Lululemon Gets Tripped Up in Q2 by Tariffs and Product Missteps

Lululemon Gets Tripped Up in Q2 by Tariffs and Product Missteps

For years, Calvin McDonald led a master class of double-digit growth as chief executive officer of Lululemon Athletica Inc.  And when the U.S. business saw a “slower start” last year, he attributed it to “missed opportunity in women’s and bags” and some consumer “choppiness.”  Now McDonald’s class is turning into a turnaround case study —…

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Yinka Ilori Reimagines Bloomingdale’s in Colorful Blooms

Yinka Ilori Reimagines Bloomingdale’s in Colorful Blooms

Artist Yinka Ilori’s relationship with Bloomingdale’s began with a DM. Noticing that the store’s fashion director of home was among his followers on Instagram, the U.K.-based artist decided to message her about getting his home product line into the store. That exchange sparked a bigger conversation that has bloomed into a large-scale collaboration for fall…

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Michael Kors Goes Big With Paris Pop-up

Michael Kors Goes Big With Paris Pop-up

FRINGE BENEFITS: If you had to describe the Michael Kors pop-up at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées in Paris as a Tom Hanks movie, it would be “Big.” A giant, beige Hamilton Moderne handbag lords over the American designer’s installation in the central atrium, its side fringe spilling over the curved walls supporting the mega satchel. While…

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Giorgio Armani Dies in Milan

Giorgio Armani Dies in Milan

MILAN — Giorgio Armani, one of the most influential and globally known Italian fashion figures of the late 20th century and a pioneer of the celebrity-fashion juggernaut, has died in Milan. He was born in Piacenza on July 11, 1934. “In this company, we have always felt like part of a family,” his employees and…

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EXCLUSIVE: W Hotels Debuts $100 Million Union Square Flagship

EXCLUSIVE: W Hotels Debuts 0 Million Union Square Flagship

Twenty-six years after W Hotels ignited the lifestyle hotel movement, the brand is undergoing its most significant evolution yet. The transformation is anchored by the reopening of W New York – Union Square, which has been reimagined as the brand’s global flagship following an extensive renovation by original designer David Rockwell. “New York is the…

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Crocs and Hollister Tap D4vd to Star in ‘Dream Drop’ Campaign Featuring Unfurgettable Clog

Crocs and Hollister Tap D4vd to Star in ‘Dream Drop’ Campaign Featuring Unfurgettable Clog

Crocs and Hollister are ringing in the fall season together with a Gen Z-targeted collection featuring Crocs‘ Classic Unfurgettable Clog, marking the first collaboration for the new fuzzy style. Launching on Tuesday, the jointly created “Dream Drop” stars 20-year-old artist D4vd, the musician behind the viral hit “Here With Me” and more popular songs. Artist…

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