Rachel Strugatz

After the Baldonigate fallout, Blake Lively’s briefly hot Target haircare line, Blake Brown, is circling the drain—and its Italian partners want out. Finding a new operator may not be easy.

The lingerie retailer has had success of late with a fairly obvious collab strategy, but an upcoming linkup is pretty out there. Plus, what does Everlane’s sale to Shein mean for its San Francisco landlords?

News, notes, finger-pointing, and post-deal recriminations stemming from the failed combination of The Estée Lauder Companies and Puig.

Now that ELC’s spring flirtation with Puig is over, investors would very much like it to get back to the long-promised turnaround. But finding buyers for its struggling brands is easier said than done. Plus, why the real narrative on the merger talks just won’t go away.

Chanel insiders are wondering when—and how—the Matthieu Blazy effect will start to bolster the brand’s skincare and makeup categories.

C.E.O. Colin Walsh inherited a beauty unicorn in retreat and is now doing the unglamorous work of turning Glossier back into a business. But can the brand that epitomized Millennial beauty survive previous management’s mistakes?

The French brand's new London store was 17 years—and a lot of capital—in the making. Plus, one of the Tomorrow Ltd. orphans tries to plan its future.

The once white-hot, Rihanna-fronted beauty brand has cooled significantly, and co-owner LVMH is shopping its stake. As the rules of celebrity beauty lines keep changing and the competition mounts, where does Fenty’s future lie?

Beauty’s most successful serial entrepreneur has a third sale in as many years brewing. Plus: How real is the skinny jean revival?

As we near the halfway point of 2026, Rachel Strugatz answers readers’ burning questions about Rihanna’s next move, the Armani ownership sweepstakes, Estée Lauder’s M&A appetite, and more.