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Anger towards AI is growing as it becomes more deeply embedded in the workplace and daily life. Brands that want to use the technology and maintain customer trust would be [...]

Want to Win China? Start On RedNote.

With roughly 350 million active monthly users, the platform has fast become a dominant force in China’s beauty landscape. But edging out the competition has never been trickier. [...]

Tate to Stage Exhibition Exploring 90s Art and Fashion

The exhibition, curated by Edward Enninful, will highlight the decade’s ‘do it yourself’ attitude and shift focus away from the dominant Cool Britannia narrative of the time. [...]

Fondazione Sozzani Launches Award for Emerging Creative Talent

The annual Sozzani Award will recognise budding creatives across photography, fashion and artisan craft. The winner of the inaugural edition will be announced during Milan Fashion Week in September. [...]

Vinted Valued at €8 Billion in Share Transaction

The secondhand marketplace sold shares in a secondary transaction that raised its valuation as the company continues to grow rapidly. [...]

UK Retail Sales Tumble by Most in Over 40 Years

The Confederation of British Industry’s monthly measure of retail sales volume dropped to its lowest reading ⁠since the series started in 1983, as 77 percent of firms reported sales were [...]

Opinion: What Investors Won’t Tell You About Fund Raising

When it comes to raising capital, the gap between what fashion and beauty founders believe is happening and what is actually happening is often enormous, writes Olivier Rivard-Cohen. [...]

Case Study | How to Build a Forever Beauty Brand

Beauty lines rarely struggle to generate buzz when they launch. A famous face, a splashy marketing stunt and a single viral product can generate headlines and fast revenue. This success [...]

BoF Professional Masterclass | How to Build a Forever Beauty Brand

Join us for our next BoF Professional Masterclass on Wednesday, May 6, at 17:00 BST / 12:00 EST as case study Daniela Morosini and a panel of experts unpack customer [...]

Adidas Gets Running Lift in London From Two Sub-2-Hour Marathons

As athletes and spectators marvel at, not one, but two men smashing the once-thinkable two-hour barrier in this year’s London Marathon, German sportsgear maker Adidas AG also has reason to [...]

US Consumer Sentiment Drops to Record Low in April

U.S. consumer sentiment fell to a record low in April as the war with Iran fanned inflation fears, a survey showed on Friday. [...]

Euro Zone Price Spike Seen Surging Higher in Second Month of War

Euro-zone inflation probably jumped in April to the highest in 2 1/2 years as fallout from the Iran war squeezed economies across the currency area. [...]

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Returns With Fun, Fashion and ‘Uncertainty of the Moment’

The sequel brings back the flash and fashion of the original film but also offers insight into a transformed media landscape. [...]

Will Prada’s Winning Streak Continue?

One day before ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2′ premieres to the masses, Prada Group itself will report earnings. [...]

Brunello Cucinelli Tightens Controls on Sanctions Compliance After Allegations

The Italian ⁠cashmere maker said its board adopted a ‘strengthened trade compliance procedure’ in December, after commissioning a risk assessment and gap analysis by an external law firm. [...]

Saks Settles Fight With Simon Property, Cuts Deal With Creditors

The company also won court approval for a financing package to raise as much as $500 million from investors. [...]

The Acts of Love Behind Milan Design Week

From a six-person ceramics studio to the chief design officer of one of the world’s biggest technology companies, Salone del Mobile remains the place where you feel the full spectrum [...]

Why Fashion Is Still Stuck on Sustainability Double Standards

As the presence of PFAs in apparel comes into the spotlight, and ‘sustainable’ collaborations driven by overproduction hit the market, fashion’s definition of sustainability looks increasingly hard to defend. [...]

The BoF Podcast | Britt Moran on Why Atmosphere Is a Real Luxury Product

From a gap year in Italy that became a 31-year career, Dimorestudio’s Britt Moran joins Imran Amed during Milan Design Week to discuss what fashion brands get wrong about design, [...]

As Brands Get Tariff Refunds, What Do They Owe Their Customers?

