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P&G Beats Revenue Estimates, Flags Bigger Hit to Annual Profit

The maker of Pantene shampoo was helped by strong personal care demand, but expects higher commodity costs to reduce profit ⁠by about $1.4 billion this year. [...]

Patrick Ta Beauty Announces New Creative and Marketing Leadership

Haus Labs executive Angela Simpson and Carolyne Rapp have joined as chief marketing officer and vice president of creative respectively as the brand readies for further global expansion. [...]

Prada Q3 Sales Up 1%, as Miu Miu Sales Drop for First Time in Four Years

The luxury group’s results reflect a wider industry slowdown marked by subdued demand in Mainland China. [...]

Hermès Sales Miss Estimates as Chinese Shoppers Curb Spending

The French leather goods powerhouse reported no sales growth in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan, its biggest market, last quarter. [...]

Cardi B’s Plan to Win Haircare: the Beauty Supply Store

For her brand’s retail debut, the rapper eschewed big box chains in favour of beauty supply stores. The Business of Beauty rides along in a front-row seat to her vision. [...]

Cashing In on the Denim Boom Is Harder Than It Looks

Brands from Jenni Kayne to Fabletics have flooded into the category in recent months, but breaking through requires an obsessive attention to fit and a distinctive point of view. [...]

The New Rules of Global Brand Growth

Last week, BoF, ESW and Shopify gathered senior fashion and retail executives from Thom Browne, Reebok, Alo Yoga, Harvey Nichols, Bang & Olufsen and more in London to discuss how [...]

The Lede Company Acquires London-Based Agency Aisle 8

As part of the acquisition, Aisle 8 founder Lauren Winslade will join Lede as president of brand for its UK office, bolstering the agency’s presence in the region. [...]

Artistry, AI and the Future of Luxury: New Speakers Join BoF VOICES 2026

Lesley Lokko, Andrew Zuckerman and Frederik Bille Brahe join previously announced speakers including former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, Kering’s Luca de Meo and creative director Dario Vitale at BoF’s [...]

EBay Will Lay Off 9% of Workforce

The online marketplace is looking to simplify operations and shift resources to its fastest-growing areas, Reuters reported. [...]

Moncler Reports Flat Q3 Revenue on Weak Tourist Spending in Europe

Performance was weighed down by the core Moncler brand, known for its puffer jackets, which posted a 1 percent decline in revenue during the quarter. [...]

Puig Beats Forecasts as Makeup Growth Offsets Skincare Dip

Sales rose 5.6 percent on strong demand for Charlotte Tilbury cosmetics, as both skincare and fragrance cooled slightly. [...]

The Generation Fashion Forgot

As fashion brands remain focused on courting younger consumers, BoF’s Sheena Butler-Young and Diana Pearl unpack why the industry may be overlooking one of its most valuable customer groups: the [...]

Kartik Research Named Guest Designer for Pitti Uomo in January

The Indian brand will hold a special event at the Florence show. [...]

Vietnam’s Top Jewellery Retailer to Stop Diamond Buybacks

Phu Nhuan Jewelry JSC is moving away from its policy of repurchasing diamonds at nearly full value after a smuggling probe shook confidence in the diamond market. [...]

Why Some Visitors Felt Snubbed at ‘Sephoria’ London

Attendees of the first ever UK-edition of Sephora’s immersive event have taken to social media to voice their complaints after influencers experienced a more generous preview. [...]

Beauty Giants Target ‘Ozempic Face’ as Boom in Obesity Drugs Opens New Market

Galderma, Natura and L'Oréal are designing products for customers worried about facial sagging and volume loss, looking to capitalise on a new set of skin concerns. [...]

How Saie Beauty Bested Tom Ford

Influencer Hannah Chody spent years trying to find a dupe for a discontinued Tom Ford eyeshadow. While the Estée Lauder-owned brand stayed quiet, Saie Beauty stepped up to fill the [...]

Why Did Chanel Invest in Mid-Tier Watchmaker Ebel?

