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☆ Why Musicians Aren't Making Money: Streaming, Record Labels & TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Music has always been a business, but streaming, TikTok, inflation, and the ballooning costs of touring have dramatically altered a musician's traditional routes to making money. But a lot has changed since streaming usurped radio play as the kingmaker of a rising musician's career. Even the hitmakers who dominate your "For You" page are getting paid "almost nothing" from TikTok, as one music exec told Billboard. 1 song on TikTok doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme of things," Tinashe's longtime manager, Simonne Solitro, explains. "That's not just me," Violet tells me, "that's literally every single artist I know."

Persons: Raye, Conrad, She'd, Taylor, Taylor Swift, Stone, You've, there's, everybody's, Donald Passman, Kevin Baird, Chris Burnett, Chuck Berry, he'd, it's, —, TikTok, Ariana Grande, JC Olivera, Justin Ayers, Club's Baird, Tayla Parx, she's, Ariana Grande's, It's, Parx, that's, Muni, who's, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Alexis, Long, I'd, Rachel Chinouriri, I've, Chinouriri, Sam Halliday, Alex Trimble, Katy Cummings, Derek Crownover, Loeb, he's, Crownover, Simonne, Tinashe, Tinashe's, Simonne Solitro, Solitro, Normani, aren't Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Shirlaine Forrest, Matt Jelonek, Tessa Violet, hasn't, That's, Violet, Solitro's, Tessa Violet's, Sarah Pardini, Halsey, Adele, Sophie Turner, Florence Pugh, Pugh, jostling Organizations: Spotify, Music, Northern, Cinema, BI, Apple Music, Billboard, Apple, YouTube, BMI, Suns, TaylaMade Inc, Fifth Harmony, Parlophone, Atlas Artists, Ticketmaster, Promoters, BI Social, Capitol Music, Capitol, Columbia, Chartmetric, DMs Locations: Manhattan, British, Northern Irish, TikTok, London, Los Angeles

☆ Who is Cher's boyfriend Alexander Edwards? The 38-year-old music executive has a son with Amber Rose
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementCher is dating Alexander Edwards, a music executive and producer. Cher rose to fame alongside her first husband Sonny Bono, who was 11 years her senior. AdvertisementEdwards is a music-industry executive who has worked with Def Jam RecordsTyga and Alexander Edwards at the 2024 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. AdvertisementAs for his future plans, Edwards told Stoned Fox that he's also interested in acting. "Slash Electric Alexander Edwards.. the world is urs now," he wrote in the caption, per People.

Persons: Alexander Edwards, Edwards, Slash, who's, Cher, Alexander, AE, Sonny Bono, Warren Beatty, Kevin Mazur, Stoned Fox, Coco Jones, Muni Long, Justin Bieber, LL, Rihanna, YK Osiris, Osiris, Riggs Morales, Kylie Jenner, He's, Tupac, Usher, Pharrell, Tyga, he's, Amber Rose Alexander Edwards, Amber Rose, Roger Kisby, Def Jam Rose, Donald Trump, Ye, Wiz Khalifa, Sebastian, Rose, urs, Rose accused Edwards, doesn't, Sonny, hadn't, Slash Electric Alexander Edwards, Elisabeth Egan Organizations: Def Jam, Sony Music, New York Times, Def Jam Records, Sony Music Publishing, Last Kings, Last Kings Records, Republican National Convention, TMZ, CBS, Slash Electric Locations: Los Angeles, England

☆ Startup CEO says humans won't be needed for translation in 3 years as it launches AI app
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Vasco Pedro, co-founder and CEO of Unbabel, on the first day of the 2023 Web Summit at the Altice Arena in Lisbon. Unbabel's LLM allows AI translation in 32 languages, Vasco Pedro, the company's CEO, told CNBC in an interview at the Web Summit in Lisbon. Widn.AI is Unbabel's new product and is based on the company's proprietary large language model (LLM) called Tower. LISBON — Unbabel on Wednesday announced a translation service powered by artificial intelligence, adding another rival to a highly competitive space — with its CEO warning that humans may not be needed for translation at all in three years. But he said there will be an increase in the amount of content translated which will sustain the company's growth.

