Articles by Don-Alvin Adegeest
Nicole Kidman to receive Kering's 2025 Women In Motion Award
Kering, the luxury conglomerate, and the Festival de Cannes will bestow the 2025 Women In Motion Award upon Nicole Kidman, recognizing her significant contributions to cinema and her advocacy for female representation, the festival announced. Kidman, whose career spans over three decades, will receive the accolade at the official Women In Motion...
Culture21 hours ago
American footwear industry warns of tariff fallout
A coalition of major U.S. footwear companies is sounding the alarm over the potential devastation of new tariffs, warning that the levies could trigger widespread business closures, job losses, and price hikes for consumers. In a letter to the Trump administration, the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), representing industry...
BusinessFeaturedMember1 day ago
Will ChatGPT's new shopping feature boost impulse buying?
As artificial intelligence weaves its way into the fabric of daily life, new technologies and features have taken a decidedly retail turn. OpenAI's unveiling of ChatGPT's new shopping feature, embedded within its GPT-4o and 4o-mini models, marks a significant evolution in how consumers might discover and ultimately acquire goods, including those...
RetailFeatured2 May 2025
Skechers’ AI shop assistant is friendly, chatty—and watching what you wear
The physical store is not dead, but it is being reprogrammed. Skechers, the U.S. footwear company known less for fashion cachet than for functional comfort, is attempting a digital leap forward with the launch of Luna—an AI-powered retail assistant installed at its new flagship in Singapore’s Punggol Coast Mall. Described as a “personal stylist,...
Fashion Featured1 May 2025
Kering bets on water positivity in sustainability pivot
In an era where the fashion industry’s sustainability rhetoric often outpaces its results, Kering, the luxury conglomerate behind Gucci, Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta, has unveiled what it calls a “Water-Positive Strategy.” The initiative marks the latest chapter in the group’s climate response, this time addressing water scarcity and...
Fashion Featured30 Apr 2025
Shoppers from abroad are no longer flocking to American stores
For global consumers, the United States has long been more than just a travel destination—it is a retail and fashion mecca. From the flagship boutiques of New York’s Fifth Avenue to the sprawling designer outlets of California and Florida, the U.S. has offered international visitors a potent mix of local and luxury brands, competitive pricing,...
Retail25 Apr 2025
Bottega Veneta’s social media silence boosts brand heat
In an age when luxury brands are tripping over themselves to chase virality, some of fashion’s most visionary leaders are choosing silence over noise—and winning. Bottega Veneta’s social media exit in 2021 was once seen as a bold, even questionable move. But as of Q4 2024, the Italian house has surged to sixth place on the Lyst Index of hottest...
Fashion |marketing Featured25 Apr 2025
Prada partners with Mytheresa in digital distribution pivot
Prada has joined forces with luxury e-commerce platform Mytheresa in a move that reflects a new approach to global digital distribution—one that prioritises selectivity, brand integrity, and customer experience over traditional wholesale reach. The partnership will make Prada’s women’s, men’s, and lifestyle collections available to Mytheresa’s...
BusinessMember23 Apr 2025
America’s resale market poised to gain amid tariffs
As the U.S. administration ramps up tariffs on imported goods, the fallout for global fashion is already becoming apparent. From European luxury houses to Chinese fast fashion giants, industry players are bracing for squeezed margins, disrupted supply chains, and dampened demand from increasingly cost-conscious American consumers. The new wave...
Fashion 22 Apr 2025
LVMH’s Q1 sales drop highlights luxury is under pressure
LVMH, the world’s largest luxury conglomerate and a barometer for the broader industry, reported a 5 per cent decline in earnings from its fashion and leather goods division in the first quarter, casting a long shadow over what was expected to be a year of cautious recovery. The French giant’s challenges may well extend into the second quarter,...
BusinessMember16 Apr 2025