Expanding overseas is one of several ways the New York-based brand is looking to keep up momentum, three years after its “nap dress” went viral.
Unilever Prestige’s brand portfolio, including Dermalogica, Ren and Tatcha, generated €1.2 billion in revenue in 2022, with ambitions to grow through acquisitions, innovation and digital commerce. BoF meets CEO Vasiliki Petrou to learn her acquisition criteria and how quick decisions, R&D capabilities, a founder mindset and brand-centric strategy are driving the portfolio’s growth.
Express, Inc. completed its joint acquisition of the menswear brand Bonobos in partnership with WHP Global for a combined purchase price of $75 million, the company announced Wednesday.
Multiple raids on Swatch Group AG’s stores in Malaysia over their sale of Pride-themed rainbow watches have sparked a furious response from the watchmaker and raised renewed doubts about the commitment of the nation’s six-month-old coalition government to LGBTQ rights.
European luxury goods makers came under pressure for a second day, extending a rout that’s wiped out about $60 billion in market value, in early signs of a turn in sentiment for a sector that’s been “priced for perfection.”
Kohl’s Corp. soared after it reported a surprise profit and reduced its stockpile of merchandise in the first quarter — early signs that the new chief executive officer is bolstering performance.
Online fashion giant Shein is exploring plans to build a factory in Mexico as one of its manufacturing hubs outside China, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
With the industry starting to use the technology for everything from campaign imagery to shopping assistants, it risks replicating biases based on race, body type, age and disability that it has spent years loudly claiming it wants to move past.
The move to address businesses’ impact on nature is part of a new frontier of corporate environmental reporting.
The company has been lifting prices of its apparel and footwear to protect its profit margins from higher supply and distribution costs. However, air freight and ocean rates declined during the quarter in a boost to its bottom line.