Adwoa Beauty to Enter Liquidation
A Texas court ruled that the hair-care label’s bankruptcy filing be converted to Chapter 7.
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Global Markets
Fashion’s Race to the Indian Stock Market
From high-growth garment exporters to billion-dollar jewellers, Indian companies are gearing up for IPOs even as global economic uncertainty and market volatility threaten to delay some listings.
Fashion’s Race to the Indian Stock Market
From high-growth garment exporters to billion-dollar jewellers, Indian companies are gearing up for IPOs even as global economic uncertainty and market volatility threaten to delay some listings.
Entrepreneurship
Opinion: What Investors Won’t Tell You About Fund Raising
When it comes to raising capital, the gap between what fashion and beauty founders believe is happening and what is actually happening is often enormous, writes Olivier Rivard-Cohen.
Opinion: What Investors Won’t Tell You About Fund Raising
When it comes to raising capital, the gap between what fashion and beauty founders believe is happening and what is actually happening is often enormous, writes Olivier Rivard-Cohen.
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.
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.
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Luxury
Luca de Meo’s Gucci Challenge
Seven months into his tenure, Kering’s new CEO has stabilised the company’s finances, but his primary challenge remains reviving growth at flagship brand Gucci.
Luca de Meo’s Gucci Challenge
Seven months into his tenure, Kering’s new CEO has stabilised the company’s finances, but his primary challenge remains reviving growth at flagship brand Gucci.
Retail
Unpacking Saks Global’s Post-Bankruptcy Plan
The luxury giant has filed its roadmap to exit Chapter 11 this summer, confirming it will not sell Bergdorf Goodman. Under the new deal, bankruptcy lenders will take full ownership, wipe away billions in debt and set the stage for a leaner, more profitable operation.
Unpacking Saks Global’s Post-Bankruptcy Plan
The luxury giant has filed its roadmap to exit Chapter 11 this summer, confirming it will not sell Bergdorf Goodman. Under the new deal, bankruptcy lenders will take full ownership, wipe away billions in debt and set the stage for a leaner, more profitable operation.
Global Markets
Worldview | Shanghai Fashion Week Courts Global Attention
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Romanian designers, Colombia’s Inexmoda and the downturn at Dubai mall department stores.
Worldview | Shanghai Fashion Week Courts Global Attention
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Romanian designers, Colombia’s Inexmoda and the downturn at Dubai mall department stores.
Luxury
How Big Luxury Is Rewiring for the Future
Under scrutiny from top managers and investors, LVMH, Kering and Richemont are re-examining their brand portfolios, organisational structures and store networks.
How Big Luxury Is Rewiring for the Future
Under scrutiny from top managers and investors, LVMH, Kering and Richemont are re-examining their brand portfolios, organisational structures and store networks.
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Global Markets
Worldview | Tokyo Fashion Week Doubles Down on Asia
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Eid al-Fitr spending across the Gulf, Moscow Fashion Week and Indian factories squeezed by the Middle East war fuel shortage.
Worldview | Tokyo Fashion Week Doubles Down on Asia
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Eid al-Fitr spending across the Gulf, Moscow Fashion Week and Indian factories squeezed by the Middle East war fuel shortage.
Beauty
Advent International Acquires Salt & Stone
The premium body care maker will join the private equity firm’s portfolio, which also includes Olaplex and Parfums de Marly.
Advent International Acquires Salt & Stone
The premium body care maker will join the private equity firm’s portfolio, which also includes Olaplex and Parfums de Marly.
Global Markets
Worldview | How China’s Tariff Cuts Benefit African Fashion
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features M&A in Vietnam, Australian jewellers and Turkish textile giants in Latin America.
Worldview | How China’s Tariff Cuts Benefit African Fashion
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features M&A in Vietnam, Australian jewellers and Turkish textile giants in Latin America.
Luxury
Swatch Gets Bullish as Activist Pushes for Change
The Swiss watch giant's recent results surprised with an upbeat outlook at a moment when the family in control of the brand is resisting an investor campaign.
Swatch Gets Bullish as Activist Pushes for Change
The Swiss watch giant's recent results surprised with an upbeat outlook at a moment when the family in control of the brand is resisting an investor campaign.
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.