Persons: Vasco Pedro, Pedro, Widn.AI, There's Organizations: CNBC, Unbabel, Wednesday, Google Locations: Lisbon, Widn.AI, LISBON, Unbabel

☆ 15 musicians who were signed to Diddy's label, Bad Boy Records
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

His record label, Bad Boy Records, is one source of his wealth. Musicians including Janelle Monáe, French Montana, and Machine Gun Kelly were signed to Bad Boy. Diddy founded Bad Boy Records in 1993 and went on to sign major musicians such as The Notorious BIG, Mase, and Faith Evans. It's impossible to think of '90s and '00s rap without also thinking of Bad Boy, which released 13 No. Here are 16 of the biggest acts that have released albums through Bad Boy since its inception.

Persons: Sean, Diddy, Combs, Janelle Monáe, Kelly, —, Sean Combs, Faith Evans, Mr Organizations: Bad Boy Records, Bad, Service, Business, Billboard, Bad Boy Locations: French Montana, New York

☆ Smells Like Teen Spirit: Inside Gen Z's Luxury Perfume Obsession
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Eve Upton-Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

AdvertisementBehind the booming appetite for new smells is Gen Z. AdvertisementIf there's one thing Gen Z loves, it's a name for something. Under the handle @juliaperfumery, she shares perfume reviews for her primarily Gen Z audience against the backdrop of her New York City apartment's perfume closet. "If there's one thing Gen Z loves, it's a name for something," O'Toole says. There are back-to-school scents, scents to win your ex back, scents to smell like Vanessa Paradis in Paris in the '90s — the list goes on.

Persons: Julia Dovgal, douse, mother's Chanel, Dior, Jo Malone's, Wood, Dovgal, She's, Circana, Gen Zers, Gen Xers, It's, Piper Sandler, Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maison Francis Kurkdjian's, TikTok, Phlur, —, it's, Juliette, Emelia O'Toole, There's, O'Toole, We've, Vanessa Paradis, Piper, Cathrine Jansson, Boyd, " Jansson, Gen Z, Chanel, Marilyn Monroe, Catherine Deneuve, Nicole Kidman, isn't, Gris Charnel, Jansson, Bella, Susan Wai Hnin, Zers Organizations: Saks, Perfume, Anglia Ruskin University, Urban Outfitters, rockstar Locations: Salt, Bath, New York City, TikTok, New York, Paris, London

☆ Paris Fashion Week: Highlights from the Spring-Summer 2025 shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Alice Pfeiffer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Editor’s Note: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week. Fashion house Coperni took over Disneyland Paris on Tuesday evening and staged their show in front of the iconic Sleeping Beauty castle. Brand history was similarly front and center at Alexander McQueen, where Seán McGirr showed his second collection for the label. River Callaway/WWD/Getty ImagesBirds were a recurring motif in the Stella McCartney collection shown during Paris Fashion Week and chosen by the designer to protest their use in the fashion industry. Jerome Domine/Abaca Press/Sipa USA"I’ve been thinking of the billions of birds that get killed for the fashion industry," said McCartney.

Persons: Coperni, Lyvans Boolaky, Chemena Kamali, Pascal Le Segretain, Valentino, Alessandro Michele, Gucci, Michele, Alexander McQueen, Seán McGirr, ”, Johanna Geron, Ann Demeulemeester, Stefano Gallici, ” Gallici, Francois Durand, Alphonse Maitrepierre’s, Donald Duck, Miyake, Julien De Rosa, Kristy Sparow, Issey Miyake, Wool, knitwear, Mickey, Sébastien Meyer, Arnaud Vaillant, “, Chanel, Van Noten, Sarah Meyssonnier, Stella McCartney, I’ve, McCartney, Jerome Domine, Jerome, Andreas Kronthaler, Vivienne Westwood’s, Paul Watson, Dame Vivienne, Vivienne Westwood, Louis Sullivan, Junya Watanabe, Dior, —, Sagg Napoli, Sofia Ginevra Giannì, Jonathan Anderson's, Loewe, Ik, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Miuccia Prada, Goshka Macuga, Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent, Demna Gvasalia, Giovanni Giannoni, Dykes, Williams, Harri Shanahan, Thatcher, Antonin Tron, Gigi Hadid, McGirr, Donald, Justin Shin, Mary Jane, Victor Virgile Organizations: CNN, Paris, Paris CNN, Paris Fashion, Disneyland Paris, Getty, Pompidou, Disney, Balmain, Reuters, Callaway, Fashion, Abaca, Louis, Art, femmes, Lingerie Locations: France, Europe, Chloé, AFP, Paris, Bermuda, Greenland, Stockholm, London, Balenciaga, Siân

