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Op-Ed | Why Are We Ruining Our Best Young Fashion Companies?
NEW YORK, United States — We are ruining potentially wonderful companies out of sheer ignorance of the fashion industry and a lack of understanding of …
Op-Ed | The End of the $1 Billion Fashion Brand
NEW YORK, United States — There will never be another start-up fashion brand that will reach $1 billion in revenue. In fact, it is very …
Op-Ed | How Small Will Beat Big and Save the Fashion Industry
NEW YORK, United States — The fashion industry is about design. It’s about creation. It’s about the delight we feel when we see something for …
Op-Ed | Next Can Break the £1 Billion UK Profit Curse
Simon Wolfson, chief executive officer of Next Plc, on Thursday announced pretax profit of £1 billion ($1.3 billion) for the first time in the retailer’s …
Op-Ed | Target’s DEI Flip-Flop Came at a Price
Corporate America retreated from its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion over fears of a backlash and legal attacks from the Trump administration and the …
Op-Ed | Can Ralph Lauren and Coach Reboot American Luxury?
My boyfriend — a menswear afficionado — is obsessed with Ralph Lauren. Now, as the brand has polished its image, so is everyone else. That …
Op-Ed | Louis Vuitton Needs Noughties Nostalgia and Taylor Swift
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE followed other luxury goods groups and delivered better-than-anticipated sales growth in the final three months of the year. But …
Op-Ed | Why Luxury Needs Trump
Billionaires were out in force at Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Alongside the raft of US tech titans was Bernard Arnault, founder and chief executive …
Op-Ed | Not All of Luxury Can Glitter Like Cartier
The bling bloodbath is so last season. Cie Financiere Richemont SA on Thursday reported a 10 percent increase in sales excluding currency movements in the …
Op-Ed | How Female Athletes Are Shaping the Future of Business
In the five years since I played my last professional tennis match, women’s sports have enjoyed an unprecedented surge in mainstream recognition and investment. Today, …
Op-Ed | The Cost of Growth in Beauty
If the tail of 2024’s earnings season in beauty is a reminder of anything, it is that the beauty industry, while attractive from a growth …
Op-Ed | Moncler Can Keep Itself Warm With Potential Burberry Bid
The days are getting colder — in Europe at least. Perhaps a black, white, tan and red down jacket will keep Burberry Group Plc investors warm. …
Op-Ed | LVMH Is in the Luxury Driver’s Seat With F1 Deal
Bernard Arnault is firmly in the luxury industry’s driver’s seat with LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE’s sponsorship of Formula One motor racing. The company’s …
Op-Ed | Are Beauty ‘Dupes’ Legal?
NEW YORK, United States — As well as being one of Superdrug’s biggest sellers and attracting hordes of fawning reviews from beauty vloggers, Makeup Revolution …
Op-Ed | Burberry ‘s Ray of Hope: A Britpop Revival
What a difference a year makes. During September 2023′s London Fashion Week, Burberry Group Plc dominated, renaming Bond Street underground station as “Burberry Street” and taking …
Op-Ed | Don’t Count on the Lipstick Index for the Next Recession
When the economy takes a turn for the worse, consumers choose affordable treats such as cosmetics. That’s been the wisdom since the 2001 recession, when Leonard …
Op-Ed | Big Luxury Frets That China Is Turning Japanese
Even LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, the world’s most resilient luxury conglomerate, is feeling the chill. And as so often, the wind is blowing …
Op-Ed | LVMH Has Already Won Gold
Whichever sporting heroes bring home the medals at the Paris Olympics later this month, there will only be one true winner: LVMH founder, chairman and chief executive …
Op-Ed | Why the ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Sequel Has Big Potential
In 2006, the September issue of US Vogue contained a whopping 625 pages of ads. That same year, editor Anna Wintour became a household name …