This Week: Countdown to Fashion’s Tariff Shock

This Week: Countdown to Fashion’s Tariff Shock

What’s Happening: The US is barreling toward an Aug. 1 deadline that could dramatically reshape the cost structure of global fashion. If new trade agreements aren’t finalised by then, sweeping tariffs — up to 50 percent on some imports — will go into effect...
Report: LVMH in Talks to Offload Marc Jacobs

Report: LVMH in Talks to Offload Marc Jacobs

French luxury goods group LVMH is in discussions with multiple buyers to offload its fashion label Marc Jacobs, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.The Bernard Arnault-led company has been holding talks with potential buyers including Reebok-owner...
How WNBA Players Are Using Merch to Underscore Their Value

How WNBA Players Are Using Merch to Underscore Their Value

What’s the quickest way to teach 16,000 people a chant? Put it on a T-shirt.On July 19, roughly two dozen WNBA players stepped onto the court in Indianapolis to warm up ahead of their All-Star Game wearing black T-shirts stamped with a message: “Pay Us What You Owe...