The outlook on holiday 2025 at retail is dimming. Low midsingle-digit gains are anticipated due to rising prices from tariffs and inflation, declining consumer confidence, economic uncertainties and potential stockouts. Holiday sales will continue to grow, but at a lower rate than last year. In addition, holiday shopping for some consumers began as early as...
Published October 2, 2025 It may seem like a cliché to say that modern retail is all about experiences but there’s no denying that experiential retail isn’t going away any time soon and if anything, it’s becoming even more intense. Boss Hugo Boss’s Boss label is aiming to underline that point and has just unveiled...
In their race to own the weight-loss market, pharmaceutical companies are innovating at breakneck speed. The inception of so-called GLP-1 drugs — a shorthand for glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists — which can help users rapidly lose up to 20 percent of their total weight has created a veritable arms race amongst the world’s leading drug makers....
Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most perennially referenced artists in fashion circles. Right now in Paris, there’s an installation featuring photographs of her work plastered onto pillars in the forecourt of Dover Street Market’s Marais outpost, and her vivid, dreamy landscapes, sun-bleached skulls and yonic petal paintings have inspired everyone from Gareth Pugh to...
Lucy Bridge has been named the global makeup artist for Tom Ford, a newly created position. The brand, in a statement, said she is “known for her boundary-defying approach to beauty” and that Bridge “brings a modern vision that embraces individuality in its most authentic and expressive form.” Lucy Bridge Courtesy of Tom Ford “I’ve...
Published October 2, 2025 Supermarkets giant Tesco reported its half-year results on Thursday and said its clothing operations saw a strong sales rise. F&F by Tesco Overall for the company, group sales increased by 5.1% to £33 billion and adjusted operation profit was up 1.5% at £1.674 billion. While the bulk of its operations are...
Shein, the online fast-fashion retailer, is facing opposition to a plan to open physical shops in regional French cities within department stores that carry the Galeries Lafayette name. Galeries Lafayette sold those stores in 2021 to Societe des Grands Magasins, which kept the right to use the French retailer’s name. Shein Group Ltd., founded in...
Little wonder that during this show Casablanca’s CEO Fred Lukoff was wreathed in smiles and chair-jacking like he’d been transported to the Sound Factory Bar circa 1993. The brand he operates pulled off a great coup today, partnering with “Little” Louie Vega to premier “Lift Me Up,” a new track that designer Charaf Tajer reported...
Vestiaire Collective said it is the first pre-owned fashion business to monetize its avoided emissions into measurable and additional carbon credits. The company’s new approach involves issuing credits that quantify the amount of emissions that were prevented from being used when consumers purchased pre-loved fashion instead of buying new. The initiative highlights the measurable environmental...
Published October 2, 2025 On the third day of the women’s ready-to-wear fashion shows in Paris, trends are beginning to crystallise. The collections for spring-summer 2026 are both joyful and energetic, with a strong emphasis on neutral, practical daywear, while eveningwear oscillates between refinement and full-throttle glamour — as Marie Adam-Leenaerdt, Casablanca, Acne Studios and...