☆ Milan Fashion Week highlights: A surprise drop-in from Madonna and an ‘anything goes’ attitude
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Scarlett Conlon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesCreative director Mattieu Blazy said “it’s like that first day at school when (you arrive) looking impeccable and you come back at the end of the day crumpled.” Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesPerfectly imperfectHigh octane glamour was dialled right down, too. Blouses also popped up at Marni, N°21 and Bottega Veneta — ranging from clean cut, office-ready designs to the more flouncy and feminine. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesPointe shoes were reimagined as thong sandals. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesElsewhere at Fendi, soft, bathrobe-like gowns — much like the one recently worn by Rihanna — were worn with sheer embroidered socks. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesMiuccia Prada told the press she was "very very nervous” about presenting this collection.

Persons: Milan, Miuccia Prada, Prada, Max Mara’s, Max Mara, Ian Griffiths, ”, Maximillian Davis, Matthieu Blazy, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Mattieu Blazy, “, Kim Jones, chunky, Kate Moss, Kate, Gucci’s Sabato de Sarno, Normcore, she’s, Peter Pan, Jil Sander, Lucie, Luke Meier, chinoiserie, you’ll, Francesco Risso’s, Alessandro Dell’Acqua, ord, Versace, Donatella, Madonna, philes, Jean, Paul Gaultier, Gaultier, Rachpoot, Bauer, Griffin, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana, Julianne Moore, Jacob Elordi, Kendall Jenner, Michelle Yeoh —, Steven Spielberg’s, E.T, Blazy, Jacopo M, Donatella Versace, Jonas Gustavsson, Maximilian Davis, Victor Virgile, Prada Sabato, Daniele Venturelli, Karen Elson, Roberto Cavalli, Piovanotto Marco, Rihanna —, Versace Kim Jones, Gabriel Bouys, Adrian Appiolaza, Marco Beroorello, Marco Bertorello, Ferragamo, Delphine Achard, Francesco Risso's Marni, Mattieu, Judy Blame, Justin Shin, Boss, Raf Simmons Organizations: Milan CNN, Milan, Brands, Prada, Bottega Veneta, Red Wing, Dolce, Gabbana, Rocky, Getty, Moschino, Milan Fashion Locations: —, Ferragamo, Bottega, buttoned, Marni, Milan, AFP, British

☆ Jeff Bezos gave Lauren Sánchez's new children's book 'six stars.' But a lawsuit says she stole the idea from her yoga teacher.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewJeff Bezos shared a rave review for "The Fly Who Flew to Space," the new children's book by his fianceé, Lauren Sánchez. "This is the best children's book my fiancée has ever written," he wrote in the review on Wednesday. Lauren Sánchez's children's book is titled "The Fly Who Flew to Space." Sánchez discussed plans to write a children's book about a fly going to space during a 2023 interview with The Wall Street Journal. "Defendant Lauren Sánchez, who had previously expressed oral and written interest in collaborating with Plaintiff, subsequently used Plaintiff's book concept without Plaintiff's consent or authorization.

Persons: —, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez, Bezos, Flynn, Lauren Sánchez's children's, Michael Simon, Alanna Zabel, Sánchez, Zabel, Plaintiff, Zabel's, Kitty, Zabel — Organizations: Service, Business, Los Angeles Superior Court, Plaintiff, Amazon, Earth, Bezos Academy, Wall Street, Sànchez Locations: Los Angeles, California

Read previewNew details about Sean "Diddy" Combs' Miami mansion were uncovered as part of his bond hearing this week. The legal team also noted that Combs satisfied the $18.8 million mortgage on the Star Island home in August, anticipating criminal charges. AdvertisementOther homes on the island go for even more than the $48.5 million Combs' home was appraised at. Comparable sales listed in the appraisal report for Combs' Miami mansion. Besides the Star Island home, he owns a mansion in Los Angeles that he recently put on the market for $61.5 million.

