This week, we talk about Black Friday and some of the ways brands are approaching the holiday shopping season. Later, we discuss Target’s struggles to keep up with rivals like Walmart and fashion's potential return to the cryptocurrency well now that a crypto-friendly president is coming to the White House.

In March, Amazon scored a major coup in the world of premium beauty by bringing Clinique — the first of several Estee Lauder companies slated to join Amazon — onto the platform. Melis del Rey, Amazon’s gm and director of North American stores for beauty, baby and beauty technology, was...

Over the last three years, the British watch retailer Watches of Switzerland has made several acquisitions, from buying five different jewelers in 2021 to paying $130 million this year for the U.S. distribution rights for the watch brand Roberto Coin. That spree was capped off this year by the acquisition...

This year, the 4-year-old fashion brand Larroude transitioned its business entirely to a new model that co-founder Ricardo Larroudé calls “direct-to-demand.”

Wisdom Kaye – model, social media star and the “best-dressed guy on TikTok,” according to Vogue – made his Met Gala debut this year. His take on the “Garden of Time” concept — a striking ensemble by Robert Wun that emphasized decay and rot — reflected the signature creativity and...

If you paid attention to pop culture at all this year, you’re probably familiar with the work of fashion stylist Chris Horan. Along with his biggest client, the English pop singer Charli XCX, Horan helped devise the loose, sweaty, some might even say trashy, but altogether hypnotic aesthetic that became...

Earlier this year, Levi’s CMO Kenny Mitchell received the kind of gift that most marketers can only dream of: Beyoncé named a song on her album “Cowboy Carter” after the brand. “Levi’s Jeans” was a hit, and Mitchell and the Levi’s team moved quickly to tap into the moment. That...

The old Abercrombie & Fitch’s mountain of controversies was big enough to fill an entire 2022 documentary. But the new Abercrombie & Fitch is a different story. Over the last few years, the brand has made an incredible comeback. CEO Fran Horowitz, who has been at the company since 2014,...

Ten years after its creation, the nail-care brand Olive & June is closing in on $100 million in annual revenue. Founder Sarah Gibson Tuttle started the brand after leaving a job in finance in 2013. The company, which began with a nail salon in Beverly Hills, transitioned to selling at-home...