This year, as inflation continues to eat away at the retail sector’s sales, the holidays will be more important than ever. Halloween may not be the biggest spending holiday of the year, but as the actual holiday shopping season has increasingly started earlier, it has become a bellwether for how...

Last week, speculation reached a head as the fashion world prepared for the imminent arrival of Phoebe Philo’s new brand. Elsewhere, Shein signed a deal with Forever 21 and a New York Times report shed more light on Adidas’s Yeezy problem.

Who is influencing men’s fashion purchases? We spoke with a dozen different men, all of whom actively seek out fashion inspiration from different sources, about what influences them. The responses ran the gamut from film and TV characters to fashion designers to grandparents.

On this week’s episode, we discuss how luxury brands are dealing with the many factors slowing their growth, why Steve Madden acquired the apparel brand Almost Famous and how beauty brands are dealing with Prop 65 lawsuits.

It’s the biggest moment of the year for chief brand officer Nabil Aliffi and his team, who start planning the annual effort the previous spring. This year’s campaign, announced and launching on Wednesday, continues Aliffi’s strategy of combining touchstones from the retailer’s long history with new brands, influencers and ideas.

Tim Stracke, CEO of the watch marketplace Chrono24, said a number of factors are contributing to the growth of brands like Patek Philippe and Richard Milles, which are known for their elegant and understated watches.

Last week, we saw more evidence that social media platforms are becoming marketplaces, while marketplaces are seeking to become more like social media. Elsewhere, Cucinelli and Ferragamo showed the diverging paths of the luxury industry, while improvements in the Swiss watch export business were a good sign for the category's...

On this week’s episode, we discuss how Adidas has fared since its decision to cut ties with Kanye West, why TikTok launched a new authentication service for vintage handbags and to what extent the collapse of one of the largest lab-grown diamond manufacturers will impact the industry.

Florence by Mills, the direct-to-consumer beauty brand founded by actress Millie Bobby Brown in 2019, is one of the brands that has made analyzing TikTok trends and creating TikTok content a major part of its marketing strategy.