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Allies of Skin’s Founder Nicolas Travis Has Resigned

The Singapore-based luxury skincare brand has also appointed Alicia Valencia as interim president. [...]

Shein’s Slowing Growth Tests Investor Appetite Ahead of Hong Kong IPO

The ultra-fast-fashion giant continues to field questions over its slowing growth and rising costs, even after trimming its expected IPO valuation by over $50 billion. [...]

The World’s Best Fashion Stores, Decoded

BoF’s retail editor Cathaleen Chen joins Sheena Butler-Young to break down the standout names and data behind BoF’s inaugural list of the world’s 65 best independent fashion stores — and [...]

Fabletics Seeks to Double Revenue to $2 Billion in Global Expansion

The US-based activewear brand plans to double annual revenue to $2 billion within five years, in part by opening dozens of new stores in markets such as India, Mexico and [...]

The Risky Business of Experimental Peptides

Business owners and politicians are lobbying regulators for easier access to new injectable drugs against the recommendations of some medical experts. But customer demand isn’t waning. [...]

A New Agency Alliance Aims to Leverage the Power of College Sports

The Society Management group is teaming up with collegiate sports agency Canopy Talent to bring new brand deals to the brightest names in college sports across the US. [...]

Phia Co-Founders Knew App Took Credit for Sales It Didn’t Drive

Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni pushed for features in the e-commerce startup’s software that took credit for sales it didn’t drive, according to internal communications and people with knowledge of [...]

Africa’s Streetwear Scene Is Having a Moment

Africa’s streetwear scene is grabbing the spotlight in 2026 as Ghanaian brand Free the Youth prepares to release one of the most coveted Air Jordan collaborations we’ve seen this year. [...]

Taylor Swift Wedding-Dress Fever Has Bridal Brands on High Alert

The star's wedding dress remains under wraps, but chains such as David's Bridal are already betting brides will want one just like it. [...]

Vyrao Finalising Sale

The premium perfume line, created by former fashion executive Yasmin Sewell, is closing in on a new owner. [...]

Dubai’s Reign Over Middle East Fashion Will Outlast the War

While the Middle East conflict has punctured Dubai’s aura of invulnerability and prompted some to question the city’s future, it has done little to erode the advantages that made it [...]

Can Beauty Beat Big Pharma at Hair Loss?

As shoppers seek newer, better solutions for hair shedding and thinning, brands are racing to offer products that go beyond the scalp. [...]

Worldview | Mercado Libre Sacrifices Profit for Growth

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features a luxury goods scandal in Hong Kong, Reliance Retail’s latest acquisition in India and Puma caught in the crossfire [...]

On Sneaker Brand’s Shares Slump After Sales Disappoint

The Swiss brand's stock tumbled after it posted disappointing second-quarter sales and issued a slightly more cautious sales forecast for the year. [...]

Natura Posts 92% Decline in Quarterly Profit

Brazilian cosmetic maker Natura on Monday posted a second-quarter net profit of 35 million reais ($6.85 million), a 92.1 percent ⁠decline from the same period in 2025. [...]

Report: Armani Stake Sale Could Be Delayed Beyond March 2027 Deadline

Citing company sources, Italian newspaper Corriere ‌della Sera said market conditions for the luxury industry were still challenging and negotiating a deal could require time. [...]

Lululemon Executive Exits as New CEO Is Set to Join

Chief strategy officer Rachel Acheson, who worked at the company more than 14 years, has exited one month before chief executive Heidi O’Neill is set to take over, according to [...]

Shein to Launch IPO as Soon as August 19, Sources Say

The Hong Kong IPO could take place as soon as Wednesday of next week, two people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. [...]

Why British Brands Are Piling Into the US

After decades of mixed results, a new generation of UK brands is expanding into the US. This time, they're prioritising community, patience and cultural translation over splashy launches. [...]

How Hyosung Is Taking Bio-Materials to Industrial Scale

The world’s largest spandex manufacturer by market share, based in South Korea, has created a drop-in bio-alternative ready for large-scale production. BoF sits down with CEO Chang Hwang Lee to [...]

Opinion: Adidas Has a Mountain to Climb in China

Adidas would do well to tailor its Chinese business more closely to local tastes rather than simply importing a global formula, writes Bloomberg’s Juliana Liu. [...]

John Lewis Managing Director Quits Job After Less Than Three Years

Peter Ruis' surprise departure comes as the company faces “really tough” trading conditions. [...]

Harvey Nichols Warns It Could Collapse Without Rescue Deal

The upscale department store says it will not be able to survive another year without new investment, as bidders for the chain circle. [...]

Amouage First Half 2026 Sales Surge 74 Percent

The Omani fragrance house recorded another period of record growth as it continued to double-down on key geographies like the US and high-concentration perfumes. [...]