Chanel joined independent watchmaker F.P. Journe in the $66.5 million purchase of the Swiss brand, a big bet as mid-range watches are hardest hit by an industry slump. [...]

Paris, We Have a Problem: Why European Luxury Is Under Pressure in China

Savvier clients, stronger local competitors and a fragile economic recovery are eroding the conditions that fuelled decades of growth for the likes of LVMH and Kering. [...]

At 40, Stuart Weitzman Looks to Cement Its Place in Fashion

The New York-based luxury footwear label is rethinking how its history of innovation can resonate with a new generation of luxury shoppers. Global brand president Jonathan Lelonek discusses refreshing the [...]

Zane Li Wins 2026 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

The Lii designer took home the top award after winning the Karl Lagerfeld prize at the LVMH Prize earlier this year. [...]

Swiss Watch Exports Rise for Fifth Month on US, Europe Demand

Total shipments rose 2.7 percent to $23.6 billion in the first nine months of the year, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said Tuesday. [...]

EssilorLuxottica Sales Lifted by Traditional Frames, Lenses

Revenue rose 7.2 percent, beating analysts' estimates. [...]

Adidas Lifts Outlook on US Tariff Refund, Strong Demand

Chief executive officer Bjoern Gulden wants the company’s local staff to jump on trends quickly and cater to customers in their markets to drive demand. [...]

Ferragamo Quarterly Sales Decline in Setback For Turnaround Efforts

The Italian fashion house flagged a deteriorating trend in China. [...]

A Critical Gut Check for Sportswear

The next two weeks will be a bellwether for sportswear as a run of earnings reports are published by some of the industry’s giants. [...]

GLP-1 Boom Fuels Dangerous Black Market for Smuggled Weight-Loss Drugs in Brazil

One in three Brazilians is interested in taking the drugs if the price were lower, but most can’t afford them or don’t qualify for a prescription. [...]

Depthi Is K-Beauty Giant Goodai’s Newest Label

The Korean conglomerate has unveiled its second incubated skincare line, Depthi, shifting its focus to in-house brands after years of acquisitions. [...]

Worldview | Inflation Hits Fashion’s Supply Chain

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Lakme Fashion Week, protests in India and wage demonstrations in Bangladesh. [...]

How Collagen Jelly Pouches Became Beauty’s Latest Viral Craze

Collagen supplements have been staples in Asia for decades. Now, they’re gaining traction in the West, fuelled by viral jelly pouches and trendy drinkable formats. But not everyone is buying [...]

Fashion’s Next Growth Opportunity Isn’t Gen Z

Brands like Evereve, Ulla Johnson and Frances Valentine are courting older shoppers with spending power and brand loyalty, without sacrificing their youth appeal. [...]

Why Luxury Marketing Is Getting More Restrained

Rather than chasing viral spectacle, brands from Chloé to Prada are stripping back their marketing to prioritise their core DNA. [...]

How Did Zara Home Become Cool?

Inditex is leaning on high-profile designers, larger stores and pricier furniture to give Zara Home a distinctive identity and position Zara as a more premium brand. But turning design cachet [...]

Milan Luxury Shops Close for Fear of New Unrest as Government Prepares to Deploy Troops

Most stores in the Via Montenapoleone luxury shopping district, home to brands including Chanel, Tiffany and Dior, removed merchandise from their windows as a precaution. [...]

Mikayla Nogueira Can Sell Anything, Especially Her Own Brand

In roughly 18 months, POV Beauty has become one of the industry’s fastest growing disruptor brands. With a recent Sephora launch and a new $15 million fundraise, it is supercharging [...]

How to Unlock the Male Beauty Shopper

French label Horace’s Sephora launch highlights the growing opportunity in men’s beauty — and the challenge of getting male customers through the door. [...]

Vinted Faces Influx of Suspected Looted Goods After French Riots

The company has ‘taken immediate action to identify and remove listings linked to the looting,’ and has ‘stepped up monitoring of suspicious listings,’ a Vinted spokesperson said in a statement. [...]

