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Elizabeth Segran

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Lululemon’s Belt Bag is getting bigger, sturdier, and harder to dupe

Lululemon’s accidental hit bag is getting a subtle redesign. The stakes are high for a brand trying to hold on to its youngest consumers.

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Willow invented the wearable breast pump. Now it wants to dominate the breastfeeding market

After buying its rival Elvie, the femtech upstart is acquiring Swehl and Momtech in a bid to become a ‘powerhouse maternal care brand.’

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Secondhand gifts are going mainstream this holiday season

Once seen as cheap, a used present is something many people are now open to receiving. ThredUp’s holiday sales show how fast the taboo is fading.

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Madewell’s NYPL collection is a love letter to library nerds

The brand’s partnership with the New York Public Library highlight’s fashion’s current obsession with book culture.

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These adaptable coats switch up your winter wardrobe with one purchase

Outerwear that reverses, unsnaps, and sheds pieces, so a single jacket has you covered.

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Whole Foods used to be ‘Whole Paycheck.’ Now it’s the hottest home for affordable beauty

The makeover you never saw coming: Why the once-neglected beauty department is now vital in the Amazon-owned grocer’s competition with Walmart and...

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Away is selling almost-new suitcases at a discount—and they’re going fast

The luggage brand’s new resale site offers returned and unsold inventory for up to 30% off. During a soft launch, 80% of inventory sold in just two...

14.10.2026 20

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Spredges, glitter, and lots of gold foil: Penguin is betting on deluxe book design to win over kids

Kids are bedazzling their books and clipping book charms to bags. Penguin is answering with special editions designed to be displayed.

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Would you pay $660 for a handbag made from a used truck tarp?

With its new line of luxury handbags, Freitag is betting that sustainability can be a status symbol.

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Du/er is redesigning the winter jean from the yarn up

These cozy, stretchy jeans have a fleece-like interior. Just don’t call them jeggings.

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This adorable phone is designed to get kids off screens and into the world

The Freckle phone replaces internet and apps with outdoor quests, tactile buttons, and walkie-talkie mode.

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The $100 billion comeback of the American tween

Meet the new crop of startups and retail giants rebuilding the market for 11-year-old girls. ‘There is just so much market share up for grabs,’...

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Amazon is building a coalition to make sustainable fashion affordable

More than 60 brands, from Stella McCartney to Brooks Running, are pooling their demand for low-carbon materials to bring prices down.

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Michiel Steur isn’t afraid to dress up a little

The incoming CEO of i-D magazine is one of Fast Company’s Best Dressed in Business for 2026.

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Dee Poku always dresses to impress

The founder and CEO of The Wie Suite is one of Fast Company’s Best Dressed in Business for 2026.

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Gregg Renfrew’s power-dressing trick is easy to pull off

The founder and CEO of beauty brand Counter is one of Fast Company’s Best Dressed in Business for 2026.

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Amrit Tietz doesn’t believe in ‘should’ when it comes to dressing for work

The cofounder of Spread the Jelly is one of Fast Company’s Best Dressed in Business for 2026.

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Alysa Liu abides by her own fashion rules

The Olympic champion ice skater is one of Fast Company’s Best Dressed in Business for 2026.

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Stitched amid conflict, this Palestinian luxury sneaker is now available in the U.S.

Women in the West Bank embroider Resolute’s sneakers while under constant threat of danger.

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Boll & Branch mastered ethical cotton. Now it’s taking on cashmere

Partnering with a 190-year-old Italian mill, the DTC brand debuts a $999 traceable throw blanket.

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Walmart CEO John Furner is turning the retailer’s 5,200 U.S. stores into an unstoppable AI engine

Inside Furner and Walmart’s high-tech sprint to out-automate and outsmart Amazon and become the fastest retailer on the planet.

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In the age of AI, L.L. Bean is betting big on brick-and-mortar shopping

The company’s new CEO poured $50 million into its Maine flagship on the theory that shoppers are eager for immersive, analog experiences.

13.09.2026 20

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The perfect pillow does exist. It just might take you a while to find it

Marshmallow shapes, ear cutouts, and dual-chamber down pillows. Brands are tackling the complex physics of a good night’s sleep.

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Dyson just solved flossing with a toothbrush that does it for you

Dyson is launching its first toothbrush: a $500 gadget that uses cameras and AI to automatically floss as you brush.

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Arc’teryx is redesigning every product it makes to be fully recyclable

Starting with its most complex hard shell jacket, Arc’teryx is unveiling a multiyear program to promote circularity.

