What Comes After a Brand Hits $100 Million in Sales

Beauty's Top M&A Targets for 2025; Fashion's Imminent Climate Risk

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY: MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2025 Brands looking to grow beyond $100 million in sales are prioritising new products and brick-and-mortar expansion. The Business of Beauty shares the top M&A targets to watch in 2025. Rising temperatures are starting to affect fashion's bottom line, even as the industry downplays the threat. L Catterton has quietly taken a stake in Japanese cult menswear label Kapital. Ralph Lauren and Anna Wintour were among recipients of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER What Comes After a Brand Hits $100 Million in Sales? By Malique Morris

Labels that crossed the nine figure sales mark despite tougher market conditions are blending new and old school brand-building tactics to create long-lasting legacies as they move beyond that number. READ MORE

BEAUTY Beauty's Top M&A Targets for 2025 By Daniela Morosini

After a slow year for acquisitions, brands and investors alike are hoping that 2025 will yield bigger exits. But with most strategic buyers like L'Oréal operating with an even narrower lens, only a select few firms will make it across the finish line. READ MORE

SUSTAINABILITY It's Time for Fashion to Get Real About Its Climate Risks By Sarah Kent

Many brands have treated the climate crisis as a useful marketing tool, while viewing the impact to the bottom line as a distant threat. That approach is increasingly untenable, experts warn. READ MORE

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NEWS BRIEFS Ralph Lauren, Anna Wintour Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom L Catterton Takes Majority Stake in Kapital Uniqlo, Gymshark and Lush Stop Hiring UK Workers via Gig Economy Apps

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