Brands are finally able to apply for refunds, but now they also have to decide how to deal with the customers who paid higher prices on their products, some of [...]

Retail Sales Rise in Britain After Iran War Prompted ‘Panic at the Pumps’

Textile, clothing and footwear stores reported a 1.2 percent month-on-month sales increase, while department stores recorded a 1.1 percent sales rise. [...]

US Democratic Lawmakers Urge Retail, Shipper CEOs to Pass Trump Tariff Refunds to Consumers

In a letter, a group of 15 Democrats in the US House of Representatives asked CEOs to detail how they passed tariff costs on to consumers, small businesses and other [...]

Opinion: Lululemon’s CEO Choice Is a Missed Chance to Pacify Elliott

It’s difficult to see why the company didn’t select investor Elliott’s preferred candidate, Ralph Lauren Corp.’s Jane Nielsen, writes Andrea Felsted. [...]

The Middle East War Is Squeezing Asia’s Polyester Suppliers

A surge in fossil fuel prices since the Iran war is squeezing polyester suppliers and garment makers across India and Bangladesh, threatening to raise costs for fast-fashion retailers like Zara [...]

Nike to Cut Around 1,400 Jobs in Efficiency Push

The cuts focus on jobs in global operations, mainly technology, in North America, Asia and Europe, and account for just under 2 percent of the sneaker brand’s workforce. [...]

P&G Tops Estimates on Beauty Products Demand, Warns of Profit Hit From Middle East War

Procter & Gamble on Friday said it expected a $150 million hit to its annual profit, even as demand for its pricier hair and skin care products helped the consumer [...]

Exclusive: Birkenstock Launches Nail Polish

On the heels of record revenue and deeper ties into runway fashion spaces, the 250-year-old brand is taking deeper steps into the personal care space. [...]

Perfecting the Art of Pre-Marketing

Brands are turning launches into months-long narratives, building waitlists and dropping hints for consumers to decode ahead of time. But the strategy only works if they know when to stop [...]

Heidi O’Neill Deserves a Chance to Succeed at Lululemon

The Nike veteran’s appointment as Lululemon’s CEO doesn’t seem to be going over well with investors. [...]

E.l.f. Beauty, Lululemon Face High Cost of Price Transparency

Brands that publicly disclosed tariff-related price hikes are now facing class-action lawsuits from consumers. [...]

LVMH at a Crossroads

Bernard Arnault reaffirmed his confidence in LVMH even as stagnant sales, a tumbling share price and questions over succession have dented its image. Can the world’s largest luxury group reclaim [...]

Lululemon Shares Drop as New CEO Appointment Leaves Investors Unimpressed

Critics of Heidi O’Neill’s appointment are focusing on the downturn in Nike’s DTC business near the end of her tenure at the sportswear giant. [...]

LVMH’s Bernard Arnault Says Return to Growth Depends on Resolving Middle East Crisis

Luxury’s mid and long-term prospects remain intact, but short-term recovery hinges on outcome of conflict in the Middle East, LVMH’s chairman said at the company’s annual meeting. [...]

The Real Reason Ulta Beauty World Was a Hit

This week, Priya Rao dives into the latest experiential beauty festival, Beiersdorf’s Nivea problems and Salone del Mobile’s perfume plays. [...]

Jacob Elordi Named Bleu de Chanel Ambassador

The ‘Euphoria’ actor is the newest face of Chanel’s flagship men’s fragrance franchise, which will debut a new campaign this May. [...]

Good Earth Founder Anita Lal to Launch Skincare Range

Iti, a new premium range of skincare products, will be available from April 28 in her line of Good Earth lifestyle stores throughout India. [...]

How ‘Millennial Cringe’ Is Reshaping Makeup

Customers across various generational cohorts are changing their routines for fear of looking out of date — not looking their age. [...]

Skincare Firm Galderma Posts 25.5% Sales Jump Driven by US Market

Swiss skincare firm Galderma on Thursday said first-quarter sales jumped 25.5 percent in constant-currency terms to $1.47 billion, and signalled it would be able ⁠to manage the impact of US [...]