Persons: —, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Marc Agnifilo, Agnifilo, David LEFRANC, Ken Griffin, Griffin, Alex Rodriguez, Gloria, Emilio Estefan, Forbes, Sean John, Andy Warhol, Jean, Michel Basquiat Organizations: Service, feds, Business, Miami, singer's, Research, Miami -, Star, Advanced Research, Bad Boy Records, Cîroc, Diageo, Combs Enterprise, Combs Locations: Miami, Miami - Dade, cabanas, Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach, Los Angeles

☆ Chappell Roan isn't afraid to admit when she's too tired to keep working
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Gen Z superstar Chappell Roan isn't afraid to admit she's tired, per Rolling Stone. Roan said she rejected her label's request to film a music video for her hit song "Good Luck, Babe!" Roan said she was "too tired," and the song was already a hit without a video. singer said in an interview with Rolling Stone that she had resisted her label's requests to film a music video for the hit song, saying she was "too tired." "Do you know how hard it is to do a music video when you're this exhausted and burnt?"

Persons: Chappell Roan isn't, Roan, —, Chappell Roan, she's, !, Brittany Spanos Organizations: Service, Business

☆ New York Fashion Week: Highlights from Spring-Summer 2025 runways
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

New York Fashion Week, which formally kicks off fashion month, has found itself at a crossroads in recent seasons as its counterparts in Milan and Paris have maintained dominance on the industry’s schedule with sought-after shows and splashy celebrity guest lists. Gilbert Flores/WWD/Getty ImagesBut Olympians haven’t just been on the guest list this week — they’ve made surprise runway debuts as well. The Nepali American designer Prabal Gurung, too, had a message, but one of hope. Paris Hilton invited Megan Thee Stallion for a performance at Hilton’s album release party with Nylon Magazine for New York Fashion Week. Victor Pagan/Getty ImagesA model walks the runway for the Off-White fashion show during New York Fashion Week on September 8, 2024 in New York City.

Persons: Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Lady Jill Biden, Usher, Jude Law, Tom Hiddleston, Naomi Watts, Solomon, Alaïa, supermodels Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Amber Valletta, Stephanie Seymour, Kendall Jenner, Ib Kamara, Zayn Malik, Mary J, Blige, Camila Cabello, Alessandra Ambrosio, Ashleigh Johnson —, Flav, Sunisa Lee, Jill Biden, Ralph Lauren’s Bridgehampton, Theo Wargo, Rihanna, Pieter Mulier, Brooke Shields, Gilbert Flores, haven’t, they’ve, ” Jordan Chiles, Kim Shui, Noah Lyles, Willy Chavarria’s, “ América, Adidas —, ”, Willy Chavarria, ” Nina Westervelt, Piotrek Panszczyk, Prabal Gurung, Kamala Harris ’, Gurung, Harris, “ I’ve, ” Gurung, …, Paris Hilton, Megan Thee, Roy Rochlin, Victor Virgile, Nina Westervelt, Dan Lecca, Jonas Gustavsson, Lee, David Dee Delgado, Pink, Prabal Gurung Brandon Maxwell, Fernanda Calfat, Sergio Hudson’s, Grace Ling, Jennifer Lopez, Radhika Merchant, Alex Consani, Grace Ling Ling, Victor Pagan, JP Yim, Kamara, Virgil Abloh, Kamara —, Sierra Leone —, utopias, Jason Wu, Tong Yang, Arturo Holmes, Tommy Hilfiger’s, Giovanni Giannoni, Sandy Liang, —, Filippo Fior Organizations: CNN, New York, U.S ., Polo Bar, Guggenheim, Adidas, American Civil Liberties Union, Tinder, Paris, Nylon Magazine, Labor, Getty, Seaport Locations: New York City, Long, Paris, Milan, York, Brooklyn, New York, Gotham, Nepali, City Hall, AFP, New, Ghana, Sierra Leone

☆ K-pop is more popular than ever, but that isn't helping agency stock prices
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Hybe Corporation is the largest and listed on the blue-chip Kospi, while SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment are on the small-cap Kosdaq. Physical sales have historically accounted for the lion's share of a label's revenue, Kim said, and has also been the most profitable segment. High physical sales, she explained, represent the number of fans, which, by extension, quantifies the addressable market for a company. watch nowDeclining physical album sales not only hits earnings, but also raises questions about whether the investment thesis of "continual high growth" has collapsed. "A physical album is useless and even a burden because it occupies space.

