Adwoa Beauty to Enter Liquidation
A Texas court ruled that the hair-care label’s bankruptcy filing be converted to Chapter 7.
Consumers
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Beauty
Can Beauty’s ‘Limited-Edition’ Launch Strategy Last?
Membership-based fragrance label Ffern is opening its orders to the general public for the first time, as other beauty brands jump in on the product-drop experiment.
Can Beauty’s ‘Limited-Edition’ Launch Strategy Last?
Membership-based fragrance label Ffern is opening its orders to the general public for the first time, as other beauty brands jump in on the product-drop experiment.
Beauty
Can the ‘MAC of Italy’ Make It in America?
European cosmetics giant Kiko Milano has racked up over $1 billion in sales with storefronts across the globe from Chile to India. Until now, success in the hyper-competitive US market has been more elusive, however.
Can the ‘MAC of Italy’ Make It in America?
European cosmetics giant Kiko Milano has racked up over $1 billion in sales with storefronts across the globe from Chile to India. Until now, success in the hyper-competitive US market has been more elusive, however.
Luxury
Gen Z Can’t Get Enough of Teensy ‘Grandma Watches’
Driven by the secondary market and a new generation of female collectors, heritage brands are pivoting to sub-34mm designs to capture a market that values personal style over traditional horological bulk.
Gen Z Can’t Get Enough of Teensy ‘Grandma Watches’
Driven by the secondary market and a new generation of female collectors, heritage brands are pivoting to sub-34mm designs to capture a market that values personal style over traditional horological bulk.
Beauty
Want to Win China? Start On RedNote.
With roughly 350 million active monthly users, the platform has fast become a dominant force in China’s beauty landscape. But edging out the competition has never been trickier.
Want to Win China? Start On RedNote.
With roughly 350 million active monthly users, the platform has fast become a dominant force in China’s beauty landscape. But edging out the competition has never been trickier.
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Technology
Why People Hate AI
Anger towards AI is growing as it becomes more deeply embedded in the workplace and daily life. Brands that want to use the technology and maintain customer trust would be wise to understand the reasons.
Why People Hate AI
Anger towards AI is growing as it becomes more deeply embedded in the workplace and daily life. Brands that want to use the technology and maintain customer trust would be wise to understand the reasons.
Beauty
How ‘Millennial Cringe’ Is Reshaping Makeup
Customers across various generational cohorts are changing their routines for fear of looking out of date — not looking their age.
How ‘Millennial Cringe’ Is Reshaping Makeup
Customers across various generational cohorts are changing their routines for fear of looking out of date — not looking their age.
Luxury
The New Rules for Negotiating With Multibrand Retailers
Partnerships with multibrand players remain vital to fashion brands of all sizes, but the rules of engagement have changed as the sector has come under immense strain. BoF breaks down what brands need to know to reduce risk while building lasting relationships.
The New Rules for Negotiating With Multibrand Retailers
Partnerships with multibrand players remain vital to fashion brands of all sizes, but the rules of engagement have changed as the sector has come under immense strain. BoF breaks down what brands need to know to reduce risk while building lasting relationships.
Beauty
‘An Element of Exploitation’: The World of TikTok Child Skincare Influencers
Experts say regulation of child influencers sits in a legal grey area as children promote products on social media.
‘An Element of Exploitation’: The World of TikTok Child Skincare Influencers
Experts say regulation of child influencers sits in a legal grey area as children promote products on social media.
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Beauty
Opinion: Are Peptides Just Snake Oil? Don’t Ask the FDA.
US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to deregulate peptides purports to make buying the drugs less fraught, but doesn’t give people what they really need: evidence they work and are safe, writes Bloomberg’s Lisa Jarvis.
Opinion: Are Peptides Just Snake Oil? Don’t Ask the FDA.
US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to deregulate peptides purports to make buying the drugs less fraught, but doesn’t give people what they really need: evidence they work and are safe, writes Bloomberg’s Lisa Jarvis.
Global Markets
Worldview | Rio de Janeiro Stages Fashion Week Comeback
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai malls, Mexican designers and China’s social commerce giant.
Worldview | Rio de Janeiro Stages Fashion Week Comeback
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai malls, Mexican designers and China’s social commerce giant.
Global Markets
Global Brands See Revival in China as Retail Nationalism Cools
Mid-market global brands like Gap, Zara, and Uniqlo are successfully winning back Chinese consumers who previously favoured domestic labels.
Global Brands See Revival in China as Retail Nationalism Cools
Mid-market global brands like Gap, Zara, and Uniqlo are successfully winning back Chinese consumers who previously favoured domestic labels.
Retail
A Survival Guide for Independent Brands
Prompted by the overwhelming response to a recent briefing about the ‘industry that eats its young,’ we’ve gathered the most vital strategies from the BoF archive to help independent designers navigate today’s fraught retail landscape.
A Survival Guide for Independent Brands
Prompted by the overwhelming response to a recent briefing about the ‘industry that eats its young,’ we’ve gathered the most vital strategies from the BoF archive to help independent designers navigate today’s fraught retail landscape.
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.