How to create a billion-dollar beauty business
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How to create a billion-dollar beauty business

For those who are stuck between launching a fashion or beauty brand, take one look at both industries’ bottom lines. While fashion businesses can take an age to pick up steam (often never making it), today’s beauty-focused companies can receive billion-dollar valuations in just a few years.

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Could leaving the runway be the path to a profitable fashion brand?
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Could leaving the runway be the path to a profitable fashion brand?

The news that Calvin Klein is closing its runway division may not come as a shock. In December 2018, the American brand’s chief creative officer, Raf Simons, quit the post eight months before the end of his contract. Now, Calvin Klein is shutting down its Calvin Klein Collection business, according to the New York Post. We consider whether leaving the runway could be the path to a profitable fashion brand?

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British Celebrities Make A Pledge to Disclose Social Media Ads Online
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British Celebrities Make A Pledge to Disclose Social Media Ads Online

Sixteen British celebrities, including Rita Ora, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Alexa Chung and Ellie Goulding, have pledged to change the way they label social media posts after the UK’s competition authority crack down on the practice of influencers being paid for endorsing products without proper disclosure.

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Rihanna Sues Her Father Over Use Of The 'Fenty' Family Name
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Rihanna Sues Her Father Over Use Of The 'Fenty' Family Name

According to legal documents, celebrity music icon Rihanna has filed a lawsuit in the California federal court, against her father to prevent him from exploiting her name and brand in an attempt she claims, to fraudulently make "millions of dollars" through his company Fenty Entertainment LLC.

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Does Luxury Fashion Have An Overproduction Problem?

Earlier this year, four of Harrods’ store windows on Brompton Road were taken over by the young, independent label "Vetements" with the VETEMENTS logo featured on their fronts. The VETEMENTSxHarrods installation featured stockpiles of clothes donated by Harrods’ four-thousand employees.

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