July 20, 2026 · Eva Winterer A Sale That Ends in a Memo: The 2010s Stay at Estée Lauder A sale process that reached final bids ends without a buyer: The Estée Lauder Companies keeps Too Faced, Smashbox and Dr.Jart+, restructures them under smaller teams, and names the operating model of the beauty independents …
July 19, 2026 · Eva Winterer The Value Left the Ground: Forever Was the Easy Part Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Buccellati and Vhernier grew 24 percent in the quarter to 30 June 2026, while Anglo American wrote De Beers down from 9.2 to 2.3 billion US dollars in three years …
July 15, 2026 · Eva Winterer The Weave, the Scent and the Fiat 500: Why Kering Sent a Perfumer to Bottega Veneta Lauren Hutton carried an Intrecciato clutch through American Gigolo in 1980, and the leather wore no logo. Romain Spitzer takes over Bottega Veneta on 1 September 2026 after thirty years in a category that sells …
July 12, 2026 · Eva Winterer Cilento: Concentrates, Cycles, Continuity In Italy’s Campania, south of the Amalfi Coast, the Cilento keeps a different pace. Across its dried figs, its buffalo, its wine and its silence, one principle stays constant. Quality grows where respect for nature, …