Not All Creators Convert. Here’s How to Find Those That Do.

New tools and platforms have made it much easier to measure what influencers are driving sales. That reality is reshaping which creators are in high demand, and what sort of [...]

The New Rules for Negotiating With Multibrand Retailers

Partnerships with multibrand players remain vital to fashion brands of all sizes, but the rules of engagement have changed as the sector has come under immense strain. BoF breaks down [...]

What Watch CEOs Said in Geneva

In his latest briefing, watch industry expert Robin Swithinbank reports back from the Watches and Wonders fair. Plus, dissecting the latest Swiss watch export figures. [...]

Lululemon Names Former Nike Executive O’Neill Its Next CEO

O’Neill, who was most recently Nike Inc.’s president of consumer, product and brand, will take over as permanent CEO on Sept. 8. [...]

L’Oréal’s Quarterly Sales up 6.7 Percent on Growth in US, Emerging Markets

The French conglomerate’s first-quarter sales rose 6.7 percent as strong demand for premium hair products and perfume, particularly in North America and emerging markets, more than offset weakness in the [...]

EssilorLuxottica Posts 11% Sales Jump, Extends AI Glasses Boost

First-quarter revenue reached $8.36 billion, roughly in line with analysts’ estimates. [...]

The Debrief | Why Luxury Still Can’t Find Its Way Out of the Slump

BoF luxury editors Mimosa Spencer and Robert Williams unpack why weak first-quarter results from LVMH, Kering and Hermès have deepened concerns about luxury’s slowdown – and why creative resets alone [...]

Men’s Wearhouse Owner Files Confidentially for IPO

Tailored Brands Inc. is positioning itself to return to public markets later this year after filing for bankruptcy during the pandemic. [...]

Timothée Chalamet Invests in Historic Danish Watchmaker Urban Jürgensen

The actor will work as creative advisor to the family-owned brand while taking a minority investment, marking his first partnership role in a company. [...]

‘An Element of Exploitation’: The World of TikTok Child Skincare Influencers

Experts say regulation of child influencers sits in a legal grey area as children promote products on social media. [...]

Meet the Retailers Succeeding by Ignoring the Internet

You don’t need Chanel’s brand recognition to survive without an online store. From Brooklyn to Berlin, a growing number of independent store owners are saying no to e-commerce, betting a [...]

The Search for the Next Blockbuster Influencer Brand

A new generation of brands like Alix Earle’s acne line shows that launches can still beat influencer brand fatigue. [...]

Comment | Museums are civic institutions. It’s time we acted like it

At the Oakland Museum of California we often say: “Keep doing the good work.” We need to be clearer about what the work is and how we commit to it [...]

Spice up your life: Tate channels 90s glam at The Groucho Club

Vogue alumni Edward Enniful will curate Tate Britain's autumn blockbuster 'The 90s: Art and Fashion' [...]

Titian's ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ to get a refresh with bank conservation grant

Major conservation funding, sponsored by Bank of America, has been granted to London's National Gallery as well as 17 additional projects at other international institutions [...]

Towering homage to Bamiyan Buddhas rises over Manhattan’s High Line

For the fifth High Line Plinth commission, the Vietnamese American artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen has created a 27ft-tall version of the 6th-century Buddhas that were destroyed by the Taliban in [...]

From intimate still lives to shadowed saints: the many sides of Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán go on show at London’s National Gallery

The exhibition at the National Gallery will also include newly discovered works [...]

Final book in trilogy asks: What is the future of the art world?

Writer and researcher András Szántó speaks to art-world movers and shakers for predictions and insights [...]

Pittsburgh’s new $31m Arts Landing combines public art with civic engagement

The project was completed just in time for the NFL draft and the Carnegie International [...]

Stockholm's Market Art Fair wants to prove the 'periphery is now essential'

Proudly regional, but with global ambitions, the 20th edition of Sweden's largest commercial art event sees 54 dealers gather in a new venue [...]

