Author: Brian Baskin
Welcome to The Week Ahead, your guide to the coming days’ most important and interesting events. The top story for the foreseeable future remains the war in the Middle East, and the disruptions it’s causing to global energy markets. Keep an eye out for more from us on that this week. Please sign in to ensure you can read our agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice. Or get in touch at support@businessoffashion.com if you experience difficulties.
The 98th Academy Awards, and Vanity Fair’s revamped after-party, bring luxury brands’ red-carpet strategies to a crescendo. Plus, Lululemon reports quarterly results with the CEO job still vacant.
Welcome back to The Week Ahead, your guide to the coming week’s most important and interesting events. This week, I’ll take a look at expectations heading into the peak of retail earnings season, plus I polled The Business of Fashion‘s luxury team about what they’re excited about heading into Paris Fashion Week.Last week, Steve Madden and off-price giant TJX kicked off retail earnings season with decent results tempered by warnings about what the future might hold. Madden predicted strong revenue growth, but withdrew its profit guidance, citing the US Supreme Court’s tariff ruling, which left future trade policy uncertain. TJX,…