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How to Rebrand Without Losing Your Fans
When growth plateaus, beauty companies may remix their logos, colour schemes and even products in the hopes of appealing to a wider audience or re-engaging their core. But finding a new brand identity can sometimes mean upsetting fans of the old one.
Can Jewellery Continue to Outshine Fashion?
As leather goods lose their cool amid rising prices and quality concerns, fine jewelry is emerging as luxury’s shining star.
Worldview | Tashkent Fashion Week Shores Up International Support
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features South Korea’s Misto Holdings, Nigerian textile plant developers and Bahrain’s Investcorp.
Retailers Pummelled by Trump’s Trade War Entertain More ‘Take-Private’ Offers
Hit hard by President Trump’s trade war and volatile markets, some publicly traded retailers are increasingly considering offers to sell to private equity.
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This Week: Three Questions for Retailers
Sneakers, lipstick and of course, tariffs, will be on investors’ minds as companies report quarterly results.
How Fashion Can Engage With the Global Culture, the Right Way
Creative and commercial energy is increasingly driven by frontier markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Global brands must learn how to embrace and amplify local cultures in these markets in an authentic way.
A Slap on the Wrist Won’t Solve Luxury’s Sweatshops Problem
This week, Italy’s Competition Authority closed a probe into whether Dior misled consumers about working conditions at its suppliers without finding any wrongdoing. But a new case linking Valentino to poor labour practices suggests this is a problem that won’t go away easily.
A Slap on the Wrist Won’t Solve Luxury’s Sweatshops Problem
This week, Italy’s Competition Authority closed a probe into whether Dior misled consumers about working conditions at its suppliers without finding any wrongdoing. But a new case linking Valentino to poor labour practices suggests this is a problem that won’t go away easily.
Trump Tariffs Hit European Luxury, Shares Tank
LVMH and Hermès stock fell about 3 percent and 4 percent respectively, in line with sector peers including Kering, Prada and Burberry, after the US president announced a 50 percent duty on imports from the European Union.