Estée Lauder Companies Executive Kendal Ascher Has Died
Ascher worked at the American cosmetics firm for 25 years.
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Retail
Pamela Love Buys Back Her Brand
The jewellery designer sees opportunities in her ear piercing and engagement assortments, seeking new investors to fund this next stage of growth.
Pamela Love Buys Back Her Brand
The jewellery designer sees opportunities in her ear piercing and engagement assortments, seeking new investors to fund this next stage of growth.
Retail
What a Fashion Company Is Worth Today
In an era of austerity on Wall Street, apparel businesses are more likely to be valued on their profits rather than sales, which usually means lower payouts for founders and investors. That is, if they can find a buyer in the first place.
What a Fashion Company Is Worth Today
In an era of austerity on Wall Street, apparel businesses are more likely to be valued on their profits rather than sales, which usually means lower payouts for founders and investors. That is, if they can find a buyer in the first place.
Sustainability
Where Is the Money to Make Fashion More Sustainable?
Decarbonising the industry is expected to take $1 trillion over the coming decades. Where that money will come from and how it’s distributed remain open questions.
Where Is the Money to Make Fashion More Sustainable?
Decarbonising the industry is expected to take $1 trillion over the coming decades. Where that money will come from and how it’s distributed remain open questions.
Beauty
How to Win Over Investors in a Beauty Downturn
Funding rounds are getting slimmer, smaller and more spaced out, but investors still want to find – and fund – the next big thing. Here’s what’s catching their attention in 2024.
How to Win Over Investors in a Beauty Downturn
Funding rounds are getting slimmer, smaller and more spaced out, but investors still want to find – and fund – the next big thing. Here’s what’s catching their attention in 2024.
Direct-to-Consumer
DTC Brands See a Long-Delayed Path to Exit in 2024
While the DTC landscape’s turbulence isn’t completely over for brands, the prospect of a better economy in 2024 is encouraging profitable brands that shied away from M&A last year to start preparing for an exit.
DTC Brands See a Long-Delayed Path to Exit in 2024
While the DTC landscape’s turbulence isn’t completely over for brands, the prospect of a better economy in 2024 is encouraging profitable brands that shied away from M&A last year to start preparing for an exit.
Direct-to-Consumer
Why Some DTC Brands Are Raising Debt, Not Venture Capital
In a conservative investment environment, the few start-ups that can access traditional venture capital are opting to take out loans, and battle higher interest rates, to fund business essentials like marketing and inventory.
Why Some DTC Brands Are Raising Debt, Not Venture Capital
In a conservative investment environment, the few start-ups that can access traditional venture capital are opting to take out loans, and battle higher interest rates, to fund business essentials like marketing and inventory.
Retail
Fashion’s 5 Most Promising Supply Chain Innovations
As the pandemic wreaked havoc on global logistics, investors poured $65.6 billion into supply chain start-ups last year that promise to revolutionise everything from warehouse automation to shipping.
Fashion’s 5 Most Promising Supply Chain Innovations
As the pandemic wreaked havoc on global logistics, investors poured $65.6 billion into supply chain start-ups last year that promise to revolutionise everything from warehouse automation to shipping.
Sustainability
Understanding the Power of Mycelium and the Mushroom Movement
An oft-overlooked natural asset, mushrooms are not just infiltrating the fashion industry, but also have the potential to unlock new ways of thinking and healing.
Understanding the Power of Mycelium and the Mushroom Movement
An oft-overlooked natural asset, mushrooms are not just infiltrating the fashion industry, but also have the potential to unlock new ways of thinking and healing.
Sustainability
Case Study | Fashion’s Race for New Materials
Brands are pursuing a raft of initiatives to adopt recycled textiles, regeneratively farmed cotton and mushroom-based leather, but giving fashion’s major materials a sustainability makeover still requires billions of dollars worth of investments and deeper, longer-term commitments to scale. BoF breaks down some of the key innovations, the companies leading the charge and the barriers to change.
Case Study | Fashion’s Race for New Materials
Brands are pursuing a raft of initiatives to adopt recycled textiles, regeneratively farmed cotton and mushroom-based leather, but giving fashion’s major materials a sustainability makeover still requires billions of dollars worth of investments and deeper, longer-term commitments to scale. BoF breaks down some of the key innovations, the companies leading the charge and the barriers to change.
Retail
Why Activist Investors Are Targeting Department Stores
Hedge funds are urging Kohl’s and Macy’s to consider radical changes to how they operate as the retailers struggle to reverse decades of decline.
Why Activist Investors Are Targeting Department Stores
Hedge funds are urging Kohl’s and Macy’s to consider radical changes to how they operate as the retailers struggle to reverse decades of decline.
Retail
Can Independent Stores Be Successful Online?
Elysewalker, a chain of boutiques in the Los Angeles area, is opening an online shop this month, joining an already-crowded landscape of luxury fashion e-tailers. Here’s how it plans to stand out.
Can Independent Stores Be Successful Online?
Elysewalker, a chain of boutiques in the Los Angeles area, is opening an online shop this month, joining an already-crowded landscape of luxury fashion e-tailers. Here’s how it plans to stand out.
Partner Content
Reimagining Funding to Democratise Fashion Entrepreneurship
Clearco has invested more than $2.4 billion in over 6,000 businesses, leveraging AI to remove the bias. Its portfolio has eight times more women-founded businesses than traditional VC firms and 30 percent of founders are people of colour.
Reimagining Funding to Democratise Fashion Entrepreneurship
Clearco has invested more than $2.4 billion in over 6,000 businesses, leveraging AI to remove the bias. Its portfolio has eight times more women-founded businesses than traditional VC firms and 30 percent of founders are people of colour.
The News in Brief
Judge Rejects Kenvue Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Tylenol Safety
A US judge rejected the personal care giant’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by Texas’ Attorney General accusing the company of failing to warn consumers that it may be unsafe for pregnant women to take Tylenol.
EU Finalises Plan to Scale Back Sustainability Rules
The bloc’s overhaul sharply reduces the number of companies covered by ESG reporting and supply chain due-diligence laws, easing compliance pressures but increasing concerns over accountability.
Puma CEO Cites $260 Hyrox Sneaker as Early Step in Turnaround
Chief executive Arthur Hoeld said Puma is counting on training, football, running and ‘sportstyle’ categories to generate profitable growth and buzz.
EBay Is Laying Off About 800 Workers
The cuts affect roughly 6 percent of the company’s global workforce and comes a week after it said it would acquire Depop.
Puma Forecasts Another Year of Losses, Scraps Dividend
Puma warned 2026 will be a transition year as it liquidates excess inventories, revamps marketing and develops new products to position itself for a turnaround.
Exclusive: Dazed China Relaunches Under New Publishers
The second iteration will be released in June on a quarterly basis through Dazed Media and Chinese publisher Meta Media Group.
Charlotte Tilbury CEO Demetra Pinsent Exits the Brand
The makeup label’s chief executive of 14 years announced her departure internally on Wednesday, The Business of Beauty has learned.