Quince Launches in UK

The direct-to-consumer business, known for its dupes of popular items, is expanding outside North America for the first time. [...]

Mulberry Posts 18% Rise in First-Half Sales, Sending Shares Up

Resilient demand for ‌heritage bags and a higher share of full-price sales boosted the British luxury handbag maker, sending shares nearly 4 percent higher in early trading. [...]

Swedish Hair Brand Björn Axén Names New CEO

Onur Aktas has been appointed chief executive of the Stockholm-based label as it plots global expansion. [...]

10 Years of BoF Professional

October marks one decade of agenda-setting, independent journalism, serving a global community of 125,000 members. [...]

Victoria’s Secret Straddles the Line Between Past and Present

The lingerie label is courting younger, digitally native customers through a YouTube docuseries, theatre screenings and live show access, while preserving the sexiness that made it iconic. [...]

Fashion’s Big Climate Wins

Some of fashion’s biggest brands have started to drive down their planet-warming emissions as proven solutions roll out across the supply chain. [...]

Luxury Stores Looted Amid French Protests

Protestors targeted public buildings, looted luxury boutiques and supermarkets and attacked police vehicles and officers in demonstrations against rising cost of living. [...]

Luxury’s US Lifeline May Be Wearing Thin

Financial results from Hermès, Kering, Prada and others will test the resilience of luxury’s biggest brands as US consumer spending shows signs of slowing and demand in China remains weak. [...]

Yui Chen Wins Hyerès Festival’s Top Fashion Prize

The Chinese designer won the grand prize for her airy, sculptural pieces at the 41st edition of the festival, which is undergoing a revamp under new leadership. [...]

Hublot Taps Ex-Audemars Piguet Chief François-Henri Bennahmias as Consultant

The move, which was facilitated by Jean Arnault, comes as Hublot undergoes a repositioning in a bid to reignite sales. [...]

Luxury’s Spooky Season: Bad Numbers and Empty Chairs

LVMH’s sales dropped in China while Luca de Meo clears out Kering’s creative ranks. Plus, Kim Jones' new venture. [...]

Ask Imran Anything: Vanity Metrics, Creativity and Commerce, Gucci’s Future

In the third instalment of The BoF Podcast’s Ask Me Anything series, Imran Amed takes on listener questions about Gucci’s unresolved turnaround, why brand-measurement metrics deserve more scrutiny, and what [...]

Could proposed bill give the French state too much control over privately owned art?

Increasing the state’s power over works that are designated as “national treasures” runs the risk of damaging the art market [...]

Anselm Kiefer painting too large to exhibit gets its own David Chipperfield pavilion

Launch of the building in Germany coincides with reopening of Kunsthalle Würth, which is marking its 25th anniversary with a major exhibition exploring the German artist’s oeuvre [...]

Rioting does not deter big-ticket sales at Art Basel Paris

A flurry of seven- and eight-figure works were snapped up on the opening days of the fair [...]

Québec museum opens $61m pavilion celebrating renowned artist Jean Paul Riopelle

The Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec’s new space will display dozens of works by the province’s most famous Modern artist [...]

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West closes after visitor killed by wind-blown debris

Rogério Renato Mateucci, the rector of a Brazilian university, died last week on at the architect’s former home and studio in Arizona [...]

Comment | Seabed heritage is facing catastrophic destruction on multiple fronts

From bottom-trawling fishing boats to increased ocean acidity, shipwrecks and other maritime heritage are in peril throughout the world [...]

Miami dealer sentenced to almost 4 years in prison for selling fake Warhols

Leslie Roberts’s lawyer says the disgraced gallerist has been key to helping authorities uncover other art-fraud cases [...]

Art Basel Paris dispatch: what to see beyond the fair this week

Our reporters on the ground in Paris give their “around town” art highlights [...]

Comment | How do we protect artists from gallery insolvency?

A recent spate of closures has led to calls for legislation—but education is important, too [...]

A brush with… George Shaw—podcast

George Shaw talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to film-makers, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work [...]

