For Kering, a $4.3 billion step back to move fashion forward Kering’s $4.3 billion (€4 billion) sale of its beauty division to L’Oréal marks the clearest signal yet that the French luxury group is resetting around its core business: fashion.
Glossy Podcast: Victoria’s Secret’s new era, Gucci’s EU fine and Armani’s leadership change — plus, Ty Haney on Outdoor Voices 2.0 Danny Parisi, Jill Manoff and Zofia Zwieglinska discuss the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’s new diversity push, Gucci’s €157 million E.U. fine, Armani’s new CEO and Ty Haney’s bold relaunch of Outdoor Voices.
Luxury Briefing: Inside Chalhoub Group’s data-led answer to luxury clienteling In this week’s luxury briefing, the director of AI at the Chalhoub Group discusses early results from testing a generative luxury beauty assistant. Also, Fashionphile's U.K. launch, LMVH's earnings, Fendi's and Brett Johnson's executive moves, and news to know.
‘Sephora is everything Amazon is not’: LVMH’s beauty and retail brands are quietly outperforming While the company’s total revenue for the first nine months of 2025 reached €58 billion ($63 billion), down 2% organically, Q3 returned to growth. The Perfumes & Cosmetics unit rose 2% organically during the quarter, and the Selective Retailing division, which houses Sephora and luxury travel retailer DFS, climbed 7%....
Beyond the runway: LVMH says fashion recovery isn’t just about creative renewal The Fashion & Leather Goods division, which makes up nearly half of the group's revenue, posted revenue of €27.6 billion ($29.8 billion) for the first nine months of 2025, down 6% organically — but it showed progress in Q3, when the decline narrowed to 2%.
During Fashion Month, luxury doubled down on the 1 percent Rather than rethinking the runway or embracing new talent, the season's major houses doubled down on exclusivity. Celebrities and billionaires replaced influencers in the front row. Archival reissues outpaced innovation on the runway. And the messaging was clear: Luxury brands are no longer trying to reach everyone. They’re designing for...
Luxury Briefing: Inside Pandora’s growth plans, backed by a new CEO and US momentum This week, a look at Pandora's transformation under a new CEO. Also, a buyer’s take on Paris Fashion Week, executive moves at Monica Vinader and Vestiaire Collective, news to know, and the Glossy podcast covers Paris Fashion Week.
How H&M used a fashion week event to power a 360-degree content strategy H&M turned its London Fashion Week show into a multi-channel content engine, generating $2.8 million in media impact value. Here’s what fashion brands can learn from the playbook.
What OpenAI’s new checkout means for luxury OpenAI launches “Instant Checkout” inside ChatGPT while unveiling the Sora video app. Can luxury brands preserve storytelling, manage margins and navigate global AI regulation in this new commerce era?