Persons: Jimmy Fallon, Hybe, Yoon Suk Yeol, Danielle, Hyein, NewJeans, Gary Miller, Blackpink, Kim Gyuyeon, Lisa, Jennie, Emma McIntyre, Emma Mcintyre, Kim, Simply, Mirae's Kim Organizations: NBC, NBCUniversal, Getty, Hybe, SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment, SM, YG, YouTube, Spotify, CNBC, Park, Filmmagic, Coachella, London's, Big, Mirae Asset Securities, BTS, Valley Music, Arts Festival, JYP, Seoul Economic, South Locations: United States, Southeast Asia, Korean, CHICAGO , ILLINOIS, Chicago , Illinois, South, U.K, INDIO , CALIFORNIA, Indio , California, Seoul

☆ Burberry's FTSE relegation confirms a long fall from grace for the luxury fashion icon
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The company slipped into the FTSE 250 during September's quarterly rebalancing, index provider FTSE Russell said in a statement, bringing its 15-year run in the U.K. large-cap FTSE 100 blue-chip index to a close. The company's current market cap of £2.34 billion ($3.06 billion) now puts it well below the other constituents of the FTSE 100, as well as some of the top performers in the FTSE 250. As such, funds that invest in the FTSE 100 will exit their Burberry holdings. The luxury label's addition to the FTSE 100 in September 2009 was taken as a further mark of its enduring appeal and its resilience, even amid the global financial crisis. The luxury sector as a whole has suffered from a prolonged downturn in consumer spending amid inflationary pressures and broader economic uncertainty.

Persons: Dave Rushen, Burberry Burberry's, Edward Berthelot, —, Joshua Schulman, Luca Solca, Bernstein, Michael Kors, Josh Schulman, Solca, Burberry, Piral Dadhania, Richard Chamberlain, Schulman, Gerry Murphy, Cole Smead, Henry Nicholls, Smead, Hugo Boss, Gucci, Kering Organizations: UNITED, Burberry, New Bond, Getty, LONDON, Burberry Group, Russell, London Stock Exchange, jittery, CNBC, RBC, Sky News, Smead Capital Management, Afp Locations: UNITED KINGDOM, Basingstoke, England, British, U.S, London, China, Asia, Japan

☆ Trump lawyers are set to argue in court this week that the hit '80s song 'Electric Avenue' wasn't properly copyrighted
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Trump's lawyers are expected to argue that, for decades, Grant somehow neglected to copyright the sound recording, or "master," for "Electric Avenue." Trump's lawyers acknowledge that Grant copyrighted the sheet music 40 years ago. Trump's side may argue that even Grant has tacitly acknowledged that the sound-recording copyright for "Electric Avenue" was never properly nailed down. Two weeks ago, on August 15, Grant applied to the US Copyright Office "for a sound-recording copyright registration of Electric Avenue," a court filing says. AdvertisementAnd Grant has been deposed by Trump's lawyers, who asked the artist to "explain" the song.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Eddy Grant, Grant, Joe Biden, Trump, Neil Young's, Isaac Hayes, Hayes, Eddy Grant's, John G, Brett Van Benthysen, Dan Scavino, Van Benthysen, Scavino, weren't Organizations: Service, Trump, Twitter, Business, Trump —, MTV, Electric, Warner Records, Greenheart, US Locations: Manhattan, Barbados, Georgia

☆ Insider Today: A shot to reverse aging
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

On the agenda:This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementVeronica Thatcher, who's worked at Costco for 18 years, told Business Insider she also spotted "Halloween- and harvest-themed decorative pillows" in the big-box store this month. According to eMarketer, Lowe's made Halloween merch available online on June 1 and it'll be available IRL on August 23. iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BIWealthy patient, healthy jointsIt's hard to slow down aging, but the wealthy are giving it their best shot, literally. More of this week's top reads:The Insider Today team: Jordan Parker Erb, editor, in New York.

