By Reuters Published August 7, 2025 Caught between rising costs from tariffs and belt-tightening consumers, big retailers are clashing with the producers of consumer brands such as Nivea-maker Beiersdorf and brewer Heineken, as they look to avoid sticker shock that could hurt sales. Beiersdorf makes Nivea skincare products – AFP The disputes – which have dented…
By Reuters Published August 4, 2025 European brands scramble to find ways to ease US tariff pain as labels including L’Oreal increasingly explore the decades-old ‘First Sale’ law and low US consumer confidence limits room for price hikes. EU brands are exploring ways to best navigate the US tariffs – L’Oréal Professionnel India – Facebook L’Oreal…
The athleisure market – the fusion between sportswear (athletic) and leisure clothing (leisure) – is worth some $150 billion in the United States in 2024 for the entire sportswear/lifestyle sector, a large part of which is related to athleisure. The cradle of athleisure, California – and more strongly Los Angeles and San Diego – has…
Lifestyle brand collective Centric Brands announced on Monday the appointment of Rob Smith as president of the kids division. Centric Brands names Rob Smith as president of kids division. – Centric Brands In this role, effective immediately, Smith will oversee Centric’s kids division across all global brands and categories. He is charged with driving strategic…
By Bloomberg Published July 7, 2025 Luxury spending is defying a global slump in wealthy Singapore, a beacon for high-end retailers grappling with sluggish demand in major markets including China and the US. See catwalkCoach – Fall-Winter2025 – 2026 – Womenswear – Etats-Unis – New York – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight Luxury sales in the Southeast Asian city-state…
By Reuters Published July 2, 2025 Indian footwear sellers and artisans are tapping into nationalist pride stoked by the Prada ‘sandal scandal’ in a bid to boost sales of ethnic slippers with history dating back to the 12th century, raising hopes of reviving a struggling craft. See catwalkPrada – Spring-Summer2026 – Menswear – Italie –…
By Reuters Published June 30, 2025 Louis Vuitton’s latest Shanghai store is not your average luxury flagship. The 30-meter-high, ship-shaped store, “The Louis”, is billed as an experience, and houses an exhibition space and cafe in Shanghai’s downtown Nanjing Road shopping strip. Reuters “The Louis”, which had a grand opening on Thursday, will undoubtedly draw…
By Reuters Published June 11, 2025 Some of China’s top beauty brands such as Proya and S’Young are exploring acquisitions of smaller foreign rivals to expand their portfolios and replicate the success of global leaders like L’Oreal or Estée Lauder amid slowing growth at home. Proya While still relatively unknown internationally, these Chinese brands have…
Fashion e-tail giant Zalando has released a new consumers study that highlights how shoppers want brands, retailers and others to take action on sustainability. It also presents a “collective roadmap for change with recommendations for retailers and brands, the EU, and other national governments, as well as social media platforms and influencers”. This comes four…
Adena Brands, the owner of Monsoon and Accessorize, has filed its accounts for the year to the end of August and revealed a loss for the period as consumer demand weakened and it faced major wage inflation. Monsoon The company said that sales fell 11% and it made a pre-exceptional EBITDA loss of £2.4 million…