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Sustainability

Why Fashion Should Have a Plastic Tax

The fashion industry continues to advance voluntary and unlikely solutions to its plastic problem. Only higher prices will flip the script, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.

Sustainability

Why Fashion Should Have a Plastic Tax

The fashion industry continues to advance voluntary and unlikely solutions to its plastic problem. Only higher prices will flip the script, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.


Technology

Op-Ed | Who Could Buy TikTok?

Successful social media acquisitions require keeping both talent and technology in place. Neither is likely to happen in a deal for the Chinese app, writes Dave Lee.

Technology

Op-Ed | Who Could Buy TikTok?

Successful social media acquisitions require keeping both talent and technology in place. Neither is likely to happen in a deal for the Chinese app, writes Dave Lee.


Luxury

Op-Ed: Should a Luxury Group Buy De Beers?

Mining company Anglo American is considering offloading its storied diamond unit. It won’t be an easy sell.

Luxury

Op-Ed: Should a Luxury Group Buy De Beers?

Mining company Anglo American is considering offloading its storied diamond unit. It won’t be an easy sell.


Luxury

The Other Side of Hedi Slimane

The designer has always been an arch perfectionist, a quality that has been central to his success but which clashes with the demands on creative directors today, writes Imran Amed.

Luxury

The Other Side of Hedi Slimane

The designer has always been an arch perfectionist, a quality that has been central to his success but which clashes with the demands on creative directors today, writes Imran Amed.


Luxury

Op-Ed | Tapestry-Capri and Pricey Purses Are the Wrong Targets for Trustbusters

Consumers face less, not more, choice if handbag brands can't scale up to compete with LVMH, argues Andrea Felsted.

Luxury

Op-Ed | Tapestry-Capri and Pricey Purses Are the Wrong Targets for Trustbusters

Consumers face less, not more, choice if handbag brands can't scale up to compete with LVMH, argues Andrea Felsted.


Retail

Op-Ed | How Long Can Adidas Surf the ‘Terrace’ Trend?

As a push to maximise sales of its popular Samba model starts to weigh on its desirability, the German sportswear giant is betting on other retro sneaker styles to tap surging demand for the 1980s ‘Terrace’ look. But fashion cycles come and go, cautions Andrea Felsted.

Retail

Op-Ed | How Long Can Adidas Surf the ‘Terrace’ Trend?

As a push to maximise sales of its popular Samba model starts to weigh on its desirability, the German sportswear giant is betting on other retro sneaker styles to tap surging demand for the 1980s ‘Terrace’ look. But fashion cycles come and go, cautions Andrea Felsted.


Luxury

Fashion Goes Big at Salone, But Design Still Rules

Fashion brands are edging in on the world’s largest gathering of design professionals and their wealthy clients, but design companies still dominate the sector, which is ripe for further consolidation, reports Imran Amed.

Luxury

Fashion Goes Big at Salone, But Design Still Rules

Fashion brands are edging in on the world’s largest gathering of design professionals and their wealthy clients, but design companies still dominate the sector, which is ripe for further consolidation, reports Imran Amed.


Creative Class

Willy’s World: ‘Prints, Films, a Rave and More…’

Next week, MoMu, Antwerp’s fashion museum, will unveil a major exhibition celebrating the work of Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre.

Creative Class

Willy’s World: ‘Prints, Films, a Rave and More…’

Next week, MoMu, Antwerp’s fashion museum, will unveil a major exhibition celebrating the work of Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre.


Luxury

Remembering Roberto Cavalli, ‘King of Bling’

The larger-than-life Italian designer, who built a fashion empire based on his own image, died in Florence last Friday.

Luxury

Remembering Roberto Cavalli, ‘King of Bling’

The larger-than-life Italian designer, who built a fashion empire based on his own image, died in Florence last Friday.


Beauty

How Should We Feel About Tweens at Sephora?

There’s something both innocent and concerning about 13-year-olds’ obsession with skincare. Kids will always want to find new ways to express themselves, but the beauty industry has a responsibility to protect its youngest customers.

Beauty

How Should We Feel About Tweens at Sephora?

There’s something both innocent and concerning about 13-year-olds’ obsession with skincare. Kids will always want to find new ways to express themselves, but the beauty industry has a responsibility to protect its youngest customers.


Beauty

Op-Ed | Birth Control Has a TikTok Problem

Social media platforms are allowing false information about contraceptives to proliferate in new and dangerous ways.

Beauty

Op-Ed | Birth Control Has a TikTok Problem

Social media platforms are allowing false information about contraceptives to proliferate in new and dangerous ways.


Beauty

Op-Ed | Puig Is Betting We Haven’t Reached Peak Beauty

A cooling in the red-hot beauty market may be the company’s biggest threat to its initial public offering. It must put its best face — or fragrance — forward.

Beauty

Op-Ed | Puig Is Betting We Haven’t Reached Peak Beauty

A cooling in the red-hot beauty market may be the company’s biggest threat to its initial public offering. It must put its best face — or fragrance — forward.