Persons: —, I'm, Chelsea Jia Feng, you've, Veronica Thatcher, who's, Mike Booth, prepping, eMarketer, Lowe's, Taylor Rains, Insider's Taylor Rains, Beond, Rebecca Zisser, Bryan Johnson, — Johnson, Edward Berthelot, Burberry, Natalie Ammari, they've, Kit Harington, Oscar, Anthony Hopkins, Jordan Parker Erb, Dan DeFrancesco, Lisa Ryan, Amanda Yen Organizations: Service, Business, Retailers, Costco, CFVR, Home Depot, Burberry, US, HBO, Paramount, Showtime Locations: Alberta, Canada, Michaels, Italy, Maldives, Dubai, Bahamas, British, London, Nazi, New York, New York City

☆ You can't kill Coach
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Mandy Moore carries a Coach bag in 2006. And with fewer people buying Coach bags, consumer ideas of the brand shifted. Keel, who purchased her first Coach accessory — a discounted cardholder from Coach Outlet — around that time, remembers the change in the brand's perception vividly. AdvertisementKate Bauer, a 29-year-old from Toronto, collects vintage Coach bags that she exclusively buys secondhand. She told BI that the importance of old Coach styles to the brand's current business has never been clearer.

Persons: —, Paris Hilton, I'd, Gilbert Carrasquillo, Lil Nas X, Gen Z, Erin Keel, Lillian Cahn, Miles Cahn, Lillian, Bonnie Cashin, Lew Frankfort, Mandy Moore, Michael Loccisano, Michael Kors, Kate Spade, Victor Luis, Keel, Chanel, wasn't, — Luis, Jide J, Zeitlin, — Todd Kahn, Coach, Camila Mendes, Beth Goldstein, Gen, Kate Bauer, Edward Berthelot, Goldstein Organizations: Business, Leatherware, —, North, BI Locations: New York City, Los Angeles, Frankfort, Toronto

As Sam's Club opens more locations, it is trying to raise the bar for its own brand, Member's Mark. Net sales for Sam's Club totaled $86.2 billion in its most recent fiscal year, compared with $176.63 billion for Costco's U.S. clubs. Sam's Club CEO Chris Nicholas told CNBC the brand's revamp was inspired, in part, by the retailer's chief rival. Overtaking Costco and its beloved private label won't be easy for Sam's Club, said Michael Baker, a retail analyst for D.A. But he added Costco's success with Kirkland Signature created a formula that Sam's Club can follow.

Persons: Megan Crozier, Crozier, —, kickstart, Mark, Chris Nicholas, Kirkland, Member's Mark, Michael Baker, Davidson Organizations: Sam's Club, Walmart, Costco, Kirkland, Sam's, Costco's U.S, CNBC, D.A

☆ Paris Men’s Fashion Week: Bold statements, A$AP Rocky’s surprise debut and Dries Van Noten’s farewell
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Alice Pfeiffer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Editor’s Note: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week. This past week, fashion designers converged in the city for Paris Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2025 menswear collections — but nothing was business as usual. Swan Gallet/WWD/Getty ImagesRapper A$AP Rocky, too, made a statement for his Paris Fashion Week debut — a secret show for his label AWGE, which launched earlier this year. On the runway, models marched with their heads covered by American eagle flags, wore slogans like “Don’t be Dumb” and carried plastic bags filled with cash. The latest Comme des Garçon collection featured lashings of Barbie pink and frothy tulle skorts.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Rick Owens, White, Love ”, ”, Swan, Karl Lagerfeld’s, Rihanna, Casey Affleck, Jonathan Anderson, Willy Chavarria, Louis Vuitton, Victor Virgile, Pharrell, Colm Dillane, Junya Watanabe, Peter White, Jeanne Friot, ” Friot, Garçons, skorts, ruffles, Taakk, Andy Warhol, Jean, Michel Basquiat, — Jérémie, Aurélien, —, Van Noten's, Daniele Oberrauch, Van Noten, Donna Summer’s “ Organizations: CNN, Paris, Paris CNN —, Summer, sport’s, Palais, Army, Paris Fashion, UNESCO, Air Afrique, XXL, Getty, Studio Locations: Paris, Paris CNN — Paris, Tokyo, Belgian

☆ Ralph Lauren designs Team USA’s uniforms for the 2024 Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Alex Rees | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

