Swiss watchmaker Swatch has issued an apology and pulled ads featuring images of an Asian male model pulling the corners of his eyes up and backwards in a “slanted eye” pose. Read More
Topshop and Topman have been making headlines for months as the team behind them teased their comeback plan. And at the weekend it all fell into place and was just about the best feelgood news story out there. Read More
This White House-engineered upheaval, which pushed tariffs to levels unseen since the Smoot-Hawley law of 1930, will be costly — even if the full price isn’t immediately apparent. Read More
Well-heeled shoppers around the US seem willing to soak up price hikes for aspirational products from trendy Birkenstock sandals to Bugaboo prams, despite the impact of trade tariffs and belt-tightening elsewhere. Read More
Years after Jane Birkin famously decorated her eponymous Hermès handbag with clusters of trinkets and strands of of beads, bag charms have made a big comeback. Read More
Mary Kay Inc. announces the launch of its AI Foundation Finder – an intuitive technology designed to help consumers effortlessly find their foundation match – right from their phones. Read More
Tapestry Inc.’s annual outlook for a key profit metric missed analysts’ forecasts due in part to tariffs, a sign that Wall Street is still adjusting to the full cost of duties for US companies. Read More
Nike founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, are giving $2 billion to a cancer institute at University of Oregon that bears their name, the largest ever donation to a US college or academic health institution. Read More
News broke on Thursday that Valentino CEO Jacopo Venturini has stepped down from the executive helm of the luxury fashion label. Read More
Ulta Beauty and Target on Thursday said they have mutually agreed not to renew their shop-in-shop partnership when the current agreement concludes in August 2026. Read More