Shein IPO Value Could Fall Short of $30 Billion Targeted by Some Investors

Bloomberg Intelligence estimates the ultra-fast fashion retailer supports a valuation of $22 billion to $25 billion, well below the roughly $30 billion valuation some investors have pushed for. [...]

Inside the $5 Billion Cosmetics Company Behind Rhode

After its buzziest acquisition ever and a dozen years into the role, E.l.f.. Beauty CEO Tarang Amin still seems pretty “elfing” delighted by it all. [...]

Can You Trust AI to Tell You Which Brands Are Sustainable?

A BoF analysis of recommendations by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini found that brands' online reputations and how users phrase their questions matters more than actual environmental performance. [...]

Cushion Foundations Dominate in Asia. Now, They’re Going Global.

One of Asia’s biggest beauty product categories had failed to translate globally for over a decade, but it may finally be seeing its moment. [...]

Can Harvey Nichols Recapture its Glamour?

The once-glitzy department store chain is in a "death spiral," says Frasers Group's Mike Ashley, who has made a bid to take control. A refocus on design could be what [...]

How Brands Can Still Win Over Back-to-School Shoppers

Consumers are feeling the pressure of inflation, high gas prices and economic uncertainty this back-to-school season. But they’re still spending on fashion — when brands can prove they’re worth the [...]

Blazy or Bust: Luxury’s Zero Sum Game

Chanel’s surging sales underscore that the luxury industry’s challenges may be less about demand than desirability. [...]

Chris Green on Why the Best Fashion Stores Don’t Chase Scale

Chris Green joins Imran Amed to explain how his self-funded Brooklyn menswear store earned a place among the world's best fashion stores — by staying off the internet and betting [...]

Thom Bettridge to Step Down as I-D Editor in Chief

Global editorial director Steff Yotka will succeed Bettridge, who is leaving to focus on his creative studio Content World. [...]

Sneaker Brands Are Taking Collaborations to a New Level

Kith's new collaboration with Salomon on the XT-Evo is the latest example of the way footwear companies are leveraging influential outside partners to help them debut their newest shoes or [...]

Under Armour Forecasts Steeper Annual Sales Decline

The athletic apparel maker is struggling with weak ⁠consumer demand amid macroeconomic uncertainty in ⁠its key North American market. [...]

Retailers Tap AI Shopping Traffic but Fight to Keep Customer Data

As shoppers increasingly turn to ChatGPT and Google's Gemini for product recommendations, retailers are racing to appear in chatbot results while resisting efforts to cede customer data that underpin online [...]

Unlocking the Ultimate Online Beauty Community

A first-of-its-kind report from Reddit maps the platform’s raw and expansive beauty community. The platform hopes it will be a tool for brands and beauty lovers alike. [...]

Skims to Enter India Through Partnership With Reliance Brands

The luxury arm of Reliance Retail will operate the Skims brand across physical and digital ⁠channels, beginning with Delhi and Mumbai. [...]

How Value Became Watchmaking’s Biggest Trend

As the boom in trophy timepieces cools, a new generation of enthusiasts is fuelling demand for accessible watches that deliver strong design, quality and heritage, made by brands ranging from [...]

Vogue World 2027 Will Be Held in San Francisco

The sixth edition of the annual runway spectacle will return to the US after this year's outing in Milan. [...]

Capri Cuts Revenue Outlook as Iran War Hits Michael Kors Sales

Congestion at ports in Asia combined with weaker demand across Europe and emerging markets from the war hurt sales, the company said. [...]

What Makes a Makeup Artist Brand Work?

This week, we have a conversation with Katie Jane Hughes about her upcoming retail launch and an explainer on a niche perfume drama. [...]

Sydney Towle, Influencer and Health Activist, Has Died

Towle, known for sharing her life as a young woman living with cancer, passed away aged 26 on Wednesday. [...]

Ralph Lauren Beats Estimates on Demand From Affluent Shoppers

Strong sales among young and affluent ⁠shoppers helped drive quarterly revenue above analysts' expectations. [...]

Kenvue Misses Estimates as Inflation, Tariffs Squeeze Margins

The US consumer health company and parent of Neutrogena narrowly missed Wall Street estimates for second-quarter results as tariffs and currency-related costs offset sales gains. [...]

Henkel Raises Sales Guidance for 2026

The German conglomerate and Schwarzkopf parent lifted its annual sales forecast, though growth for its adhesives unit outpaced its consumer brands. [...]

EBay Gives Solid Outlook, Says It Paid More to Acquire Depop

The resale marketplace beat sales and profit expectations but said its purchase price for Depop was $200 million more than initially announced. [...]

Why Fashion Brands Need More Instagram Ads Than Ever

As Meta’s AI-powered advertising system demands a growing supply of creative content to feed to users, fashion brands face a new challenge: how to keep up without sacrificing brand identity. [...]