I think that Ralph Lauren is able to understand that ethos and bring it to life,” Lauren continued. "Team USA uniforms celebrate classic styles that are made to be loved and endure for generations," Ralph Lauren said in a statement of the label's new designs — like the single-breasted blazers athletes will wear to the opening ceremony on July 26. For this occasion, Ralph Lauren designed a racecar-style jacket with USA patch detailing, a a classic striped polo and crisp white jeans. Richard Phibbs/Courtesy Ralph LaurenGymnast Shilese Jones — one of Ralph Lauren's brand ambassadors at the 2024 Games — is pictured in the closing ceremony look. John Guerrero/Courtesy Ralph Lauren

Persons: Ralph Lauren, athleisure, “, ” David Lauren, Ralph Lauren’s, ”, ” Lauren, Richard Phibbs, Ralph Lauren Four, Katie Ledecky, Steven Pan, Kamren Larsen, Ralph Lauren Denim, Jamal Hill, Daryl Homer, Shilese Jones, Ralph Lauren's, “ Ralph Lauren, ” Sarah Hirshland, ” Kiteboarder Daniela Moroz, John Guerrero Organizations: CNN, USA, Olympic, Team USA, ”, ’, Paralympic, Paris Games Locations: Paris, ”, America

☆ My mom hated my nickname. It took me going by it when I went to college for her to accept it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Jacqueline Lekachman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewOn her porch in Pittsburgh, my hometown friend Annabel asked, "Remember when your mom yelled at my mom for calling you Jackie?" My mom didn't like my nicknameFor a decade, my mom and I fought over my nickname. I went by Jackie only in certain settings away from my momTo avoid fighting, I only went by Jackie in certain settings. Seven hours away from my mom and my past, I used my nickname with friends, professors, and supervisors. My mom's openness to Jackie helps me appreciate the elegance of Jacqueline and the fact that my mom chose it for me.

Persons: —, Annabel, Jackie, untraditional, Jacqueline, we'd, — I've Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Pittsburgh

☆ The fall of Gucci was inevitable
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

"We got used to hearing about double-digit growth at Gucci," Fflur Roberts, the head of luxury goods at Euromonitor, told Business Insider. "I think of what a fashion editor is wearing — it's not Gucci," Lindsey Solomon, a fashion publicist, told BI. After taking the top spot on the Lyst Index of fashion's hottest brands in 2022, Gucci dropped to number 11 last quarter. "We still believe the Gucci brand's current growth rate, which is 10 times higher than that of the industry, represents a risk going forward," Morningstar's Sokolova wrote in a 2017 note. Gucci relied heavily on China for its growth, but stores — perhaps including this one in China's Hainan Province — have struggled recently.

Persons: Alessandro Michele's, loafers, Gigi Hadid, Sienna Miller, Steve Madden, ASOS, Sally Singer, Michele, Fflur Roberts, Alessandro Michele, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Jared Leto, Kevin Mazur, Bauer, Griffin, Jeff Kravitz, Gucci, Sabato De Sarno, Lindsey Solomon, De Sarno, François, Henri Pinault, China —, Jelena Sokolova, Solomon, Daniele Venturelli, Michele —, Sokolova, It's, Thomas Chauvet, Morningstar's Sokolova, Michele's Gucci, wasn't, Jeremy Moeller, Chauvet, Roberts, Chanel, Gucci's, Gucci hadn't, Hermès, Birkin, Louis Vuitton's Neverfull, Pinault, Louis, Euromonitor's Roberts Organizations: Creative, Gucci, The Recording Academy, Axelle, Morningstar, BI, Citi, Disney, Getty, Revenue, China News Service, Bain, Louis Vuitton Locations: Euromonitor, China, The Asia, Pacific, China's Hainan Province, Asia

☆ Musician Rosalía brings the straitjacket back into view
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —On Tuesday, 12-time Latin Grammy winner Rosalía stepped out in New York wearing an outfit that demanded a double-take. (Since the release of her third album, “Motomami,” Rosalía has been spotted in everything from biker-style shield sunglasses to Harley Davidson helmets). In 1994, the New York State’s Office of Mental Health proposed that straitjackets be discontinued after 18 patients died while restrained or in “unsupervised seclusion” between 1988 and 1992. But Rosalía isn’t the first to attempt to recontextualize the garment in the name of fashion. At the Gucci show in 2019, Ayesha Tan-Jones protested the label's straitjacket-inspired clothes by writing "Mental health is not fashion" on their hands.