Hundreds protest far-right government's removal of objects from Colombia's national museum

President Abelardo de la Espriella ordered that dozens of objects related to LGBTQ+ rights and feminism be taken down from displays at the Museo Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá [...]

Will the real Arts Council England please stand up? A new book tells an incomplete history of the funding organisation

Celebrating the ACE's 80th anniversary, the publication tells only half the story [...]

An expert’s guide to Frida Kahlo: five must-read books on the Mexican Surrealist

The best Kahlo publications, from an incisive art-historical study to a facsimile of the artist’s diary—selected by the Tate curator Beatriz García-Velasco [...]

Giant mirrored globe will rise on Miami Beach during art week

For his Faena Art commission, the Abu Dhabi-based artist Christopher Joshua Benton is creating a 28ft-tall sculpture that doubles as a public site [...]

Found objects and fall-outs: a new book reveals new sides to Donald Judd and his work

Neil Levine, a historian and former friend of the artist, tells us about his publication, which offers a personal perspective on the Minimalist master [...]

Major London museums join forces for new South Asian arts festival

The nine-day event will take over South Kensington's cultural quarter next summer, bringing together artists from India and its diaspora [...]

Legal troubles and family feud keep Klimt portrait off the market

The unfinished painting’s mysterious origins were further complicated by a family betrayal during the Second World War and, now, competing claims [...]

What does an Old Master smell like? Meet the perfumer commissioned by Sotheby's

Lyn Harris creates bespoke scents inspired by earth, emotions and paintings [...]

All six of Edward Hopper’s early oils, long thought to be original works, revealed to be copies

In an exclusive extract from his new Edward Hopper biography, Louis Shadwick tracks down the original works—many reproduced in popular periodicals of the time, with instructions for copying—that formed the [...]

Hilma af Klint painting could break artist's record next month in Stockholm

Abstract works by the Swedish artist are rare to auction, but Ser III No.5 from 1920 will be sold at Bukowskis next month estimated around $600,000 to $800,000 [...]

Before banana fame, Maurizio Cattelan made ends meet delivering letters—and sperm

The mischievous artist has revealed an early CV with some (re)productive roles [...]

Jewellers Buccellati create collection inspired by Venetian lace-making

Called Serenissima, the jewels use finely wrought metals to capture the art of the lace makers found on the island of Burano [...]

Exhibition highlights overlooked William Morris collection and his collaborations with women makers

Fitzwilliam Museum show in Cambridge displays drawings, paintings and designs acquired by Sydney Cockerell, a friend and private secretary of the English designer [...]

As France is rocked by explosive protests, art school students have their say

Speaking before nationwide demonstrations escalated on Saturday, students at various art schools discuss why they have felt compelled to take a stand [...]

British Museum’s Red Ball sparks Energy Embargo for Palestine protests

While protests occurred outside the ball, the museum announced an anonymous £30m donation toward its masterplan redevelopment project [...]

Comment | Art does not function like other commodities, so why is it being priced like one?

A commodity economist explains why the art market's plumbing, its financial apparatus and its blind spots all look familiar—and why it enables fraudsters like Inigo Philbrick [...]

Hungarian art community takes stock of populist Orbán era’s enormous toll

After 16 years of Fidesz rule, artists and cultural institutions assess the damage and consider what comes next [...]

Is the energy of the 1990s returning to London’s art market?

A fascination with Cool Britannia is evident at exhibitions, auctions and art fairs—though some question whether a revival of this era is possible or wise [...]

Staff strike at Goldsmiths is now the longest in UK university history

Students say they are not receiving marks or feedback, as dispute over the institution's restructuring programme has dragged on for 130 days [...]

New Abu Dhabi cultural district announced ahead of the emirate’s inaugural Frieze fair

The area, called Noma, will be near the site of the first Frieze Abu Dhabi, which launches next month in the Saadiyat Cultural District [...]

‘Artist-first’ Fair Play launches to strong attendance but slow sales during London Frieze week

The gallery-free fair takes a commission rather than charging a stand fee [...]