E.l.f Raises Revenue Outlook; Needs Scrappy Thinking to Maintain Growth

With sales at its core line in decline, the company is tweaking everything from price, geographic distribution and categories to rebuild momentum. [...]

The Debrief | The Fashion and Beauty Companies Everyone Wants to Work For

As economic uncertainty and hiring freezes reshape parts of the fashion and beauty job market, BoF’s Eoghan O’Donnell and Dan Hastings join Sheena Butler-Young to unpack BoF’s Most Desirable Beauty [...]

San Diego Museum of Art lays off 11 employees

The museum claimed financial hardship, even as it goes ahead with a starchitect-designed revamp [...]

Archaeologists uncover ancient, live-work ceramic studios linked to Moche civilisation in Peru

Excavations at the Cerro Mayal site in the north of the country show it was an important production facility for Moche ceramics around the seventh century [...]

August Book Bag: from a collection of ‘sizzling’ portraits to a survey of little-known US museums

Our round-up of the latest art publications [...]

Five must-read books on Pan-Africanism and art

The best publications about the subject, from a collection of Surrealist writing to a survey of pioneering architects—selected by Elvira Dyangani Ose and Adom Getachew [...]

What’s it like organising the Venice Biennale? Former curators dish the dirt

Robert Storr speaks about his tenure in this exclusive extract from Massimiliano Gioni’s new book of interviews with biennale artistic directors [...]

Hurvin Anderson commission to feature in ‘Beyond Bayeux’ exhibition spotlighting contemporary British tapestries

The work, made for the sexcentenary of Oxford's Lincoln College, will be shown alongside other artist-designed tapestries woven at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh [...]

Mamdani administration expected to drop plans to replace popular New York sculpture garden with affordable housing

The Elizabeth Street Garden in Soho appears to have escaped the wrecking ball for good after a decade-long dispute over its future [...]

Christian Bernard, founding director of Geneva’s Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, dies aged 76

Over a four-decade career, the French art critic and curator profoundly influenced contemporary art institutions in Switzerland and France [...]

New museum in Argentina honours Lola Mora, a pioneering female sculptor

Immersed in nature, the sustainably designed Lola Mora Cultural Center in San Salvador de Jujuy celebrates the late artist and her practice [...]

The author of a new book on Lavinia Fontana’s erotic art reveals all

The Italian scholar Enrico Maria dal Pozzolo tells us about new discoveries and why the Bolognese painter was an innovator in her field [...]

‘An important moment for me’: artist Oliver Beer’s cave-themed project wins over a reluctant Rufus Wainwright

Oliver Beer persuaded the star to take part in his Resonance Project, which involves singers to responding to the acoustic frequencies in a prehistoric painted cave [...]

Ten essential works to see in Normandy while the Bayeux Tapestry is on loan

The northern French region offers much to see beyond its famous tapestry, ranging from a rare Caravaggio and one of Duchamp’s nudes, to Monet’s garden and a 60th anniversary tribute [...]

Newly discovered standing stones in France shed light on the ancient megalith builders

Archaeologists in Carnac, northwest France, have used aerial drones to identify previously unknown stones buried beneath the surface [...]

A brush with… Katharina Grosse—podcast

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

Earthquake damages Colombia’s tallest church

A 7.4-magnitude quake caused a tower to collapse at the beloved Manizales Cathedral [...]

A gripping account of the hunt for the treasure-laden San José shipwreck

A new book details the obsessive quest to find the sunken ship and, following its discovery, the various claims to the ship's billion dollar cargo [...]

Heart of gold: exhibitions tune into Peter Simensky's sculptural radios and celebrate his legacy

The late artist’s ‘pyrite radios’ feature alongside works by his friends, students and collaborators at the Maine College of Art & Design [...]

Comment | A trip to Venice this year offered thought-provoking reminders of past art disputes

From a contested Richard Prince to the disputed Veroneses, La Serenissima remains one of the best places to see works of art formerly at the centre of legal controversies [...]

New novel on Gertrude Stein paints a partial picture

A fictionalised account of an essayist’s exploration of the writer tells us more about contemporary women than the star quality of its protagonist [...]

Bottoms up: vast Roman shipwreck filled with ancient wine amphoras discovered near Sicily

“Extraordinary site” could reveal “interesting story about trade routes”, maritime archaeologist David Gibbins says [...]

‘Stopping while ahead’: London gallery Sid Motion to shut after a decade

Eponymous founder says she is winding up "while the programme and finances are still intact" [...]

Remains of colonial hospital and church discovered in Lima’s historic centre

Walls, floors, human burials and 18th-century tiles have been uncovered in what was once the Hospital and Church of the Holy Spirit in Peru [...]

UK Ministry of Justice spent more than £85,000 removing Banksy mural from the Royal Courts of Justice

According to the BBC, Westminster council has also spent around £60,000 on security measures for a statue the street artist installed in central London in April [...]

