Luxury Briefing: Inside Chanel’s plan to scale back price hikes and double down on brand equity Chanel is scaling back aggressive price hikes after a sales drop and consumer pushback, focusing instead on long-term investments in supply chain, boutiques and brand equity to rebuild trust and maintain luxury relevance.
Footwear’s future: How tariff fears are fast-tracking smarter, faster production models Faced with tariff turbulence and complex sourcing, footwear brands like Dolce Vita, Larroudé and On are rethinking production through 3D printing, factory ownership and automation. They're also designing smarter supply chains built for speed, flexibility and sustainability.
Luxury Briefing: How a bridal brand is leveraging in-store try-on to drive social media engagement In this week's Luxury Briefing, a look at how a bridal atelier is capitalising on creator interest. Also, why Longchamp is changing up its store format in the U.S. and why Harrods is betting on MENA designers. Also, earnings from Chanel, Richemont and Mytheresa, as well as executive moves and...
FP Movement and Lacoste team up for a tenniscore summer FP Movement is teaming with Lacoste for its first exclusive sneaker collaboration, blending heritage tennis style with fashion-first activewear. The drop marks a strategic play to own the tenniscore lifestyle, just in time for the French Open.
Fashion search is broken — how AI agents are rewriting the ecomm playbook Powered by AI, tools like ChatGPT, Phia and Daydream are redefining what fashion search looks like and what brands need to do to keep up.
Glossy Podcast: Burberry cuts, Cannes dress restrictions, and how festivals became fashion’s marketing stage — with Raissa Gerona and designer Asher Levine Glossy breaks down the Burberry layoffs, the Cannes influencer rules and the music festival opportunity for brands, with insights from Revolve's Raissa Gerona and designer Asher Levine.
Fenty enters Roblox retail race with shoppable gloss experience Fenty Beauty is bringing e-commerce to Roblox with a shoppable lip gloss experience, blending gaming, community and physical product drops to reach Gen Alpha where they play.
Luxury Briefing: How The Clear Cut’s new AI tool is reshaping diamond pricing In this week’s Luxury Briefing, I speak to The Clear Cut founders about how AI is helping the brand with diamond forecasting and sales. In addition, what it takes for a brand to be successful at Bloomingdale’s, according to Australian brand Leo Lin. Also, Aeffe and Marcolin earnings, and executive...
How The Webster became a target partner for top luxury brands When Laure Hériard Dubreuil opened The Webster’s first location in Miami in 2009, she wasn’t following retail convention. She was creating a space where designer storytelling could be preserved, elevated and presented with intention.