tough Climate
Sinking brand valuations, a shaky economy, and the rollback of DEI initiatives are pressuring women founders in fashion and beauty — but a new playbook is helping them navigate the storm.
Workplace & Talent
Chief Product Officers Are Fashion’s New Power Players
From Burberry to Michael Kors and Under Armour, brands are leaning on product chiefs to navigate economic uncertainty and reignite innovation.
Chief Product Officers Are Fashion’s New Power Players
From Burberry to Michael Kors and Under Armour, brands are leaning on product chiefs to navigate economic uncertainty and reignite innovation.
The News in Brief
Coty’s Perfume Business Takes Another Knock With David Beckham Fragrance Lawsuit
Beauty brand Coty is facing a lawsuit from DB Ventures, the company behind former football star David Beckham’s eponymous fragrance, for what the lawsuit describes as flagrant material breaches of the license agreement, court documents show.
Estée Lauder Sales Rise 2%, Job Cuts to Expand
Double-digit growth in the conglomerate’s perfume division helped offset a lack of growth in its other units as the company continues its years-long turnaround strategy.
Premium Body Care Brand Uni Appoints New Global CMO
Heather Fisher, former chief marketing officer of Fenty Beauty, has joined the Australian body care brand.
Zegna Revenues Rise 7.4%
The Italian luxury group’s first-quarter performance surpassed market expectations powered by solid growth in direct-to-consumer sales in the US.
Inventory Clean-Up Helps Puma Beat First-Quarter Expectations
The German sportswear maker also announced it had appointed former Hugo Boss CEO Mark Langer as its chief financial officer, effective Friday.
Oil Prices Soar to Wartime High with US and Iran Stuck in Standoff
Brent oil surged to more than $126 a barrel on Thursday, before paring gains to $121.40 as traders factor in an even longer closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Reliance Retail Acquires Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Hair Care Brand Anomaly
The company will leverage its omnichannel network to scale the label, citing India as a priority market.