Gap Sales Miss Expectations After Old Navy, Athleta Fall Short
The brands Gap and Banana Republic beat comparable sales estimates.
celebrity
Beauty
The End of the Founder-Led Era
Over the last decade, an avalanche of brands with public-facing founders emerged. While a prominent founder can propel growth, customers use other factors to assess whether a brand is suited to their needs, according The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2.
The End of the Founder-Led Era
Over the last decade, an avalanche of brands with public-facing founders emerged. While a prominent founder can propel growth, customers use other factors to assess whether a brand is suited to their needs, according The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2.
Beauty
How Haus Labs Mastered the Art of the Comeback
The Lady Gaga-fronted line went through a renaissance, changing its product offering, distribution and overall look and feel to better connect with customers. CEO Ben Jones tells The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2 how the brand pulled it off.
How Haus Labs Mastered the Art of the Comeback
The Lady Gaga-fronted line went through a renaissance, changing its product offering, distribution and overall look and feel to better connect with customers. CEO Ben Jones tells The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2 how the brand pulled it off.
Marketing
The Return of Old-School Celebrity Campaigns
Brands are reverting to retro celebrity testimonials to drive awareness and renewed interest among ad-weary consumers.
The Return of Old-School Celebrity Campaigns
Brands are reverting to retro celebrity testimonials to drive awareness and renewed interest among ad-weary consumers.
Beauty
Tracee Ellis Ross: Understanding the Diversity of Humanity is Good Business | The BoF Podcast
Tracee Ellis Ross shares her journey from Hollywood actress to entrepreneur with BoF founder and CEO Imran Amed, detailing the systemic changes she’s driving in the haircare industry.
Tracee Ellis Ross: Understanding the Diversity of Humanity is Good Business | The BoF Podcast
Tracee Ellis Ross shares her journey from Hollywood actress to entrepreneur with BoF founder and CEO Imran Amed, detailing the systemic changes she’s driving in the haircare industry.
Beauty
And It Was All Yellow…
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s precise shade of blonde generated a lot of press this week, but online the late style icon’s hair drama is getting upstaged — by Jennifer Garner.
And It Was All Yellow…
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s precise shade of blonde generated a lot of press this week, but online the late style icon’s hair drama is getting upstaged — by Jennifer Garner.
Beauty
The State of Fashion: Beauty Report — Solving the Growth Puzzle
Beauty’s era of effortless growth is giving way to a more complex landscape. Download the second volume of BoF and McKinsey & Company’s industry report to learn how to navigate evolving consumer expectations, market deceleration and regional volatility in the years ahead.
The State of Fashion: Beauty Report — Solving the Growth Puzzle
Beauty’s era of effortless growth is giving way to a more complex landscape. Download the second volume of BoF and McKinsey & Company’s industry report to learn how to navigate evolving consumer expectations, market deceleration and regional volatility in the years ahead.
Partner Content
The New Rules of Brand Ambassadorship
As the influencer economy matures, brands are shifting their focus from star power to strategic alignment. A new report from Launchmetrics — “Brand Ambassador Marketing 2025” — reveals how resonance — not reach — is now defining success.
The New Rules of Brand Ambassadorship
As the influencer economy matures, brands are shifting their focus from star power to strategic alignment. A new report from Launchmetrics — “Brand Ambassador Marketing 2025” — reveals how resonance — not reach — is now defining success.
Beauty
Beauty’s Hottest New Trend: The Founder Buyback
Original influencer Huda Kattan has regained majority ownership of her namesake beauty brand and sent a message to the greater industry: When it’s time to course-correct, you need your best driver.
Beauty’s Hottest New Trend: The Founder Buyback
Original influencer Huda Kattan has regained majority ownership of her namesake beauty brand and sent a message to the greater industry: When it’s time to course-correct, you need your best driver.
Beauty
How Fara Homidi Uses Cool to Sell Cosmetics
In a beauty universe controlled by celebrity, is there room for Fara Homidi’s under-the-radar version of luxury desire? A new product launch in June could give us — and her — the answer.
How Fara Homidi Uses Cool to Sell Cosmetics
In a beauty universe controlled by celebrity, is there room for Fara Homidi’s under-the-radar version of luxury desire? A new product launch in June could give us — and her — the answer.
Luxury
Victoria Beckham’s Netflix Series Will Show Fashion Triumphs, Tears
Beckham speaks to Bloomberg, discussing a new documentary and future plans for her fashion brand.
Victoria Beckham’s Netflix Series Will Show Fashion Triumphs, Tears
Beckham speaks to Bloomberg, discussing a new documentary and future plans for her fashion brand.
Beauty
Want to Sell Lip Gloss? Get Boys to Do It
Lancôme’s Juicy Tubes campaign meant to coast on nostalgia. It found a new campaign niche instead.
Want to Sell Lip Gloss? Get Boys to Do It
Lancôme’s Juicy Tubes campaign meant to coast on nostalgia. It found a new campaign niche instead.
Beauty
Can Gaming Go Glam?
The new makeup brand Godmode, co-founded by the actress Chloë Grace Moretz and the pop star Rina Sawayama, has alter-egos, backstories, highlighters, lip liners and everything but its own video game. Can it hook gamers anyway?
Can Gaming Go Glam?
The new makeup brand Godmode, co-founded by the actress Chloë Grace Moretz and the pop star Rina Sawayama, has alter-egos, backstories, highlighters, lip liners and everything but its own video game. Can it hook gamers anyway?
The News in Brief
Fashion Startup Founder Pleads Guilty in $300 Million Fraud
Christine Hunsicker admitted she falsified financial statements to promote CaaStle Inc. as a valuable, growing business when in reality it was struggling.
Victoria’s Secret Forecasts Its Best Year Since L Brands Split
The underwear company is anticipating net sales of at least $6.85 billion in the current fiscal year, exceeding analyst estimates and marking the highest revenue since its split from L Brands Inc in 2021.
Uniqlo Aims to Grow Tenfold in India With Summer-Centric Clothes
The Japanese brand is accelerating its expansion in India to capture a greater share of the rapidly growing apparel market and affluent consumer base.
Oasis Pressures Kao in Latest Japan Activist Investor Push
Activist fund Oasis Management Co. is calling on the Japanese personal care company to convene an extraordinary general meeting, seeking a probe into its supply-chain risk management and internal control.
American Eagle Forecasts Sales Growth Above Estimates on Demand From Wealthy Shoppers
The retailer surpassed annual sales forecasts but expects a $60 million drag from import tariffs in the first half of 2026.
Missoni Family Exits Namesake Brand
The transaction gives FSI, a Milan-based private equity fund, a controlling share in the Italian luxury house, as more founder-owned brands turn to investors to fund growth and weather a tough global market.
Ross Stores Forecasts Annual Sales Above Estimates on Resilient Demand for Discounted Apparel
Spend growth at off-price chains is among the strongest in retail, with gains across all income segments.