Persons: Rosalía, Rick Owens, ” Rosalía, Harley Davidson, Gucci, Ayesha Tan, Jones, ”, Alessandro Michele’s, hasn’t, Julia Fox, we’ve, Ye’s, Bianca Censori, John Galliano —, Dior, —, Maison, Dolce, Rosalia Organizations: CNN, York State’s, Mental Health, Fashion, Gucci, Penske Media, Maison Margiela, Dolce, Gabbana Locations: New York, Spanish, York, Gotham, Tan, Florence, Italy, Shanghai, China

☆ Taylor Swift abandoned UMG's fight, making the record label's argument against TikTok look weaker: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Swift recently brought her music back to the platform after UMG pulled it in January due to an ongoing fight between the music publisher UMG and TikTok. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Swift was initially on board with UMG's move. "Universal can't claim they're winning a fight Taylor doesn't want a part of," Bill Werde, the director of Syracuse University's music business program, told the Journal. UMG, TikTok, and a representative for Swift didn't respond to requests for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: —, Taylor, Universal Music Group's, Swift, UMG, TikTok, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo, Beyoncé, UMG's, Swift's, they're, Taylor doesn't, Bill Werde Organizations: Service, Universal Music, Wall Street Journal, Business, Wall Street, Poet's Department, Syracuse, Business Insider

☆ Fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, renowned for fierce animal prints and riviera chic, dies at 83
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Roberto Cavalli, the Italian fashion designer who made his mark on the fashion world with distinctive, glamorous animal prints, has died at the age of 83. Roberto Cavalli walks the runway after a fashion show showcasing his label's designs in Budva, Montenegro on June 10, 2013. Along with animal prints and intarsia leather, denim became a core element of his signature style, leading to the establishment of a more youthful offshoot brand, Just Cavalli, in 1998. Flanked by models in quintessential Cavalli florals and animal prints, Roberto Cavalli takes his bow after his label's Spring-Summer 2015 menswear show at Milan Fashion Week on June 24, 2014. “Dear Roberto, you may not be physically here with us anymore but I know I will feel your spirit with me always.

Persons: CNN — Roberto Cavalli, ” Roberto Cavalli, Francois Guillot, Roberto Cavalli’s, ” Cavalli, Giuseppe Rossi, Cavalli, Pierre Cardin, ” ’ Cavalli, ”, Roberto Cavalli, Savo Prelevic, Eva Maria Düringer, Düringer, Miss Austria, — Cavalli, —, Sandra Nilsson, animalism, Daniele Venturelli, Peter Dundas, Dundas, Paul Surridge, Fausto Puglisi, Puglisi, “, Roberto, ” Puglisi Organizations: CNN, Milan, Getty, Florence’s Academy of Art, Miss, Oxford University, Metropolitan Museum of Art Locations: AFP, Florence, Hermès, Paris, Milan, Saint, Budva, Montenegro, Austrian, New York, Dubai

☆ All the times Zendaya served looks on the ‘Challengers’ press tour
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But her latest press tour is, well, a grand slam. Scroll to see Zendaya’s best looks from the “Challengers” press tour. Zendaya's press tour began with the Australian premiere of "Challengers" in Sydney on March 26. Emmanuel DunandAFP/Getty ImagesIn one of her more literal looks, Zendaya wore a custom Loewe dress to a photocall in Rome on April 8, clearly designed to mimic a classic tennis outfit with its pleated skirt and classic lined v-neck. Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesDuring the “Dune: Part Two,” press tour, Zendaya’s co-stars, including Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson and Timothée Chalamet, matched her commitment to the sartorial ‘bit’ with their own red carpet wardrobes.

Persons: CNN — Zendaya, ” Zendaya, ” Law Roach, Zendaya’s, Thierry Mugler, ” Roach, Flavio Brancaleone, Louis, Emmanuel Dunand, Kristy Sparow, Louis Vuitton, Emmanuel DunandAFP, Zendaya, Daniele Venturelli, Calvin Klein, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Thom Browne, Hoda Davaine, Dave Benett, Gareth Cattermole, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Timothée, ”, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist, O’Connor, Tashi, Loewe, Jonathan Anderson —, — Organizations: CNN, ”, British “ Vogue, US Vogue, British Vogue, Getty, Paris, Rome, “ Locations: British, Sydney, Paris, AFP, Rome

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