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Luxury Retailer Ssense’s Founders Get Buyout Approval, Deal Closes

Luxury Retailer Ssense’s Founders Get Buyout Approval, Deal Closes

A founder-led buyout of the Canadian luxury fashion retailer was approved by the Quebec Superior Court, allowing the founding brot...

Opinion: Online Shopping Could Be AI’s Next Victim

Opinion: Online Shopping Could Be AI’s Next Victim

The more conversational commerce becomes, the more important generative engine optimisation will be, writes Andrea Felsted.

Textile Recycler Circ Names New Brand Partners as It Grows Commercial Reach

A new group of brand partners, including Reformation and C&A, is joining the poly-cotton recycler’s long-term commercialisatio...

Kenvue Beats Quarterly Estimates, Announces Job Cuts

Kenvue Beats Quarterly Estimates, Announces Job Cuts

The consumer health company beat fourth-quarter estimates and announced a global workforce reduction as it proceeds toward a plann...

Top-Tier Patek Philippe Models Drive Gains in Second-Hand Market

Top-Tier Patek Philippe Models Drive Gains in Second-Hand Market

The Genevan luxury watch maker is leading a sustained recovery in the used watch market, disrupting Rolex’s dominance.

Puig Profits Rise 12% on Makeup, Skincare Demand

Puig Profits Rise 12% on Makeup, Skincare Demand

The Spanish beauty group, which owns Carolina Herrera and Charlotte Tilbury, achieved record sales in 2025 and reported growth in ...

EU Probes Shein Over Sale of Illegal Products, Addictive Design

EU Probes Shein Over Sale of Illegal Products, Addictive Design

A formal investigation into the Chinese online retailer has been opened due to concerns over the sale of illegal products and the ...

American Department Stores Have a Beauty Problem

American Department Stores Have a Beauty Problem

No longer the primary destination for beauty discovery, US department stores could learn by emulating the strategies of internatio...

What to Do When Reddit Turns on Your Brand

With the platform’s posts now shaping Google search and AI chatbot results, fashion brands need to listen to the site’s millions o...

Topshop Opens in John Lewis in Bid to Regain UK Clothing Appeal

Topshop Opens in John Lewis in Bid to Regain UK Clothing Appeal

The labels will be sold across 32 John Lewis department stores for Topshop and seven for Topman.

Saks Fights Simon Property to Keep Two Store Locations Open

Saks Fights Simon Property to Keep Two Store Locations Open

Simon Property Group is seeking to take over stores in California and New York, claiming Saks Global didn’t pay rent before seekin...

16 Year-Old Salish Matter Conquered Sephora. Next is Netflix.

16 Year-Old Salish Matter Conquered Sephora. Next is Netflix.

The co-founder of Sincerely Yours is a Youtube sensation, a Gen Alpha skincare success story and coming soon to a streaming device...

Adam Baidawi Named GQ’s Chief Editor

Adam Baidawi Named GQ’s Chief Editor

Baidawi is replacing the title’s longtime editor Will Welch in the latest masthead shake-up at publisher Condé Nast.

OTB Sales, Profit Slide as China and Europe Drag

OTB Sales, Profit Slide as China and Europe Drag

The owner of Diesel, Jil Sander and Maison Margiela says sales fell 4.8 percent in 2025, likely ‘one of the most challenging years...

Worldview | China’s Tariff Cuts Benefit African Apparel Exporters

Worldview | China’s Tariff Cuts Benefit African Apparel Exporters

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features M&A in Vietnam, Australian jewellers and Turkish te...

Pat McGrath Labs Secures Fresh Investment

Pat McGrath Labs Secures Fresh Investment

A US court approved Florida-based firm GDA Luma’s $30 million infusion into the embattled makeup artistry brand, which will see fo...

Nike Won All-Star Weekend

Nike Won All-Star Weekend

While the Super Bowl and the opening of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Games might be in the rearview, we shouldn’t sleep on NBA ...

The Retail Hotspots for Chinese New Year Tourists

The Retail Hotspots for Chinese New Year Tourists

Brands can expect an influx of Chinese travellers to Bangkok, Seoul and Kuala Lumpur during the Spring Festival travel surge, as w...

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