Chernobyl 40 years on, Paula Rego at Munch in Oslo, Gluck’s flower painting—podcast

In this week's episode, Ben Luke discusses an exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, learns about Paula Rego's interest in Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch, and explores [...]

The village where Van Gogh spent his final days celebrates its most distinguished visitor

Two exhibitions open in Auvers-sur-Oise, the last stop on the artist’s journey [...]

Sonic investigations non-profit to be artist-in-residence at London's Gasworks

Led by Turner Prize winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Earshot utilises audio as a tool for research and advocacy [...]

The Big Review | Lacma's David Geffen Galleries ★★★★

This vast, visionary new building on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art campus flaunts strengths in displaying antiquities [...]

Vancouver Biennale names senior curator for 2027-29 edition

This marks a return to Vancouver for the Brazilian curator Marcello Dantas, who organised a Vik Muniz project in the city as part of the biennale’s 2013-15 edition [...]

Recently excavated ancient Maya hall may reflect early power-sharing among leaders

What is believed to be a council house built more than 1,000 years ago sheds light on how Maya systems of governance shifted [...]

Comment | Artnet-Artsy merger: 'a Bloomberg for art?'

Initial cost-cutting measures have seen some excellent journalists laid off—will new owner Andrew Wolff manage to turn the business around? [...]

Art Basel's solution to PDF pre-sales? Ask galleries to reserve works until opening day

A new initiative for this year's fair in Switzerland, Basel Exclusive aims to "restore the value of being present" by promoting works that are withheld from pre-fair previews and publicity [...]

Nominees for the Turner Prize 2026 announced by Tate

This year’s selection includes a “strong emphasis on sculptural practice”, says the Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson [...]

Slags, bings and pipelines: Edinburgh landscape offers fitting backdrop for exhibition on fossil fuel extraction

While Jupiter Artland show brings together five artists whose work explores energy histories, the sculpture park and gallery has transitioned to nearly 100% renewable energy [...]

'The museum is not a space for the elite': Portuguese building firm’s new museum puts workers first

Located in a former Braga courthouse, Muzeu—Thought and Contemporary Art DST, houses one of Portugal's biggest private art collections [...]

Latest collection of luxury jewellery house Boucheron inspired by pioneering founder

Frédéric Boucheron created the first necklace without a clasp so that women could put it on unaided [...]

Claude Lalanne’s set of bronze mirrors shatters artist's auction record at Sotheby's

The $33.5m price fetched by set, which once belonged to Yves Saint Laurent, reflects Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne's still-growing market [...]

The Photography Show fair’s 45th edition explores medium’s full history from its origins to AI

Aipad’s annual fair brings nearly 80 exhibitors to the Park Avenue Armory, seeking to be both an approachable entrypoint for new collectors and a place of discovery for connoisseurs [...]

Antony Gormley sculpture quietly removed and sold off by UK council

The Reform-run council sold the public work back to the artist for an undisclosed sum [...]

A brush with... Sanya Kantarovsky—podcast

Sanya Kantarovsky talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work [...]

From the World Cup and the Olympics to two new museums: upcoming cultural attractions in Los Angeles

As well as the renovated and expanded Los Angeles County Museum of Art, here are some of the art and culture projects to look forward to [...]

New biography of Chaïm Soutine pieces together illusive artist's life and works

With scant testimony from the man himself, the book relies on the views of others [...]

Caravaggio and Rubens works destroyed by fire in Second World War are brought back to (digital) life

The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin has digitised hundreds of works that were held in a tower for safety but were l [...]

Sustainability charity Gallery Climate Coalition launches new consultancy to support climate action

The consultancy aims to deepen the organisation’s impact by providing direct support for the visual arts sector and reinvesting over half of its profits back into GCC [...]

US National Gallery of Art gifted more than 1,200 Mitch Epstein photographs

The career-spanning donation from the American photographer and his wife, Susan Bell, makes the Washington, DC, museum the leading institutional home for Epstein’s work [...]

Lack of accountability after crush of crowds at Haiti’s Citadelle Laferrière kills 25

The tragedy was the result of overcrowding at the Unesco site during an unauthorised event promoted and led by TikTok influencers [...]

