This week, OpenAI finally released Sora 2, the highly anticipated follow-up to its generative AI video model. OpenAI launched Sora 2 in a standalone iOS app (sorry, Android users), which is currently available for free on an invite-only basis. Because we didn’t have enough slop machines. I managed to get a Sora 2 invite code,…
On the fourth day of the Paris shows devoted to spring/summer 2026, designers presented summer wardrobes in sharply contrasting styles: baroque at Rabanne, minimalist at Carven, and modular at Gauchere. Read More
Marc Jacobs opened on Thursday the Joy Diner at The Standard, a limited-time takeover of the hotel’s Soda Shop in downtown New York. Read More
Toni Ruiz, Mango’s executive president and CEO, said that the U.S. now ranks as one of the label’s five most important global markets, after Mango achieved rapid growth in the country. Read More
From Jacquemus to Rains, via Kitsuné, Ganni and LGN, footwear labels are turning to creative brands to evolve their aesthetic and reach new customers. Read More
Mulberry is to open a pop-up at outlet destination Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth this month with the debut being in good time for the Golden Quarter. Read More
Pandora UK has filed its accounts for 2024 with the subsidiary of the jewellery giant saying that the business “maintained a solid platform” during the year with “good sales given the wider market context”. Read More
Aspiring luxury consumers are “embracing pre-owned and sustainable choices”, are price-driven and are heavily focused on quality. Those are just some of the conclusions from an inaugural study by EY. Read More
UK retailers saw moderate discretionary sales growth ahead of the key Golden Quarter trading period in September, BDO’s High Street sales Tracker (HSST) showed on Friday. Read More
Analysts say Coty’s ageing mass-market beauty brands and falling sales could drag down its planned Consumer Beauty sale, threatening valuation, debt-reduction plans and reinvestment in fragrances. Read More
