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.
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How Textile Innovator Recover Is Turning Sustainable Fabrics Into a Scalable Reality
Textile recycling firm Recover has entered the fabric market by developing a new recycled fabrics range, designed to complement pre-existing recycled cotton fibre offers. BoF sits down with Recover’s CEO to learn why now is the time to help businesses reach sustainability goals through fabric innovation.
How Textile Innovator Recover Is Turning Sustainable Fabrics Into a Scalable Reality
Textile recycling firm Recover has entered the fabric market by developing a new recycled fabrics range, designed to complement pre-existing recycled cotton fibre offers. BoF sits down with Recover’s CEO to learn why now is the time to help businesses reach sustainability goals through fabric innovation.
Beauty
Would You Put Fossil Fuels on Your Face? You Probably Already Are.
In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, Arabelle Sicardi outlines the required resources, water wastes, deforestation and pollution that are “all part of the story of every product in your makeup bag.”
Would You Put Fossil Fuels on Your Face? You Probably Already Are.
In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, Arabelle Sicardi outlines the required resources, water wastes, deforestation and pollution that are “all part of the story of every product in your makeup bag.”
Beauty
LA’s Uneven Road to Post-Fire Recovery
Six months after the Eaton and Palisades fires, fashion and beauty businesses are just starting to imagine what rebuilding will look like in a world increasingly beset by climate change-related disasters.
LA’s Uneven Road to Post-Fire Recovery
Six months after the Eaton and Palisades fires, fashion and beauty businesses are just starting to imagine what rebuilding will look like in a world increasingly beset by climate change-related disasters.
Retail
This Week: Is H&M’s Turnaround Working?
The fast fashion retailer, which reports its first-quarter results Thursday, is aiming to return to growth after a marketing blitz starring Charli XCX.
This Week: Is H&M’s Turnaround Working?
The fast fashion retailer, which reports its first-quarter results Thursday, is aiming to return to growth after a marketing blitz starring Charli XCX.
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The Evolution of Global Textile Sourcing in 2025
Ahead of Texworld NYC next week, the biannual trade event which sees global textile suppliers and manufacturers meet with buyers from across the fashion industry, BoF examines the key themes which the fair’s programming forecasts will shape 2025’s textile sourcing.
The Evolution of Global Textile Sourcing in 2025
Ahead of Texworld NYC next week, the biannual trade event which sees global textile suppliers and manufacturers meet with buyers from across the fashion industry, BoF examines the key themes which the fair’s programming forecasts will shape 2025’s textile sourcing.
News & Analysis
LA Brands Pause Business as Usual for Wildfire Relief
Fashion and beauty companies have closed stores, offices and warehouses to focus on donations for those affected by the ongoing wildfires.
LA Brands Pause Business as Usual for Wildfire Relief
Fashion and beauty companies have closed stores, offices and warehouses to focus on donations for those affected by the ongoing wildfires.
News & Analysis
Trump’s Victory Has the Fashion Industry Asking: What Just Happened?
Fashion insiders are reckoning with the sweeping implications — policy and beyond — of a second administration under Donald Trump.
Trump’s Victory Has the Fashion Industry Asking: What Just Happened?
Fashion insiders are reckoning with the sweeping implications — policy and beyond — of a second administration under Donald Trump.
Retail
Why Retailers Must Help Rebuild Society
We are crossing over into a new era where competitive advantage for major retailers which will come, not through further extraction of value from society, but through contribution of value to society, argues futurist Doug Stephens.
Why Retailers Must Help Rebuild Society
We are crossing over into a new era where competitive advantage for major retailers which will come, not through further extraction of value from society, but through contribution of value to society, argues futurist Doug Stephens.
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Sustainability
Why Some Consumers Find Sustainable Marketing So Annoying
Overconsumption and fast fashion have become easy targets for brands flexing their climate-friendly attributes. Consumers may agree with the message — but take issue with a self-righteous tone.
Why Some Consumers Find Sustainable Marketing So Annoying
Overconsumption and fast fashion have become easy targets for brands flexing their climate-friendly attributes. Consumers may agree with the message — but take issue with a self-righteous tone.
Partner Content
Seeding More Sustainable Agriculture Practices With the US Cotton Trust Protocol
To address the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout brands’ and retailers’ supply chains, the US Cotton Trust Protocol is providing technical assistance with environmental and financial benefits for cotton growers, to innovate the agricultural practices of the world’s third largest cotton-producing region.
Seeding More Sustainable Agriculture Practices With the US Cotton Trust Protocol
To address the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout brands’ and retailers’ supply chains, the US Cotton Trust Protocol is providing technical assistance with environmental and financial benefits for cotton growers, to innovate the agricultural practices of the world’s third largest cotton-producing region.
Global Markets
For Fashion Supply Chains, Chaos Is the New Normal
Escalating conflict in the Red Sea will place inflationary pressures on retailers — and eventually their consumers — with potential consequences for the global economy at large.
For Fashion Supply Chains, Chaos Is the New Normal
Escalating conflict in the Red Sea will place inflationary pressures on retailers — and eventually their consumers — with potential consequences for the global economy at large.
Global Markets
Worldview: Temu Files New Lawsuit Against Rival Shein
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features interest payments outpace spending on clothes in Korea, Alibaba loses senior cloud executive as uncertainty persists and COP28 ends with deal on a transition away from fossil fuels.
Worldview: Temu Files New Lawsuit Against Rival Shein
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features interest payments outpace spending on clothes in Korea, Alibaba loses senior cloud executive as uncertainty persists and COP28 ends with deal on a transition away from fossil fuels.
The News in Brief
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.
Abercrombie & Fitch Forecasts Muted Annual Sales Amid Tariff Uncertainty
The retailer said it was accounting for the 15 percent tariff announced by US president Donald Trump after the Supreme Court struck down most of his earlier tariffs.