Mass shooting at Mexico's Teotihuacan archaeological site leaves one dead, 13 injured

A Canadian woman was killed in an attack from atop the Pyramid of the Moon allegedly linked to the “Columbine effect” [...]

Gulf art market feels the force of Middle East conflict

The burgeoning market is suffering the fallout of current geopolitical stresses, while other regions appear disarmingly nonchalant [...]

What is a botanical curator? Rahel Kesselring takes on inaugural role at Fondation Beyeler

With the support of the Chanel Culture Fund, the Swiss museum's new role is the first of its kind at a major arts institution [...]

New catalogues reveal Royal Collection's vast sculpture holdings—and Queen Victoria's acquisition spree

The four volumes offer insight into 1,800 works, including a “uniquely weird” purchase by Edward VII [...]

A teaspoon at a time: how LACMA built its collection

For 60 years and counting, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has moved with the times, both in its changes of location and navigating the art world, curating its [...]

Diego Rivera’s grandson donates more than 150,000 objects to Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli

The eclectic collection spans hundreds of years and includes ceramics, textiles and photographs, as well as documents from Rivera and Kahlo’s personal archives [...]

Recently restored castle in Norwich among five institutions shortlisted for UK's top museum prize

Spaces in Norwich, Plymouth and Cambridge will be considered alongside London heavyweights for the £120,000 award [...]

Drum and trumpet with human skulls attached complicate plan for restitution from Los Angeles to Ghana

Two West African musical instruments at the Fowler Museum were looted by British troops in the late 19th century [...]

British Art Show—exhibiting UK's 'most exciting' art in past five years—announces line up for tenth edition

Organised by curator Ekow Eshun, "A Chorus of Strangers" includes artists such as Alex Margo Arden, Alvaro Barrington, Lubna Chowdhary and Jesse Darling [...]

US-Israel war on Iran disrupts art transport routes as prices surge

Rising oil prices affecting air freight and blocks to shipping routes are forcing Asian logistics firms to rethink plans and absorb losses [...]

Dallas Art Fair brings Texas's relationship-driven collecting community into focus

Low exhibitor turnover and deliberative buying underscore a market built on long-term connections, while younger dealers shape the city’s evolving cultural context [...]

Petroglyphs and cave paintings, some more than 4,000 years old, discovered in Mexico

The works, which span prehistory to the time of contact with Spanish colonisers, were identified in Hidalgo state during construction of a passenger train line [...]

Restored Victorian greenhouse links Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery to its living neighbours

Opening this weekend, the Green-House incorporates a historic 1895 cast-iron and glass structure and serves as the “new front door” to the famed burial ground [...]

Lebanon appeals to Unesco to intervene amid fears protected citadel has been destroyed

The country’s ministry of culture has written to the UN body for “immediate and swift intervention to protect” the Chama' Citadel after reports of damage by Israeli forces [...]

Museum openings: V&A East and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Plus, William Blake in Dublin—podcast

In this week's episode, Ben Luke gets a sneak peak of London's new V&A East Museum, speaks to California-based correspondent Jori Finkel about the new home of Lacma's collection, and [...]

English museums should only charge tourists if digital ID checks in place, UK politician says

The Labour peer Margaret Hodge has gone into more detail on proposals put forward in a report about the funding body Arts Council England [...]

Zurich’s controversial Bührle Collection is rehung, including five paintings by Van Gogh—plus one forgery

Two of the arms dealer's Van Goghs could be the subject of Nazi-era restitution issues [...]

London's Southbank Centre to receive £10m government funding boost

The investment, part of a £128m support package for culture venues across the UK, follows a period in which the centre has struggled financially [...]

How did a 16th-century European basin end up as a sacred object in West Africa?

Mystery surrounds where the ‘Aya Kese’ was made and how it reached the West African kingdom of the Asante centuries ago [...]

How Wayne McGregor’s epic ballets draw on help from his artistic friends

From Carmen Herrera to Saul Nash, the choreographer is a master at utilising the skills of artists and fashion designers [...]

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