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Maisonette Bets on Tweens With Launch of Neon Rebels

Its new marketplace reflects the growing demand for products designed specifically for older kids.

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Gen Z wants its own consumer culture, and this is what it’s going to look like

Aspirational lifestyle is out. How Gen Z’s expectations are shifting the ways brands are built, what’s getting funded now, and the movers staking...

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Claire’s is getting a major makeover, starting with the piercing station

Fresh off a bankruptcy rescue and a massive retail overhaul, Claire’s is redesigning 900 stores to capture the long-neglected tween market.

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Meet Buddy, the viral device helping kids (and parents) with routines

The new device deliberately avoids the addictive tricks built into most kids’ screens.

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How a rural Alabama quilting tradition shaped Ralph Lauren’s latest luxury collection

The Ralph Lauren x Gee’s Bend collection is the brand’s latest collaboration with historic American craft communities.

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AI shopping is coming to your favorite brand’s website

After launching as a standalone consumer app, the startup Daydream is embedding natural-language search directly into websites like Alice Olivia and...

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Neri Oxman wants to grow the colors on your clothes

At Oxman’s NYC studio, engineered E. coli bacteria grows pigments onto knitted fabric, resulting in no two garments that look alike.

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How Toniebox and Hasbro built games kids can play without a screen

As parents grow wary of addictive apps, Tonies has partnered with Hasbro to turn Monopoly, The Game of Life, and Guess Who into games kids can play...

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This category-changing sticker patch instantly mends fabric

Think of it as a Band-Aid for kids’ clothes.

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The manicure is a $25 billion habit Katia Beauchamp wants you to quit

Her new brand, Buff Beauty, makes the case that the healthiest, best-looking nail is a bare one—and that the salon was always optional.

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A Rosie Assoulin dress for $50? Target’s collab magic might be working again

The megaretailer is doubling down on its design ambitions with a slate of cool fashion collabs.

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Why Away is betting on tweens as its next big customer base

Away’s millennial customers grew up and had kids. Now the company is making bags for their tweens.

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The iconic ‘Fearless Girl’ statue is becoming a brand

State Street, the company that commissioned her, is launching a website and merchandise line.

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This designer is using AI to make clothing with zero fabric waste

Shelly Xu Designs uses AI to reengineer clothing patterns, cutting fabric waste to near zero—without asking factories or consumers to change a thing.

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How Maison de Sabré built a cult business of bag charms from scraps

The Sabré brothers turned their cutting-room floor scraps into covetable bag charms. They believe the whimsy—and sustainability—they’re...

11.07.2026 60

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Tech caused the loneliness epidemic. Can it also be a cure?

With his app Pie, Bonobos founder Andy Dunn is betting that Gen Z doesn’t want another aspirational brand—it wants real friends.

09.07.2026 50

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Why today’s smartest shoppers are at Walmart, Costco, Ulta, and Ross

We’re in a trade-down economy. These four lessons are helping retailers win both affluent and lower-income consumers as the rules of shopping...

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Inside AI’s $5 trillion quest to develop taste

If agentic commerce is to fulfill its potential, it has to do more than shop for boring, everyday products. Google, OpenAI, the social media giants,...

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ThredUp takes aim at Poshmark and eBay with new peer-to-peer listings

The company’s Direct Listings marketplace finally gives sellers control over their most special pieces.

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Walmart will now deliver Subway sandwiches to your door in under 30 minutes

The retail giant is entering the food delivery wars, combining its in-store restaurant partnerships with its last-mile know-how to take on Uber Eats...

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Meet the new ‘reuse’ symbol, a spiraling cousin to the ‘recycling’ icon

A global alliance of businesses, governments, and designers just unveiled a universal mark for reuse—and it could reshape how the world handles waste.

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Herman Miller is rebuilding the Aeron chair from the inside out

Herman Miller is introducing a new Aeron chair that uses recycled nylon, bio-based plastics, and a lighter aluminum base to cut its carbon footprint...

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Minted spent two decades building an artist-led business. Now it’s experimenting with letting AI in

The stationery store where people can buy original designs from artists is launching an experiment to allow customers to use AI to add custom elements...

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Oura shrunk its new ring by 40% and made it look a lot more like jewelry

Customers wanted a smart ring that looked like jewelry, not a gadget. Oura spent years rebuilding its hardware from the inside out to deliver one.

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After the Shein shock, Everlane’s founder launches his next act

Michael Preysman is building a new brand—this time without venture capital or private equity.

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