luxury / Leather Goods

Sales growth slowed in the first quarter, missing analyst expectations, but continued to outpace the broader luxury sector.

The multi-year partnership is the latest collaboration in the growing intersection of fashion and sports.

American designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez will take the creative reins of the Spanish brand, which grew estimated annual revenues to more than $1.5 billion during Jonathan Anderson’s transformative tenure.

The German luxury e-tailer more than doubled its adjusted earnings in its second fiscal quarter that ended in December, providing a glimpse into how it will fare once its deal to acquire its competitor, Yoox-Net-a-Porter, is approved.

LVMH reported better-than-expected sales growth in the fourth quarter, but its performance lagged behind rivals like Richemont and Burberry. A Taylor Swift tie-up and nostalgic collaborations with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami may give the group a boost, writes Andrea Felsted.

Demand for the Paris label’s androgynous, utilitarian wardrobe has grown ten-fold since 2019 as shoppers turn their back on logo-mania and embrace the brand’s more subtle ethos. ‘Reality isn’t a dirty word,’ says co-creative director Christophe Lemaire.

LVMH-owned Dior missed glaring problems during an assessment of working and safety conditions in its production arm in Italy last year, according to a review of unpublished court documents.

The Row’s success – including a recent investment from the families behind Chanel and L’Oréal at a unicorn valuation – is the most prestigious example of a rising generation of women-led independent brands that sell minimalist, approachably chic clothes. Some of them have billion-dollar aspirations of their own.