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Global Markets

Africa’s Fashion Factories Pay for US Trade Limbo Over AGOA

Even if Washington moves to extend the duty-free trade deal for 32 African countries, letting it lapse in September has put factory jobs at risk and forced manufacturers to absorb new costs, weakening US sourcing ties across the region from Kenya to Madagascar.

Global Markets

Africa’s Fashion Factories Pay for US Trade Limbo Over AGOA

Even if Washington moves to extend the duty-free trade deal for 32 African countries, letting it lapse in September has put factory jobs at risk and forced manufacturers to absorb new costs, weakening US sourcing ties across the region from Kenya to Madagascar.


Global Markets

Worldview | Venezuela’s Fashion Retailers Return to ‘Business as Usual’

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features China’s plummeting footwear exports, Indonesian textiles and Chile’s department store giant.

Global Markets

Worldview | Venezuela’s Fashion Retailers Return to ‘Business as Usual’

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features China’s plummeting footwear exports, Indonesian textiles and Chile’s department store giant.


Sports

Anta Just Saved Puma

After months of speculation, Anta has finally acquired the Pinault family’s 29 percent stake in Puma. Suddenly, the brand’s future doesn’t seem so bleak.

Sports

Anta Just Saved Puma

After months of speculation, Anta has finally acquired the Pinault family’s 29 percent stake in Puma. Suddenly, the brand’s future doesn’t seem so bleak.


Luxury

Luxury Investors Eye Tough Earnings Season After Stock Selloff

Luxury-goods makers are facing investor anxiety and a projected rough earnings season despite earlier hopes for a 2026 recovery.

Luxury

Luxury Investors Eye Tough Earnings Season After Stock Selloff

Luxury-goods makers are facing investor anxiety and a projected rough earnings season despite earlier hopes for a 2026 recovery.


Marketing

Opinion: Is Fashion Still Desirable?

An industry that manufactures images at industrial scale and speed is forgetting how to create aspiration, writes Robert Triefus.

Marketing

Opinion: Is Fashion Still Desirable?

An industry that manufactures images at industrial scale and speed is forgetting how to create aspiration, writes Robert Triefus.


Beauty

Why Pat McGrath Labs Filed for Bankruptcy

Once valued at $1 billion, the makeup brand has struggled to balance its creative point of view with commercial viability.

Beauty

Why Pat McGrath Labs Filed for Bankruptcy

Once valued at $1 billion, the makeup brand has struggled to balance its creative point of view with commercial viability.


Entrepreneurship

Why Jonathan Cohen Is Splitting His Business

The 15-year-old New York-based womenswear brand is introducing White Label — an accessible offer of button downs, pants and dresses ranging from $350 to $650, aimed at serving priced-out shoppers and future-proofing the business in a challenged retail environment.

Entrepreneurship

Why Jonathan Cohen Is Splitting His Business

The 15-year-old New York-based womenswear brand is introducing White Label — an accessible offer of button downs, pants and dresses ranging from $350 to $650, aimed at serving priced-out shoppers and future-proofing the business in a challenged retail environment.


Fashion Week

Another Day, Another Dior Debut for Jonathan Anderson

A schedule that, on paper, looks like it would try the patience of a saint produced a couture show that was anything but in a beautiful synthesis of two very distinct design sensibilities, reports Tim Blanks.

Fashion Week

Another Day, Another Dior Debut for Jonathan Anderson

A schedule that, on paper, looks like it would try the patience of a saint produced a couture show that was anything but in a beautiful synthesis of two very distinct design sensibilities, reports Tim Blanks.


Sports

Ye Takes Out Full-Page Ad Apologising for Antisemitic Behaviour and Denying He Is a Nazi

The Yeezy founder and rapper also apologised to the Black community after suggesting in 2018 that slavery was ‘a choice.’

Sports

Ye Takes Out Full-Page Ad Apologising for Antisemitic Behaviour and Denying He Is a Nazi

The Yeezy founder and rapper also apologised to the Black community after suggesting in 2018 that slavery was ‘a choice.’


Beauty

2016’s Hottest Beauty Brands: Where Are They Now?

While social media is nostalgic for the year that birthed the cut crease and contouring, many of the brands that benefitted at the time are now behind the curve.

Beauty

2016’s Hottest Beauty Brands: Where Are They Now?

While social media is nostalgic for the year that birthed the cut crease and contouring, many of the brands that benefitted at the time are now behind the curve.


Luxury

Opinion: Want That Bargain Rolex? Better Act Fast

After a prolonged slump, the secondary market for luxury watches is recovering, though it remains sensitive to economic instability, writes Andrea Felsted.

Luxury

Opinion: Want That Bargain Rolex? Better Act Fast

After a prolonged slump, the secondary market for luxury watches is recovering, though it remains sensitive to economic instability, writes Andrea Felsted.


Luxury

LVMH Investors Demand Clarity on Bernard Arnault Succession Plan

Shareholders of the French conglomerate are expressing growing concern over the lack of transparency regarding Bernard Arnault’s plan for succession.

Luxury

LVMH Investors Demand Clarity on Bernard Arnault Succession Plan

Shareholders of the French conglomerate are expressing growing concern over the lack of transparency regarding Bernard Arnault’s plan for succession.