Office block developers fight with heritage campaigners over London’s historic Square Mile

The Liverpool Street railway hub and 1 Silk Street are two of the latest contested developments in the heart of the capital, where new skyscrapers are clamouring to be built [...]

From beavers to basketball hoops: a new public art trail opens in Toronto

The Lassonde Art Trail is part of a $1bn redevelopment project to revitalise the city's relationship with its waterways [...]

Uffizi Galleries in Florence announce ‘unprecedented’ €50m revamp

The programme will include the redesign of displays, the creation of new exhibition space and the installation of new lighting systems [...]

Comment | What happened to George Lucas’s vision of a museum for ‘the people’?

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s new admission and membership fees are tone-deaf and self-defeating [...]

‘We’re astounded and a bit perplexed by it’: colossal 2,500-year-old sculpture discovered at Unesco site in Turkey

The statue gives new insight into the ancient Lydian civilisation, Turkey’s culture ministry says [...]

‘What’s good for the planet is good for artists’: group launches new Green Manifesto

Recently rebranded artist membership organisation Artists Now has created a guide on how to make creative practices more eco-friendly [...]

Raise a glass: long-hidden image of soldier returns to Pieter de Hooch painting

The figure has been painted back onto the work at the Maurithuis after being removed at some stage in its history [...]

Van Gogh’s exuberant ‘Tarascon Stagecoach’ will go on show in New York

The masterpiece, alongside 62 other works given by the Pearlman family, is coming on tour from Los Angeles [...]

Lidar analysis reveals more than 20,000 pre-colonial earthworks under Amazonian rainforest

A new study based on aerial surveys suggests the pre-Columbian Aquiry civilisation had a much more developed and dispersed footprint than previously thought [...]

Seven Smithsonian museums shut down due to cooling system failure

The closure affected a number of the institution’s buildings along the south side of the National Mall in Washington, DC [...]

As local museums in the UK face closure, government promises help

A recent report revealed that 524 UK museums closed between 2000 and 2025. But while the government has offered short-term help, structural issues remain unresolved [...]

Huge nuclear bunker in Italy is set to become a Cold War museum

West Star, a former Nato HQ near Verona, is expected to host 100,000 visitors annually [...]

Russian drone destroys unique 300-year-old wooden Cossack church in Ukraine

The Holy Presentation Church is said by officials to be the last surviving building of its kind from the 18th century [...]

Louvre to lend Islamic art treasures to the Smithsonian

Upcoming exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC, will feature 26 works from the Louvre, some of which have never been shown in the US [...]

V&A deputy director Tim Reeve appointed to lead English Heritage

Reeve will become chief executive officer of the organisation at which he started his career [...]

Valerie Hillings appointed inaugural director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

Currently the director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Hillings worked on the Abu Dhabi project from 2009 to 2018 [...]

‘Criminalisation of dissent’: Indian artist remains behind bars after workers’ protest

Srishti Gupta was arrested in April this year, fitting a broader pattern of crackdowns on activists [...]

The Australian Museum returns remains of Rapa Nui ancestors to Easter Island

The restituted human remains include 17 skulls and one sample of hair, which were taken from the island during a German expedition in 1882 [...]

Fra Angelico’s earliest surviving altarpiece returns to Fiesole after restoration reveals hidden throne

The work, created by the young friar-artist and updated later by Lorenzo di Credi, has undergone careful repair and cleaning [...]

London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for city's public museums to remain free to enter

‘Free museums and galleries are a fundamental part of London life’, says the long-serving Labour mayor in a new op-ed [...]

Reconstruction of legendary Sutton Hoo ship takes shape

The seventh-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship is due to take to the water in May 2027, following a lengthy reconstruction process working from decayed remains [...]

‘Art Cure’ book analyses the healing powers of the arts

An exploration of scientific studies on art and health, short-listed for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction [...]

Unesco urged to investigate after Israeli forces trigger explosions near Lebanon’s World Heritage-listed Beaufort Castle

Experts fear the explosions’ proximity to the site has caused damage, but cannot assess this while the area remains under Israeli occupation [...]

‘It would represent an irreversible loss to Scotland's cultural record’: potential sale of Glasgow art centre’s archive sparks outcry

There have been protests and a petition since the archive of Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) was listed among the assets of the insolvent organisation [...]

Comment | Why AI’s attempts at art historical analysis are a load of phooey

Many of those applying artificial intelligence to art history do not understand the basics of our discipline [...]

Royal Museums Greenwich workers vote to strike over pay and working conditions

The strike across the east London museums will occur on 11 and 12 August as Prospect union pledges to step up industrial action across the heritage sector this summer [...]

Gagosian exits locations in Basel and London's Burlington Arcade

The closures are the latest mega-gallery real estate downsizes this summer [...]

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