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Its retail strategy follows a similar pattern. The brand is now widely distributed across its own doors, department stores, Sephora, Boots, and Amazon, but the core proposition remains unchanged — a consistency Bi says is deliberate, so consumers are getting the same understanding of the products wherever they encounter the brand. Even on TikTok, where discovery is increasingly driven by novelty, the brand has leaned into explanatory content rather than trend participation, reinforcing the same positioning it established at launch.“We don’t follow trends,” Bi says. “What we choose not to do is just as important as what we choose to…

Wind turbines operated by Gamesa Eloica SA near Zaragoza, Spain, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Renewables are helping cushion the blow of higher oil and gas prices in Europe.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSpanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo lauded the country’s energy resilience to the Iran war, saying a pivot to solar and wind power has shielded Madrid from the worst impacts of the resulting energy shock.His comments come at a time when Spain’s government has emerged as one of the European Union’s leading critics of the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez having described the ongoing…

Simone Ashley represents a new era within the halls of Runway magazine. The British actor plays Amari, the sharp first-assistant to Miranda Priestly in the forthcoming Devil Wears Prada 2. And of what we’ve seen so far, she’s among the best dressed, wearing Thom Browne suit dresses, preppy knits, and lashings of Cartier to the office.Photo: Getty ImagesStepping out for DWP2 press promo in New York, Ashley shrugged off any assumptions of new-era Emily: she wore a fall 2003 Balenciaga parachute jacket with shiny olive green and black paneling, an asymmetric waistline, and nonchalantly popped collar. (It was a a…

An Uber Eats courier is seen in Krakow, Poland, on Aug. 21, 2025.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesUber on Friday agreed to purchase an additional 4.5% of shares of German food delivery firm Delivery Hero from the company’s biggest shareholder Prosus. Total gross proceeds to Prosus are approximately 270 million euros ($318 million), the company said. Uber will pay 20 euros a share, which is below Delivery Hero’s Thursday closing price following a 7% rally in the stock. However, it is a 22% premium to the 1-month average share price, Prosus said.The move comes after Prosus last year offered…

Bringing Barneys back as people remember it can’t simply be a business transaction, says fashion consultant Julie Gilhart, who was SVP, fashion director at Barneys for 18 years. “Barneys started out of a love and a passion for retail, and for people and talent. That was the secret sauce,” she says. “The business followed that.”The key to getting a relaunched Barneys right would be balancing the fond nostalgia so rife within the fashion industry, with a focus on creating something novel for the modern retail scene. “With the 90s nostalgia at its peak after Love Story, it feels like a…

A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia June 4, 2023. Alexander Manzyuk | ReutersOil prices fell after U.S. President Donald Trump said that the war in Iran “should be ending pretty soon,” while a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon raised hopes of easing supply disruptions.U.S. crude oil futures for May delivery fell 1.44% to $93.33 per barrel. International benchmark Brent for June delivery declined 1.29% to $98.1 per barrel.Trump on Thursday said that “the war in Iran is going along swimmingly,” reiterating rosy predictions about the end of the war that began on Feb. 28.Hours earlier,…

Leave it to Spinelli Kilcollin to keep a crowd out past curfew on a school night—and just days after Coachella weekend one, no less. On Wednesday night, the Los Angeles-based jewelry brand went all out, hosting its first-ever large-scale bash to mark its 15th anniversary.Held at an industrial-style space—a former art gallery that will soon become the brand’s new West coast flagship—and in its sprawling parking lot, the silver-themed setting was packed to the brim with partygoers eager to keep the momentum going post-festival.“We’ve had some nice parties in our New York store, but it’s much smaller—and now we have…

The goal each and every day of your life is to gradually grow stronger on the inside, so that less and less on the outside can affect your inner wellness without your conscious permission. Truth be told, how you cope with unexpected problems and frustrations can easily be the difference between living a good life and living an unhealthy one. If you choose unhealthy coping mechanisms like avoidance or denial, for example, you can quickly turn a tough situation into a tragic one. And sadly, this is a common mistake many people make. When you find yourself facing a disheartening…

Members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stand at the scene after a driver of a vehicle was shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan. 7, 2026.Tim Evans | ReutersAn Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been charged with two counts of assault related to a road rage incident by state prosecutors in Minnesota, who have issued a nationwide warrant for his arrest.The ICE agent, Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., is accused of pointing his duty gun at the heads of two people in another car on Feb. 5 as he tried to pass them while illegally driving in his unmarked SUV on…

What we love: For many people, a Cuisinart food processor is the food processor. After all, they were the brand that first introduced the appliance to American markets in 1973. That half a century’s worth of brand reputation and good will from consumers is not without reason. It’s a powerful machine, with Mensa-sharp blades that slash chunky vegetables with uncompromising uniformity. It’ll puree bean dips smooth as K-beauty night creams, and mix pie crusts flaky enough to keep a family quiet and smiling through an election year Thanksgiving.(I should say the Breville performs equally well, but I’m trying my best…