An artist’s poetic rumination on the political promise of Opec

Sanaz Sohrabi’s feature-length documentary “An Incomplete Calendar” uses archival materials to reframe the oil cartel as an agent of anti-imperialist solidarity [...]

Frieze London Diary: A dinner dance with a twist, Barbie gets the blues and Warhol’s feline showstoppers

Plus: artists educate at National Gallery and the hedonist returns [...]

Sprawling contemporary art centre Large opens on island near Paris

The non-profit, which will open with a show riffing on the island’s automotive history, is focused on promoting the French art scene [...]

In pictures: boundary-pushing works in Frieze London’s Focus section

Our pick of the works from the fair’s section dedicated to solo presentations by young galleries [...]

‘I like to take time to understand the work and its maker’: collector Helen Sunderland-Cohen on what she has bought and why

The London-based lawyer, who oversees two cartography-based collections as well as her own personal art collection, tells us why she does not covet any museum works [...]

Tate Modern exhibition explores Pictorialism and the birth of soft-focus photography

The show challenges the movement’s reputation as outdated and narrowly Western, tracing its networks and influence beyond the birth of Modernism [...]

Not just bricks and mortar: how can gallerists operate without a permanent space?

With a raft of galleries, including blue-chip names, forced to scale back physical spaces, innovative dealers are side-stepping the high overheads associated with a traditional gallery [...]

Head to Paris to see Renoir masterpiece, suggests Eurostar—but the work is in London

The Impressionist’s ‘Dance at the Moulin de la Galette’, owned by the Musée D’Orsay, is on view at the National Gallery until January 2027 [...]

Comment | The Bayeux Tapestry should prompt a conversation about the environmental war we are living through

The British Museum can use its historic show as an opportunity to explore what lies ahead for institutions as a result of the climate crisis [...]

Ancient shipwreck found off Turkey may be the world’s oldest

Discovery of remains of 4,500-year-old ship reveal new evidence about Early Bronze Age trade routes [...]

Revealed: How Vincent van Gogh’s brother Theo gave Monet his first exhibition in London

In 1889 the critics were rapturous, but the paintings dismally failed to sell [...]

US-Italian curator Francesco Bonami appointed artistic director of Moscow's GES-2 House of Culture

Bonami aims to “catalyse artistic energy” and “search for the best projects” for the institution, which is funded by billionaire Leonid Mikhelson’s V-A-C Foundation [...]

De Kooning sets European record but still falls flat at muted Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Sale

Works by Yayoi Kusama and Gerhard Richter were also among those that failed to hit their presale estimates [...]

François Pinault to launch permanent display of his collection at Venice’s Palazzo Grassi

The billionaire collector’s decision means the prestigious temporary exhibition programme at the palazzo is coming to an end [...]

Frieze in London, Tarek Atoui at Tate Modern, Sienese sculptor Francesco di Giorgio—podcast

In this week's episode, Ben Luke speaks with art market editor Kabir Jhala in the Frieze London tent, visits the new Turbine Hall commission at Tate Modern, and discusses a [...]

‘I’ve learnt I can enjoy a work without having to acquire it’: Dasha Shenkman on her approach to art collecting

The UK-based collector tells us about her new Focus Fund supporting young artists at Frieze, buying a Jean Arp in instalments and her love of Fra Angelico’s frescoes [...]

Slow down and look: the simple complexity of Robert Ryman is revealed in Barbican exhibition

For the late American artist, whose Barbican show is his first in the UK for over three decades, the space in which a painting sat mattered as much as the work [...]

‘Even an ugly thistle can be so beautiful’: painter Sabine Moritz on how nature informs her work

The German artist’s first major UK institutional show, at London’s Garden Museum, includes works that span 30 years [...]

In pictures: our pick of London’s Minor Attractions fair

We check into Frieze week's "transgressive" art destination in Fitzrovia's Newman hotel [...]

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Lazin France 2026 – Numero 01

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