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Italian luxury brands stage citywide retail takeover in Manhattan

From April 9 to 11, Manhattan’s luxury corridors will double as a distributed exhibition space. Under the banner “Icons of Italy,” 43 flagship boutiques representing 56 Italian brands spanning fashion, design, jewellery, automotive, yachting, food and wine will host installations and cultural activations aimed at reframing retail as a vehicle...

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Puig: The group that dreamed of becoming LVMH, yet may disappear under Estée Lauder's shadow

Madrid – Everyone has a price. This stark premise lies at the core of the current negotiations for a “potential” merger between the US group The Estée Lauder Companies and Spain’s Puig. The deal, should it materialise at the right valuation, could effectively subsume Puig’s 112-year history. Founded in 1914 in Barcelona by Antonio Puig Castelló...

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AI moves into fashion’s C-suite

As fashion navigates economic uncertainty and technological disruption, the C-suite is being redrawn. Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to design studios or marketing dashboards, it is now reshaping executive leadership itself. At Kering, CEO Luca de Meo last week appointed the group’s first chief digital, AI & IT officer, Pierre...

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Hennes & Mauritz reports strong profit growth in first quarter despite sales decline

The Swedish apparel group Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) experienced a significant decline in sales in the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, largely due to negative currency effects. However, the parent company of brands such as H&M, Cos, Weekday, & Other Stories and Arket managed to significantly increase its profit. This was revealed in...

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