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Beauty

Givaudan Sales Slowdown Sends Fragrance Maker’s Shares Falling

The Swiss firm missed expectations for yearly organic sales growth on Thursday, as weaker performance of its flavours business outweighed resilient growth in fine fragrances.

Beauty

Givaudan Sales Slowdown Sends Fragrance Maker’s Shares Falling

The Swiss firm missed expectations for yearly organic sales growth on Thursday, as weaker performance of its flavours business outweighed resilient growth in fine fragrances.


Sports

Winter Games in Italy Attract Luxury Brands Seeking Global Stage

Luxury fashion brands are seeking to capitalise on the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, opening boutiques, sponsoring teams and launching collections.

Sports

Winter Games in Italy Attract Luxury Brands Seeking Global Stage

Luxury fashion brands are seeking to capitalise on the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, opening boutiques, sponsoring teams and launching collections.


Technology

Explainer: How Fashion Brands Should Prepare for Mandatory Digital Product Passports

The deadline for every fashion item sold in the EU to have its own digital identity is inching closer. Brands need to get ready.

Technology

Explainer: How Fashion Brands Should Prepare for Mandatory Digital Product Passports

The deadline for every fashion item sold in the EU to have its own digital identity is inching closer. Brands need to get ready.


Technology

Opinion: How to Prepare Your Fashion Company For AI in 90 Days

AI won’t replace fashion leadership, but leaders who use AI will replace those who don’t, writes Ari Bloom.

Technology

Opinion: How to Prepare Your Fashion Company For AI in 90 Days

AI won’t replace fashion leadership, but leaders who use AI will replace those who don’t, writes Ari Bloom.


Luxury

How Jewellery Houses Aim to Stay Ahead In 2026

High jewellery brands including Boucheron, Chaumet, De Beers and Dior showed new collections at Haute Couture week in Paris as they manage so far to ride out geopolitical tensions which have sent gold and silver to new highs while the dollar sinks.

Luxury

How Jewellery Houses Aim to Stay Ahead In 2026

High jewellery brands including Boucheron, Chaumet, De Beers and Dior showed new collections at Haute Couture week in Paris as they manage so far to ride out geopolitical tensions which have sent gold and silver to new highs while the dollar sinks.


Retail

Me+Em Hasn’t Raised the Price of Its Hero Product for 17 Years. Here’s How.

A direct-to-consumer strategy and cost discipline have helped the British brand grow without leaning on price hikes.

Retail

Me+Em Hasn’t Raised the Price of Its Hero Product for 17 Years. Here’s How.

A direct-to-consumer strategy and cost discipline have helped the British brand grow without leaning on price hikes.


Retail

Saks Will Close Most Off 5th Stores With Big Clearance Sales

The bankrupt department store operator will focus instead on its luxury offerings at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman chains.

Retail

Saks Will Close Most Off 5th Stores With Big Clearance Sales

The bankrupt department store operator will focus instead on its luxury offerings at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman chains.


Sports

Adidas Announces New Share Buyback Programme as Profits Jump

Fourth-quarter operating profit exceeded analyst estimates and drove full-year operating profit slightly above its forecast from October.

Sports

Adidas Announces New Share Buyback Programme as Profits Jump

Fourth-quarter operating profit exceeded analyst estimates and drove full-year operating profit slightly above its forecast from October.


Fashion Week

The Beating Heart of Haute Couture

IT’S ALIVE! in the dreamweaving hands of Alessandro Michele at Valentino and Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli, reports Tim Blanks.

Fashion Week

The Beating Heart of Haute Couture

IT’S ALIVE! in the dreamweaving hands of Alessandro Michele at Valentino and Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli, reports Tim Blanks.


Sports

Lululemon Blames Customers Again After See-Through Tights Fiasco

The activewear company’s dilemma is familiar to many companies that have grown rapidly and need to find ways to keep expanding while competitors encroach.

Sports

Lululemon Blames Customers Again After See-Through Tights Fiasco

The activewear company’s dilemma is familiar to many companies that have grown rapidly and need to find ways to keep expanding while competitors encroach.


Beauty

A Tale of Two Makeup Artist-Led Brands; Where Is Harry Styles’ Pleasing?

This week, I look at the very different roads traveled by Pat McGrath and Charlotte Tilbury, wait with bated breath for Pleasing’s comeback and review LVMH’s beauty results.

Beauty

A Tale of Two Makeup Artist-Led Brands; Where Is Harry Styles’ Pleasing?

This week, I look at the very different roads traveled by Pat McGrath and Charlotte Tilbury, wait with bated breath for Pleasing’s comeback and review LVMH’s beauty results.


Global Markets

China Luxury Market Forecast to Rebound in 2026, Bain Says

The consultancy expects a ‘modest’ expansion of the mainland luxury market this year but warned that recovery would be fragile and uneven across brands and categories.

Global Markets

China Luxury Market Forecast to Rebound in 2026, Bain Says

The consultancy expects a ‘modest’ expansion of the mainland luxury market this year but warned that recovery would be fragile and uneven across brands and categories.